Mount MERU Climb,Climbing Mount Meru in Arusha National Park

Mount Meru is the second highest mountain in Tanzania at 4,5685m.and the fifth highest in Africa. It is best to allow three days for climbing Meru since it involves a 3,500m altitude trek. There are two huts available to climbers on the mountain and firewood is supplied. The best time to climb Meru is between October and February. The mountain is usually climbed from Olkokola on the western side of the crater and you need a park ranger as an escort due to the threat of buffalo.

Distance Time (Approx.)
Park gate- Miriakamba: 4-5hrs : 4-5hours
Miriakamba-Saddle hut : 3-4hours
Saddle hut-Summit : 4-6hours
Summit-Gate : 5-7hours

Itinerary: 5 days/ 4 nights
Price from: $590 /person

DAY 1: Board shuttle bus from Nairobi at 0800 hrs and proceed to Arusha arriving at 1300hrs. s. Dinner and overnight at a hotel Arusha or (Pick up from Kilimanajaro airport and transfer to hotel in Arusha).

DAY 2: Breakfast, drive from your hotel to the park gate, game drive en-route. Walk with a Park Ranger through a game filled parkland up to Miriakamba hut, at 8,100ft. B.L.D.

DAY 3: Breakfast, Leave Miriakamba for Saddle hut, at 11,480ft passing through the forest. B.L.D.

DAY 4: Wake up at midnight, and after a snack, proceed to the summit through the viewpoint of crater rim. Descend to the gate, and the waiting car will take you back to your hotel in Arusha. B.L.

DAY 5: Proceed with Kilimanjaro Climb or Tanzania safari.