Seven Days Marangu Route

7-DAYS KILIMANJARO TREKKING MACHAME ROUTE

$1840-2200 USD

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Safari summary

Upon arrival at the Kilimanjaro airport you will be met by Kili Park’s representative and drive you to your accommodation in Moshi for overnight stay waiting for your adventures to start on the following day.

About this tour

	Tour type	Set-date, set-itinerary, group
	Main focus	Hiking \| trekking
	Activity level	Strenuous activity
	Best months	All months
	Countries	Tanzania
	Parks	Kilimanjaro

Fine details

Safari highlights

Hiking | trekking

What’s included?

Airport transfers
Meals
Park fees
Private vehicle and driver

What’s not included?

Internal flights
Tips and gratuities

Itinerary

Arrival at the airport

DAY 2: Moshi to Machame Gate

Hiking time: 5 hours Distance: About 7 km’s Habitat: Montane forest Early in the morning we drive to Machame gate which takes about 90 minutes. You will have lunch at the gate. You start your ascent and enter the rain forest almost immediately. There is a strong possibility of rain in the forest, which will transform the trail into a very soggy, muddy and slippery experience. Most of the time porters and cook happens to reach to the camping site before you for preparation

DAY 3: Machame camp

Hiking time: 5 hours Distance: About 7 km’s. Habitat: Moorland. Early in the morning after breakfast, the day is spent to reach Shira cave (3750 m) where you will have hot lunch. The night at this bare camp will even be colder than the previous night, with temperatures dropping. The trail take us for an hour or so to the top of the forest and then for about two hours at a gentler gradient through the moorland zone. Hiking to this point you will be able to see in an easterly direction,

DAY 4: Shira (3750m)

Hiking time: 7 hours Distance: About 11 km’s Habitat: Semi desert. The route now turns east into a semi desert and rocky landscape surrounding Lava Tower, where you reach an altitude of 4600m after about a five hours walk. Lunch is served in a designated area before ascending the rocky scree path to Lava Tower (4600m). Definitely, the toughest day so far. It is normally around this point, where for the first time, some climbers will start to feel symptoms of breathlessness, irritability.

DAY 5: Barranco Hut

Hiking time: 8 hours Distance: About 10 km’s Habitat: Alpine desert After breakfast, we leave Barranco and continue on a steep ridge passing the Barranco Wall, to the Karanga Valley campsite where we will have lunch before we proceed. Then, we leave Karanga and hit the junction which connects with the Mweka Trail. We continue up to the Barafu camp. At this point, you have completed the South Circuit, which offers views of the summit from many different angles.

DAY 6: SUMMIT ATTEMPT

Hiking time: 7 hours to reach Uhuru Peak & 7 hours to descend to Mweka. Distance: About 14km Habitat: Stone scree and ice-capped summit. You will wake up around 2300hrs, and after some tea and biscuits you start climbing to Uhuru peak into the night. You will head in a northwesterly direction and ascend through heavy scree towards Stella Point on the crater rim. This 6-hour walks to Stella point is for many climbers, mentally and physically the most challenging on the route.

DAY 7: Mweka camp

After an early and well-deserved breakfast, it is a short 3-hour and scenic hike back to the Park gate. At Mweka gate you sign your name and details in a register. This is also where successful climbers receive their summit

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