8 Days - 7 Nights
Trekking
2 People
6 People
| Destinations | Moshi |
| Start in | Moshi |
| End in | Moshi |
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Arrive in Moshi town. Met, and taken to the pre-booked for an introductory Kilimanjaro climb briefing upon our arrival. Overnight stay there.
Depart Moshi at 09.30 am to Machame Park gate. The drive by private vehicle to the Mount Kilimanjaro National Park Gates takes about 50 minutes. The drive passes through the village of Machame, which is located on the lower slopes of the mountain. Once you reach the park gates you will make your final preparations for the walk.
The porters at this time will be busy arranging their packs containing, food, and camping together with kitchen equipment. Make sure that you have all your day pack items with you as the porters travel very quickly so you may not be able to retrieve any items that you have given to them to carry until the evening camp.
You now leave the park gates (at around 2,000m) and walk through the rainforest on a winding trail to the first hut, which is located at an altitude of 3048m. From here you continue for a short distance and reach the Machame Hut at 3,100m (10,000ft). Here you make your first camp, rest and enjoy our evening dinner and overnight. Total walking time is around 5 hours.
After breakfast, you leave the glades of the rainforest and continue on an ascending path, crossing a small valley to gain a steep heather-covered rocky ridge. You follow this ascending ridge until the spur opens out and the route turns west into a river gorge at 3,658m (12,598ft). Time for rest, dinner, and overnight at the Shira Hut camp. Total walking for about 4 hours.
From the Shira Plateau, you continue to the East passing the junction of the route up to the peak of Kibo. You continue until your direction turns to the South East and you head towards the Lava Tower, called the 'Shark's Tooth'. Shortly after the tower, you come to a second junction, which leads you up to the Arrow Glacier at an altitude of 4,876m. You then continue on and down to the Barranco Hut at 3,860m (12,795ft) to enjoy a well-deserved rest, evening meal, and overnight camp. Total walking time is around 6 hours.
After breakfast, you leave the Barranco Hut to ascend a steep ridge, which passes the Barranco Wall in the Karanga Valley. Here you meet up with the top part of the Mweka trail and continue up to the Barafu Hut at 4,600m (15,500ft). This is your high camp from where the peaks of Mawenzi and Kibo can be seen. The rest and evening meal will be very welcome after a walking day of around 8 hours.
SUMMIT DAY: Very early in the morning you make your way slowly up to Stella Point at 5,745m before making the final traverse to Uhuru Peak, the highest point in the continent of Africa, at 5,985m (19,340ft). This ascent will take around 6 hours. Views of the plains and Mount Meru in the early morning sunlight are possible before any cloud drifts up from the steamy jungle below. From the summit you how make your descent continuing straight down to the Mweka Hut at 3,100m. This descent should take around 5 hours and you can take pleasure in a well-deserved rest and final evening meal on the mountain.
After a comparatively late breakfast, you continue the descent down through the rainforest to the Mweka Park Gate. This takes around 4 hours. At the Park Gates, you will be met by the guides’ vehicle to travel back to Moshi overnight.
After breakfast, departure back home or next destination.
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