Duration Approx. 5 – 7 hours of hiking Vegetation Type: Forest.

The tour will start soon after breakfast in the hotel. Your guide will pick you up and drive to the Ngongongare gate. At the gate, your guide will do all paperwork before driving along Arusha National Park with some stops for wildlife spotting. Reach Momella gate for a final checkup of porters & luggage.

Afterward, 3 days Mt. Meru trekking will start with polepole (slow) pace, the first day is more or less similar to a walking safari, on the way you may spot some animal species like reticulated Giraffes, Zebras, Waterbuck, and Buffaloes. Since the hiking is inside the park an armed TANAPA ranger will be escorting you all the way to the camp.

You may take a long or short route but this will depend on the time of starting, during the hike way you will pass across Ngarenanyuki River and a beautiful waterfall at the base of Meru Mountain. You will possibly arrive at Miriakamba Hut (2500 m) before sunset, porters & your chef will have already be there coffee or tea and hot water for washing will be served. Enjoy the beautiful sunset & the area around.

Meals included:

• Lunch
• Dinner

Accommodation included: overnight at Miriakamba Hut (2500 m)

Note:

• huts are bunk bed style rooms
• you can charge your devices for 2 dollars at the ranger’s station
• Equipment (sleeping bags are provided)
• Bathrooms facilities are shared,
• Dining & kitchen designated areas are also present

Wake up at 00:30 after midnight for a lite meal before you start your final push to the summit of the fifth mountain in Africa. This final day of your 3 days Mt. Meru trekking you will start by trading on the steep grade path up to Rhino point at (3800 m) then reach Cobra point at (4,350 m).

From there the trekking will be on a rocky ridge in between the Crater and the inner cliffs of Meru Mountain. Reach the summit during the first rays of the sun from the East (4,566 m). During clear days, morning can be the best time to view his Majesty Kilimanjaro Mountain, the total cliffs of the crater drop intensely at almost 1000 feet or more.

Spending sometimes at the summit for pictures and celebrations before return back to Saddle Hut for some rest & afterward continue down to Miriakamba Hut & to Mommella gate for check out.

Our drivers will have already be there waiting to take you back to Arusha tourist inn hotel

If you made it to the summit a certificate for Meru trekking (4,566 m) will be presented to you & for those who did the acclimatization hike at little Meru will also rewarded a certificate.

Meals included

• breakfast
• Lunch