The marangu coca cola route is the most popular route to trek up kilimanjaro and thus its name its a well travelled path through the rainforest at marangu village into the heath and moorland and then into the alpine desert of the saddle between mawenzi and kibo and on to the crater rim at gillmans point which only half of all trekkers reach it is a relatively smooth trail winding through some beautiful scenery which changes quite dramatically every day