6 DAYS MACHAME ROUTE
6 days—MOUNT KILIMANJARO HIKING
$1650-1750 USD
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Safari summary
Hope you good and fine. Thank you very much for your fast and quick response. I would kindly send you our 6 days Safari Tour to Kilimanjaro Mountain via Machame route, with all the areas of visit you wanted to see. Our Prices for 6 days will be 1650$ USD. And you will only be required to pay 5% as an advance payment for reservation of your accommodation at the park and payment of the park fees early.
About this tour
| Tour type | Custom, tailor-made, private | |
| Main focus | Hiking | trekking | |
| Activity level | Strenuous activity | |
| Best months | All months | |
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What’s included?
- Accommodation
- Airport transfers
- Meals
- Park fees
Itinerary
ARUSHA TO MACHAME CAMP
We’ll begin the tour with a drive from Arusha to the Machame Gate, which will take around 50 minutes. We’ll pass through the quaint Machame village located on the south-western slope of Kilimanjaro where your guides, cook and porters prepare and pack your equipment and supplies. You will receive a lunch pack, and you can also buy snacks and some mineral water in the supermarket found on the way or in Moshi town.
MACHAME CAMP
MACHAME CAMP TO SHIRA CAVE
You will work up early morning at the Machame camp according to the briefing and after breakfast start climb for an hour to the top of the forest, then for 3 hours through a gentle moorland. After a short lunch and rest you continue up a rocky ridge on to the Shira plateau where you will be able to see Kilimanjaro great Western breach with its stunning glaciers. Sometimes the walls of the western Breach are draped with extensive ice curtains
SHIRA CAMPSITE
LAVA TOWER TO BARRANCO CAMP
Today will begin with a trek towards the Lava Tower, you will walk for 3 or 4hours to reach to the lava tower early afternoon and there you will have hot lunch and this place you will reach to the highest elevation 4600 masl this is the same with the high camp (barafu camp) (a 300ft tall volcanic rock formation), after lunch you will descent to Barranco camp for 2 hours to reach to the camp, and there you will have hot washing water after you will have tea then night you save dinner.
BARRANCO CAMP
BARRANCO TO BARAFU CAMP
Barafu camp will be excited to see you after a tasty meal and about 2 to 3 hours of hike where by we’ll trek towards the route that connects with the Mweka Trail. We’ll then gradually make our way to Barafu Hut. Today, you will have completed the Southern Circuit, and the views of the Mawenzi and Kibo peaks here are awe-inspiring. Once we make camp, we’ll eat, rest, and prepare the bags for summit day.
BARAFU CAMP
SUMMIT BARAFU CAMP TO UHURU PEAK
Your guide will awake around 23:30pm for tea and biscuits. You will then begin your summit, the route heads North west and you will ascend over stone scree. During the ascend many hikers feel that this the most mentally and physically challenging the part of the climb. In about six hours you will reach stella point (5756m) located on the crater rim.
MWEKA CAMP
MWEKA CAMP TO ARUSHA
After breakfast, we will say goodbye to our porters and continue our descent to the Mweka Park Gate to collect our summit certificates. It can be muddy and wet during our walk to lower elevation. You’ll begin to realize how good you feel as the altitude slowly begins to drop. We will be met at the gate by our local team who will drive us back to the hotel.
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