kilimanjaro · Mid-range
Mount Meru — Momella Route
4.7· 440 reviewsFour days on Tanzania's second summit — the finest acclimatisation climb there is, and a wild, beautiful trek in its own right.
Per person, excluding international flights and visas.
The story of this journey
Meru is not a warm-up act. The Momella route climbs through open grassland thick with buffalo and giraffe, along a dramatic crater rim, to a summit sunrise with Kilimanjaro floating on the horizon.
Climbed before Kilimanjaro it transforms your acclimatisation; climbed alone it is quietly one of East Africa's best-kept secrets.
At a glance
- Duration
- 4 days
- From
- $1,250 pp
- Style
- Mid-range
- Difficulty
- challenging
- Booking
- Fixed departures
- Best months
- JUN · JUL · AUG · SEP · OCT · DEC · JAN · FEB
Best time for this journey
Upcoming departures
Fixed-date group departures — reserve your place with a deposit.
14 Oct 2026 – 18 Oct 2026
$1,250 pp · 8 seats left
8 Nov 2026 – 12 Nov 2026
$1,250 pp · 8 seats left
What's included
- Professional, certified mountain guides and armed park ranger
- Park, hut and rescue fees
- All meals on the mountain and safe drinking water
- Transfers from Arusha
Not included
- · Personal climbing gear
- · Tips for the mountain crew
- · International flights and visas
Medical and emergency cover
AMREF Flying Doctors — Maisha TouristAir evacuation
Included in your price
Works alongside your own travel insurance, which remains a condition of booking.
Kilimanjaro SAR — mountain rescueMountain rescue
Not included — your own insurance must cover this
Traveller stories
What our guests say
“Excellent guiding and genuinely comfortable vehicles. Long transfer days in the rains are simply the reality of the north — Maguca were upfront about that from the first email, which I appreciated.”
“Unhurried, warm, and completely tailored to two adults and two very excitable kids.”
The Okafor family · United States Verified on Google · Travelled Dec 2025“Summited Kilimanjaro thanks to a crew who carried more than our bags. Pole pole works. The pre-climb briefing could have been more thorough on kit — but on the mountain they were faultless.”
“Maguca didn't just show us Tanzania — they let us feel it. Our guide read the bush like a language.”
“I expected to see animals. I did not expect to cry at sunset over the crater, or to feel like I was leaving family behind. Maguca did not show me Africa. They let me inside it.”
Sarah M. · United States Verified on SafariBookings · Travelled Aug 20265 traveller reviews — scroll or use the arrows
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