8 Days Mt Kilimanjaro Climbing – Machame Route
Day 1:
Moshi/Arusha
After arriving at Kilimanjaro airport or Arusha, we'll pick you and check into a hotel. You will spend the night to allow you time to regenerate and meet with your guides for the next day as they give you a pre-climb details and gear check as well. Depending on time you can do a tour of the town with your guide.
Dinner and overnight: Moshi or Arusha Town Hotel
Day 2:
Arusha/Moshi to Machame Camp (3000m) In the morning after breakfast, you will drive to Kilimanjaro National Park at Machame Gate for check in and your trek for this day. This will be through the mountain forest to Machame Campsite. You will hike for 5 to 7 hours.
Meals and Overnight: Machame Campsite
Day 3:
Machame - Shira Cave (3800m)
After breakfast, you'll start hiking the steep ridge and across heath and moorland to "picnic rock for the hot lunch" and the Shira Plateau, to Shira Cave. You will hike for 5 to 7 hours. The scenery changes from forest to heather land and moorland.
Meals and overnight: Shira caves
Day 4:
Shira - Baranco (12850ft/3800m)
After breakfast, you will head towards Lava Tower and having a packed lunch/picnic lunch at 4556-m. here you have a good view of Western Breech, Arrow glacier and Kibo, crossing a broad valley and climbing to a ridge crest, crossing scree slopes and a river valley to reach Barranco Camp. You will ike for 5 to 7 hours.
Meals and overnight: Barranco Camp
Day 5:
Barranco – Karanga (4,023m)
After breakfast, you will have a day of adventure and fun as you get challenged by the hike up Barranco wall. It’s not a technical wall, but challenging nonetheless. Once on top of the "wall", the climb becomes easier and extremely beautiful with fantastic views of the crags and crevasses of the jagged peaks of Kibo on your left. Lastly you will descend into the Karanga Valley then up to the camp. The view and sunsets here is truly amazing.
Meals and overnight: Karanga Camp
Day 6:
Karanga-Barafu – Summit (4,633m)
It’s all slopes and a little uphill to the rocky to Barafu. Barafu means "ice" in Swahili, and it is extremely windy and cold at this altitude. There is a buzz of excitement in the air, as climbers anticipate our toughest day ahead. The clouds revealing the eroded peak of Mawenzi, painted with colors of the African sun. You will start the hike at midnight as this is the toughest day; take it slowly over the rocky outcrops and through the scree until you reach to the top of the rim. The earlier you get to the summit, the more time you have to enjoy the sunrise on the top of the roof of Africa. The view of the summit is dramatic, the weather and effects of altitude will determine how long you stay there. After summit back to Barafu for lunch then down to Mweka camp for last night on the mountain.
Meals and overnight: Mweka Camp
Day 7:
Mweka – Moshi/Arusha
After breakfast, you will have a 3-4 hour walk down to the gate, where the tours vehicles meet you and take you back to the hotel Arusha or Moshi for Kilimanjaro certificate and celebration with lots of fun fare having conquered the mountain.
Cost includes
- All transport by private vehicle to and from the mountain
- Accommodation as detailed on the itinerary.
- Services of a private mountain guide, cook and porters.
- Park entrance fee and camping fees.
- 03 meals a day while on the mountain, bed and breakfast in Arusha/Moshi.
- Certificate of Achievement.
- Boiled water while on the mountain.
- Free storage of excess baggage not required on the mountain hike.
- 24hrs emergency evacuation services.
Cost excludes
- Travel and personal accident insurance.
- Visa.
- Vaccinations.
- Personal Mountain equipment.
- Tips.
- Expenditure on alcoholic drinks, souvenirs and other personal items.
- Optional excursions not detailed in the itinerary.
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