Mount Meru Climbing – 3 Days

Overview

3 Days Unforgettable Mount Meru Climbing Itinerary is an often overlooked, but spectacular volcano located in the center of Arusha National Park. At 14,980 feet high, Meru serves as a great warm-up to Mount Kilimanjaro or a complete standalone hike in it of itself. The crowds that can plague Kilimanjaro are non-existent here, allowing for a solitary, peaceful trek. Accommodations are in wood huts. On the lower slopes of the mountain and inside the park, there is a good chance of spotting animals. An armed ranger will accompany your party on the first stage to protect against any wildlife threats. The trail follows the north rim of the crater, along a dramatic ridgeline. Once at the summit, the views of Mount Kilimanjaro and down into Meru crater are unforgettable.

What to Expect

While climbing Mount Meru is a less intense climb than that of Mount Kilimanjaro, it would be foolish to underestimate the mountain.

Along the way you can expect to pass a number of beautiful waterfalls and see a variety of wildlife.

The three day trek is a challenging one, and Meru’s height is enough that altitude sickness can come into play. Arusha’s sometimes fickle weather can also hinder climbing with heavy rain.

As the mountain lies within the boundaries of Arusha National Park, you’ll not only be accompanied by a guide and porters, but also an armed ranger.

That being said, climbing Mt. Meru is still an immensely rewarding activity. On a clear day, the views from atop Mt. Meru are truly amazing.

Pamoja Kilimanjaro & Safari team will make sure your dream become reality

Tour Plan

You will be picked up at the Kilimanjaro International Airport and transferred to Arusha town. You will meet our Mt. Meru trekking expert who will brief you on your upcoming Mount Meru trekking, then rest until the next day morning.
  • Momella Gate to Miriakamba Huts
  • Elevation: 4,921 ft to 8,250 ft
  • Distance: 10 km
  • Hiking Time: 4-6 hours
  • Habitat: Rain Forest
After an early morning breakfast in Arusha/Moshi, you will be picked up from your hotel and brought to the Momella Gate in Arusha National Park. At this time, the porters will organize and pack the belongings for the hike while you and your guide register with the Tanzania National Park (TANAPA). You will then begin your ascent in Arusha National Park. The first day of hiking is similar to a walking safari; you should expect to see giraffes, zebras, antelope, buffalo, and potentially elephants near the trail. Due to the high possibility of spotting wildlife, an armed ranger, hired through the National Park, is required to hike with our team for the duration of the hike. As you continue hiking, you will pass the Ngarenanyuki River and a beautiful waterfall at the base of Mt. Meru. Upon arriving to Miriakamba Hut (2500m), your chef will prepare a hot dinner and washing water for you. Enjoy the beautiful sunset and overnight.
  • Elevation: 8,250 ft to 11,712 ft
  • Distance: 8 km
  • Hiking Time: 3-5 hours
  • Habitat: Heath
After breakfast, you will start ascending up the steep trail along the ridge of the saddle. You may see various wildlife along the way! The trail has views of Mt. Meru Crater and the Ash Tray. When you arrive at camp, you have the option of hiking Little Mt. Meru (3820m) with your guide to further acclimate. You will be served an early dinner, so you can receive ample rest before your midnight summit attempt.
  • Elevation: 11,712 ft to 14,977 ft to 4,921 ft
  • Distance: 26 km
  • Hiking Time: 9 hours
  • Habitat: Alpine Desert
Your guide will wake you at 00:30 for tea and biscuits. You will then begin your summit attempt at 1:30am. The trail starts off on a steep grade to Rhino Point (3800m) to Cobra Point (4350m). The last hour of the hike you will scramble on a rocky ridge between the crater and inner cliffs of Meru. You will reach the summit of Meru (4565m) at sunrise with spectacular views of Mt. Meru Ash Tray and Mt. Kilimanjaro. Enjoy your views then descend to Saddle Hut, get lunch and process to Momella Gate where you will be picked up by our vehicle and return to Moshi/Arusha.

Trekking Price Comparison

Price Per Person1 Climber2-4 Climbers 5-8 Climbers9+ Climbers
Climb Mount Meru 3 days975850830800
Climb Mount Meru 4 days1200950930800

Included

  •  Oxygen Cylinder
  •  Medically qualified guides
  •  Twice a day medical health check-up, monitoring with pulse-Oximeter and stethoscope.
  •  Midrange accommodations before & after the climb, bed & breakfast basis, double occupancy (Green mountain hotel )
  •  Orientation meeting in Arusha and gear check as well.
  •  Pick up and drop off to the Airport (Private transfers)
  •  Mount Meru climbing permits, camping/hut fees.
  •  Government tax (18% VAT ON TOUR FEE AND SERVICE)
  •  Mountain climbing certificate
  •  Team Mount Meru rescue fees
  •  Fear Wages for the mountain crew as approved by Mountain Trekking Association.
  •  3-4 porters per climber, which includes porters to carry up to 30 lbs. of your personal gear.
  •  Trekking poles and sleeping Bag
  •  All meals while on the climb + evening tea with popcorn or peanuts.
  •  As much treated water you can drink while climbing.
  •  Hot water for washing up daily.

Excluded

  •  Airfares
  •  Tip to your guides, porters and cook.
  •  Lunch, dinner and drinks at hotel
  •  Health requirements (Yellow Fever – compulsory depending on how you travel to Tanzania, Meningitis & Hepatitis A optional but recommended)
  •  Personal travel insurance
  •  Laundry (available at the hotel)
  •  Items of a personal nature
  •  Optional travel insurance
  •  Personal hiking/trekking gear- Some gears available for rent
  •  Snacks and personal medicine
Price Per Person1 Climber2-4 Climbers 5-8 Climbers9+ Climbers
Climb Mount Meru 3 days11251000980950
Climb Mount Meru 4 days135011001080950

Included

  •  Oxygen Cylinder
  •  Medically qualified guides
  •  Twice a day medical health check-up, monitoring with pulse-Oximeter and stethoscope.
  •  4 STARS accommodations before & after the climb, FB. (Mount Meru hotel/ KIBO PALACE)
  •  Orientation meeting in Arusha and gear check as well.
  •  Pick up and drop off to the Airport (Private transfers)
  •  Mount Meru climbing permits, camping/hut fees.
  •  Government tax (18% VAT ON TOUR FEE AND SERVICE)
  •  Mountain climbing certificate
  •  Team Mount Meru rescue fees
  •  Fear Wages for the mountain crew as approved by Mountain Trekking Association.
  •  3-4 porters per climber, which includes porters to carry up to 30 lbs. of your personal gear.
  •  Trekking poles and sleeping Bag
  •  All meals while on the climb + evening tea with popcorn or peanuts.
  •  As much treated water you can drink while climbing.
  •  Hot water for washing up daily.

Excluded

  •  Airfares
  •  Tip to your guides, porters and cook.
  •  Lunch, dinner and drinks at hotel
  •  Health requirements (Yellow Fever – compulsory depending on how you travel to Tanzania, Meningitis & Hepatitis A optional but recommended)
  •  Personal travel insurance
  •  Laundry (available at the hotel)
  •  Items of a personal nature
  •  Optional travel insurance
  •  Personal hiking/trekking gear- Some gears available for rent
  •  Snacks and personal medicine

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Review Scores

Anirban B
Anirban B
Amazing experience with Pamoja Kilimanjaro & Safaris We group of 20 successfully completed Machame Route,7 Days on September,2023. Every support staff member was professional and extremely supportive. Our guides were very knowledgeable and helpful. Our team of 100 crews did everything to provide us with a memorable experience and achieving our goal of summiting with all the 20 members. We could not have achieved our goal without this fantastic team and their meticulous planning. We selected Pamoja Kilimanjaro & Safaris after negotiating with diferent safari companies. Pamoja is very reliable and reasonable in pricing. Simply Pamoja is exceptional! I would definitely recommend Pamoja to everyone.
William
William
One of the best choice for trek Kilimanjaro or safari Just done 7 days trek and 5 days safari with Pamoja and I will say glad that I chose them. Entire crew are experienced, which leads me successfully reach uhuru and capture exciting moments during safari. The last one I had to mention is Richard - owner of Pamoja, you will find out that he is treating you as a friend far more than a customer.
Rex L
Rex L
Reliable guides and meticulous pre-planning that you can trust. We say many recommendations for Pamoja on Taiwanese blogs. Before the trip began, we could sense Pamoja's dedication, and later, we discovered that the boss, Richard, personally handles all the things. What's even more surprising is that Richard even climbed with us for two to three days. As we had a member in our group who walked at a slower pace, we chose the seven-day Machame route. During this trip, we had the privilege of being guided by three outstanding guides: Israel, Omary, and Jovan, along with other incredibly friendly staff. Thanks to them, all five of us successfully reached the summit. The professionalism of our mountain guides was one of the trip's most crucial elements, and their attention to detail was evident right from the equipment check before departure.
立剛 陳
立剛 陳
Nice and warm team I got 6 days with this team and they treat me like family. The whole journey was so much fun and really feel u r taking care well from the morning washing water to summit warm honey tea. The owner Richard is also a nice person, and he is not only treat customer well but his employees. He can help u to solve a lot of problems and give u really good advice.
Raveendra Kumar C
Raveendra Kumar C
Helped create wonderful memories. Pamoja Kili and Safaris overall provided a very good hiking and safari experience and I would highly recommend them to anyone planning to do either the hike or safari. Ours was a large group with 20 hikers and that meant a support crew of 105 people. Richard and his team managed the trip very well even for such a large group. Starting from the pickup at the airport to dropping us off back to the airport after the end of our trip was done in a smooth friendly manner. All the guides and porters that supported us during the hike were very knowledgeable, friendly and very supportive. They kept checking with us all through the hike to make sure everyone was doing fine. The food served during the hike was amazing and they did check everyone's vitals each evening. They also provided additional snacks for mid-hike snacking every day. The toilets were maintained well and cleaned periodically. They paced the hike so that everyone was comfortable. The only disappointment we had was the "celebration lunch" after we completed the hike. It was a big let down with just one type of banana stew. Looks like there was some miscommunication or misunderstanding by the chefs. When Richard was made aware of this, he apologized profusely and made it up by organizing a celebration dance event by hiring a group to perform in the evening at our hotel. They helped us beyond just the hike. They made us feel like their guests by taking us to good restaurants for dinner and making sure there was someone from their team always with us, whether we went for shopping or drinks or food. Richard personally joined most part of the hike and ensured everything was going smoothly. After the hike some of us went on the safari. The safari jeeps were clean and well maintained. The guides/drivers (Joshua/ Denise) were very knowledgeable and friendly. They would answer all the questions we had and provide lot of information on their own as well about animals, people the area we were visiting etc.. They were very professional and punctual. The places they had booked for our stay during the safari were awesome. Overall a very positive experience and I highly recommend Pamoja Kili safaris to anyone considering Kilimanjaro hike and safari.
Roam53043122356
Roam53043122356
7 days Lemosho trekking + 3 days Safari We had really good experience in Tanzania with the team Pamoja. We joined their 7 days Lemosho route tour to the Mount Kilimanjaro and also 3 days for Safari. Their trekking team is very professional and helpful. The guides were highly experienced and we felt so reassured to follow their steps and advices. They also took good care of us, even my wife got sick on the mountain, they knew how to make her feel better and summit to the top. The porters were very strong and helpful. We enjoyed a memorable trip with their help. I really recommand the Pamoja as your guide to summit the Kilimanjaro because they have experience in tailor making the trip for you. Also, they are good English speakers. If you have any problems, you can feel free to ask them and they are willing to give their helping hands. For the Safari trip, we have seen many different types of animals with detail explanations from the guide. However after the three days trip, we think 3 days are not enough for Safari. We will come back again for our next holiday.
p c
p c
Great hike/safari experience but very poor communication/service from tour operator We did Kilimanjaro hike as well as Safari with Pamoja's team. Overall trip during the hike and safari was amazing and they crew went of the way for us to have a great experience. Our group consist of 20 people and we all were able to successful summit which is amazing (thanks to the guide/crew for the Pole Pole approach). I was very impressed with crews humbleness and willingness to help all along the way but I felt Richard being a owner/tour operator did fairly poor job for pre/post hike and safari which is as follows Beside this our experience for pre-hike and host hike was quite unpleasant and the same applied for Safari experience. After the hike, our post hike lunch feast, which included bare any food to eat and we ended up going to hotel and ordering food. Most important we wasted several hours instead of enjoying our time in Moshi. Our plan for safari was communicated after 10pm to leave for tomorrow 7am which was very poor. We requested few additional rooms during our safari, which was not provided. We came back from Safari after 6-7 hours of drive, we unloaded all all belonging during the rain in the hotel, we been told that our hotel reservation was not there and needed to move another hotel. This created a stressful at 9pm whereas some of us has to leave by 6am. These are sign of poor communication and not able to provide a basic service from planning/communication standpoint. I have forgotten a package in the JEEP, it took me to remind them 4-5 times before they redeliver my package and very poor communication. Although, I really like my trip with Richard and crew but all cumulative errors made the experience with this group pretty unpleasant feeling at the end! I hope that they really take this honest feedback seriously and provide better service for future customers. Thank you
Manoj J
Manoj J
Kilimanjaro with Pamoja ! We hiked with group of 20 and had great experience with Pamoja Team . The whole team of 100 plus staff took care of us like family and made sure our journey and summit is successful for all of us ! Thank you Pamoja Team Manoj Jha 🙏
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GoPlaces44140003153
Great experience and a lifelong memory Richard took good care of us, arranged everything for us including the mountain and safari, and it was totally perfect. Also very lucky to have Waziri and Apeles as our guide, we love them so much and the whole team. We will definitely visit Tanzania again.
chang f
chang f
Bad experience We waited so long before writting this review and see if they could apollogise for the bad service but they didnt.The crew were not that friendly like the other crews from diferent companies.This people dont care and they are totally liers and big big thieves.

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