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8 Days
Mount Kilimanjaro Hiking - Machame Route
DAY 1:
Board Riverside shuttle bus or Davanu shuttle bus from Nairobi
at 0800 hrs and proceed to Arusha arriving at 1300hrs.
Depart for Moshi at 1400hrs arriving at 1530hrs. Dinner and
overnight at a hotel in Moshi or (Pick up from Kilimanajaro
airport and transfer to hotel in Moshi)
DAY 2 :
Machame Gate (1490m) - Machame camp (2980m)
Hiking time: 7 hours
Distance: About 18 km's
Habitat: Montane forest
Transfer
from your hotel to the Kilimanjaro National Park gate at
Machame. From here, you trek through the lush forest to
Machame hut . Overnight stay at the camp.
DAY 3:
Machame camp (2980m) - Shira camp (3840m)
Hiking time: 6 hours
Distance: About 9 km's
Habitat: Moorland
Leave the forest. The path
follows a steep ridge passing through open moorlands
crossing a large gorge to reach Shira hut. Overnight stay at
the camp
DAY 4:
Shira (3840m)-Lava Tower (4630m)-Barranco camp (3950m)
Hiking time: 7 hours
Distance: About 15 km's
Habitat: Semi desert
You turn Eastwards and
continue ascending through the dry landscape before dropping
again to reach Barranco hut . Overnight stay at the camp.
DAY 5:
Barranco camp (3950m)- Barafu camp (4550m)
Hiking time: 7 hours
Distance: About 13 km's
Habitat: Alpine desert
The path climbs steep out
of the Barranco valley and crosses the Karanga valley, then
turns North to reach Barafu Hut . Overnight stay at the
camp.
DAY 6:
SUMMIT ATTEMPT
Barafu camp (4550m)-Uhuru Peak
(5895m)-Mweka (3100m)
Hiking time: 8 hours to reach Uhuru Peak
7/8 hours to descend to Mweka
Distance: About 7 km's ascent - 23 km's descent
Habitat: Stone scree and ice-capped summit
Along day with an early
start to reach the crater, ream at the Stella point in time
for sunrise, then to Uhuru peak , the highest point in
Africa. After wards, descend to Gilman's point and down to
Horombo hut. Over night, stay at the camp
DAY 7:
Descend down passing Mandara hut to the gate where
you are transferred back to your hotel in Moshi for dinner
and over night.
DAY 8:
After breakfast board shuttle bus from your hotel and
proceed to Nairobi arriving late in the afternoon (6.30 PM).
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