Kilimanjaro Machame Route

Day 1 Machame Gate - Machame Camp You will be picked up at your hotel in Moshi and driven to Machame Gate. When your guide is done dealing with all the registration forms you can start your climbing! Soon you will find yourself deep in mountain rainforest with ancient trees, primeval ferns, liana, lichen and moss that carpets the ground and drapes from the trees. If you're lucky you could see the black and white colobus monkeys in the treetops. Your first day of climbing will end at Machame Camp where you will have your dinner and overnight. 3 meals included. Machame Gate (1790m) to Machame Camp (3010m) Hike TIme: 5-7 hours

Day 3 New Shira Camp - Barranco Camp After breakfast head on climbing, except tis day you are not climbing too much. This will let your body adjust the height more. After 6 to 7 hours you will arrive at the most beautiful camp on the mountain, Barranco Camp. There you will have your dinner and overnight. 3 meals included. New Shira Camp (3845m) to Barranco Camp (3960m) Hike Time: 6-7 hours

Kilimanjaro

Day 5 Barafu Camp - Uhuru Peak - Mweka Camp After a very early breakfast at around midnight the cimbing begins yet again. With torchlight you will climb the screes of Kibo. After 5 to 7 hours of ascending in the dark you will arrive at Stella Point, the crater rim of Mt Kilimanjaro. Another 1 to 2 hours climb along the crater ridge will lead you to Uhuru Peak (5895 m). Here you will see Kilimanjaro in all its glory, enjoying the 360° view over the landscape below as the sun rises. You are now standing on the “Roof of Africa”. Enjoy this moment, take the view all in! The simple descent runs almost along the same route and shortly before midday you should arrive at Barafu Camp. After a 1 to 2 hour break there you will continue down to Mweka Camp (3080 m) where you will get dinner and rest. 3 meals included. Barafu Camp (4640m) to Uhuru Peak (5895m) to Mweka Camp (3080m) Hike TIme: 10-14 hours