Kilimanjaro: Accomodation & Preparation
kilimanjaro ascent: the machame route
Duration: 7 nights
Booking reference: KS270
Itinerary:
Day 1 Moshi (base hotel)
- Transfer to Moshi base hotel (Keys Hotel or similar)
- Early evening pre-climb briefing and equipment check with mountain guide
- Dinner and overnight stay at base hotel
Day 2 Machame Camp • 3000 metres • 4 hour ascent on foot
- After breakfast, morning transfer to the Machame Gate, one of the entrances to the Mount Kilimanjaro National Park. Meet up with mountain guide and team (porters and cook) for final equipment check and loading of supplies
- Begin 4 hour ascent on foot, through rainforest, to Machame Camp
- Dinner and overnight at Machame Camp
Day 3 East Shira Plateau • 3800 metres • 5 hour ascent on foot
- After breakfast begin 5 hour hike, leaving the forest behind an ascending in to the upper heath zone
- Camp close to the old Shira Plateau hut at 12,300 feet
Day 4 Barranco Camp • 3940 metres •
- After breakfast ascend to Lava Tower at 14,000 feet and then turn southwards and descend into the Great Barranco Valley, through the boulder-strewn high desert zone. Views up to Western Breach wall are spectacular
Day 5 Barafu Camp • 4600 metres
- After breakfast leave the Barranco Valley and traverse below glaciers on the southern slopes of Kilimanjaro before the trail turns north and ascends to Barafu Hut at 15,000 feet
- Eat, rest and prepare to make the final ascent to the summit
Day 6 Summit & Mweka Camp • 5895 metres
- Soon after midnight, begin the ascent to the summit, arriving at the crater rim at dawn
- Continue on up to Uhuru Peak at 19,340 feet
- After taking in the view, descend to Barafu Hut and continue to Mweka Hut located on the edge of the rainforest
Day 7 Moshi
- After breakfast, begin a 3 to 4 hour descent to the park gate
- Return to Moshi base hotel (Keys Hotel or similar) for dinner and overnight
Kilimanjaro: Accomodation & Preparation
