Trekking Mount Meru in 3 days
Day 1
We will drive you to
Momela Gate and introduce you to your guides, the cook and the porters. We start walking in Arusha National Park, we might spot black and-white Colobus monkeys. As we continue hiking, the landscape changes rain forest, buffalos and elephants live here. In the late afternoon we reach
Miriakamba Hut for dinner and overnight.
We will have hiked about 4 hours and reached a height of 2541m by the end of the day.
Day 2
We climb to the big valley, then up to the saddle area. Our goal is
Saddle Hut. There we will relax for a while and then continue hiking up reach
Little Meru. We will stay overnight in Saddle hut and sleep early because we will get up again very very soon.
We will have hiked about 5 hours and reached a height of 3570m by the end of the day.
Summit Day 3
We get up at midnight and after a light breakfast we are ready for our ascent to the summit. The trail is steep and rocky, it will take us 5-6 hours to reach
Ujamaa Peak, the second highest peak in Tanzania at 4566m.
Congratulations!
Let's enjoy the moment and the beautiful view at sunrise before starting to descend down to Saddle hut for breakfast.
We then continue walking down to
Momela Gate where we will arrive in the afternoon. There you will be rewarded with a certificate attesting your success at climbing M
ount Meru.
There will be our car waiting for you and we'll bring you back to the comforts of your hotel in Arusha and a dinner hosted in celebration of your achievement.
Another route to Mt Meru's summit:
MOMELA ROUTE in 4 days and 3 nights