Mt Kilimanjaro Machame Route 6 Days

After breakfast transfer to Machame Gate. The tarmac ends and you drive through a market place and a small village with tiny mud houses flanking the sides of the road. A sign with a red paint mark starts here at about (6 400ft). The route winds up through the verdant rain forest, a breathtaking environment of chattering birds and monkeys. Packed lunch en route, the forest gives out into the heather at about 10 000 ft / 3000 m, (5-6 hrs). The Camp is about 50 meters to the West and water is plentiful from a stream 5 minutes down in the valley. Dinner and overnight at Machame Camp.

Accommodation- Machame Camp

Your Stay

1 Night

Full Board – Dinner, Bed, Breakfast and Lunch

From the Camp, we cross a small valley and the route continues up the long steep ridge ahead. From the ridge Kibo, Mawenzi and Shira -the three peaks of Kilimanjaro – can be seen with Mt. Meru visible to the West on a clear day. It is gentle trekking on the rock ridges and through heather until the route turns west into a river gorge at 2,000ft/3,500m, (3-4 hrs). From here continue to the west, gradually ascending until the Shira Plateau is reached at 12,500 ft / 3800 m. Another 1/2 hr. brings you to the Shira camp. Even at this altitude, Eland and Klipspringer can be seen. There is a small stream 5 minutes above the Camp, where water can be collected. Dinner and overnight at Shira Camp

Accommodation- Shira Camp

Your Stay

1 Night

Full Board – Dinner, Bed, Breakfast and Lunch

Continue walking east and the looming form of the Kibo massif ahead. Shortly after the junction from where the Kibo North Circuit turns off, the route crosses a wide valley.

From here the lava tower can be seen, which is also called the Shark Tooth. South to the glacier streams and, shortly before the Tower, we turn off towards Barranco Camp situated at 13,000ft/ 3,900m, 5-6 hrs. Dinner and overnight at Barranco Camp

Accommodation- Barranco Camp

Your Stay

1 Night

Full Board – Dinner, Bed, Breakfast and Lunch

From here walk up to the road where you again ascend to Barafu Camp at 15,500ft/4,600m, 6 hours, packed lunch en route. The vast and barren moonscape of the Alpine desert is a very harsh and rugged environment where temperatures can range from 40C during the day to minus twenty at night. Only tussock grasses and a few tiny flowers can live on this altitude. Uhuru Peak sometime hauls itself through the clouds and it seems very close. The rare Lammergeyer, or bearded vulture, is occasionally seen up here. Dinner and overnight at Barafu Camps

Accommodation- Barranco Camp

Your Stay

1 Night

Full Board – Dinner, Bed, Breakfast and Lunch

An early start is required (01.00 am) for the summit attempt and Uhuru Peak the highest point in Africa at 19,340ft/5,895m. The trail is tougher than anything experienced on the ascent with a sustained switchback climb through steep scree. Slowly and with regular stops is the best way to do it. After Stella Point on the

Crater Rim, it is a very short but very long walk to Uhuru Peak. From the summit it is a sustained descent to Mweka Camp and a day of some 12-15 hours of high-altitude trekking. Lunch, dinner and overnight at Mweka Camp

Accommodation- Mweka Camp

Your Stay

1 Night

Full Board – Dinner, Bed, Breakfast and Lunch

The day is spent descending through open moorlands and the glades of forest and straight down through the rain forest to the Park Gate. transfer to Moshi/Arusha