The oldest route on Mount Kilimanjaro, the Marangu route, is also known as the “Tourist Route” or “Coca Cola Route”.
And you may have heard that “of all routes up Mt. Kilimanjaro, the Marangu route is the easiest, cheapest and by far the most popular.”

Only one of the statements is true: climbing Kilimanjaro on the Marangu route is the cheapest option. The Marangu route is not the most popular route any more. It has been surpassed by the Machame route. And I disagree with the statement that the Marangu Route is the easiest because it is misleading.

It maybe the easiest trip to organise, have the widest, most comfortable path to walk on and offer hut accommodation, but that does NOT make it easier to reach the summit of all climbing routes on Kilimanjaro, the Marangu route has the lowest success rate!
Keep that in mind. Don’t fall for the promise of “easy”!

(If you think your fitness leaves to be desired and are looking for easy, I recommend you tackle Kilimanjaro on the Rongai route.) Having said that, as long as you are aware of the aspects that lead to the high failure rate you can avoid them to some degree.