Tour Overview
On your arrival, at the airport you will meet our driver and our office staff already there waiting for you with your name on a special board, for welcoming you and driving to your hotel in Arusha. Here you will meet your Mountain guide for gears rechecking up, just to make sure you have everything important for the Best experience on the Mountain, and give the full Mountain briefing about the trip.
Included/Exclude
Park fees (For non-residents)
All activities (Unless labeled as optional)
All accommodation (Unless listed as upgrade)
A professional driver/guide
All transportation (Unless labeled as optional)
All Taxes/VAT
Roundtrip airport transfer
Meals (As specified)
Drinks (As specified in the day-by-day section)
International flights (From/to home)
Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour
Tips (Tipping guideline US$10.00 pp per day)
Personal items (Souvenirs, travel insurance, visa fees, etc.)
Government imposed increase of taxes and/or park fee
Tour Plan
Hotel - Machame Gate - Machame Campsite. Elevation; 1800 m to 3000 m Distance; 10 km Hiking Time; 6 hours Habitat; Forest After breakfast our vehicle will transfer you from the hotel drive to Machame gate. Here you will do the required registration procedures then you will start the trek through the rain forest to Machame camp where you will find the tents are already set up for you. Dinner and overnight at the campsite.
Machame Hut Campsite to Shira Campsite Elevation ; 3000 m to 3850 m Distance ; 7 km Hiking Time ; 5 hours Habitat ; Moorland After breakfast leave the glades of the rainforest and continue ascending by crossing little valleys and steep rocky ridge covered with heather plants to the western side of the mountain where the camp is situated. At this camp you will able get the spectacular view of Mount Meru, Shira Plateau, Kibo Peak and sunset; then dinner and overnight
Shira two campsite to Lava tower to Barranco campsite Elevation; 3850 m to 4600 m to 3900 m Distance ; 9 km Hiking Time ; 8 - 9 hours Habitat; Moorland and Alpine desert This is a big acclimatization day, very important for more preparation to summit Kilimanjaro as you will have up and down for about 750m difference in altitude just to acclimatize. In the morning, Around 7:30am after breakfast you start trekking on the Gentle steep east to a junction leading to Lava tower rock 4600m for acclimatization. Here you will stop for about 45 min for adoption while you are Having a light Hot Lunch, Afterwards, you will descend down to Barranco campsite that is almost the same as Shira Two camp in Elevation, where you will stop for dinner and overnight.
Barranco campsite to Karanga campsite Elevation; 3900 m to 4000 m Distance; 5 km Hiking Time ; 4 to 5 hours Habitat; Moorland Today is a short day of trekking. In the morning you will start climbing the Barranco wall. It will take about 1hr and 30min to reach at the top of it at 4200m for acclimatization, and continue crossing ridges and valleys, downs and ups to Karanga campsite for hot lunch. After lunch you will have a bit of rest and get another acclimatization of trekking up the scree slopes towards the Southern ice field. You will then return to the camp for dinner and overnight (for six days hikers, they skip this camp, just have lunch and hike through to barafu camp for the summit tonight)
Karanga campsite to Barafu campsite Elevation ;4000 m to 4720 m Distance; 4 km Hiking time; 3 hours Habitat; Alpine desert In the morning around 8am start the trek up to the Barafu ridge campsite, walking very slowly but continuously. The walk takes a few hours because of the short distance but is steep hence requiring a slow pace to avoid fatigue. You will walk across an alpine desert possibly with cold winds blowing down from Kibo peak and its glaciers. Your guide will prepare you how to wear according to the climatic condition of that time of your climb. Have a hot lunch at the camp, short acclimatization (To be recommended by your guide) then later you will have an early dinner around 1700hrs, rest until midnight when we commence your push for the summit. [ NB: According to Climatic conditions at the base camp, or the level of your body tiredness, here you will have time to talk with your guide(s) about summit time. You may have more resting hours here, and start the hike to the summit Early morning next day around 3 or 4am with better climate or after rest more time , just for you to have more chances of success]
Barafu hut campsite to Uhuru peak to Mweka hut campsite Elevation ; 4620 m to 5895 m to 3100 m Distance ; 15 km Hiking Time ; 13 hours Habitat ; Desert and Ice Wake at midnight to a light breakfast and then prepare for your summit ascent. The goal is to climb to the top successfully, but if you can make it there before dawn so that you can reach Uhuru Peak shortly before or after sunrise is so nice too. Departure for the summit is at 12:00AM. switch back up steep scree or possibly snow, and reach Stella Point on the crater rim (5,742 m) between 4 and 5 AM. At this point you will be having the views of the fabled crater and its icecaps facing you. Then after 45min to 1 hour of hiking along the Kibo crater rim near the celebrated snows takes you to Kilimanjaro true summit, Uhuru Peak where you will spend time experiencing the beauty of Kilimanjaro True summit.. After your summit activities, you will descend back to the Barafu Huts campsite, for lunch, rest, collect your gear, and continue down through moorland and heath zone to Mweka Huts campsite for Dinner and overnight
Mweka hut campsite to Mweka gate Elevation ; 3100 m to 1800 m Distance ; 10 km Hiking time ; 3 to 4 hours Habitat ; Forest Today is your last day on the mountain. After breakfast, you will descend down to Mweka park gate walking across Montane forest. This descent will take 3-4 hours. At the gate you will sign out and board the vehicle, ready for the transfer back to your hotel for your certificate presentation celebration
