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    Congratulations, you have reached the
    second highest mountain of Tanzania (4566m)

Momela Route up Mt Meru

Mount Meru's
lower slopes
are covered in
dense highland forest
where colobus monkeys
play and
buffalo graze

 

 MOMELA ROUTE

Trekking Mount Meru in four 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 starting to descend down to Saddle hut for breakfast. We then continue walking down to Miriakamba Hut for dinner and overnight.
We will have hiked more than 8 hours, reached a height of 4566m and decended to 2541m again by the end of the day.
Day 4
We decend slowly since we are a bit exhausted. We walk through Aräusha national park to Momella gate where we arrive before noon. At the gate you will be rewarded with a certificate attesting your success at climbing Mount 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 3 days and 2 nights
     
 
 

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