Kilimanjaro Trek - Machame Route - Camping

Cost per person sharing: R13,050

Single Supplement:  R810

Optional Green Seat:  R40

Meals Included:  7 Breakfasts, 6 Lunches and 7 Dinners

Day 1 Tanzania – Moshi

Moshi is the gateway to Mount Kilimanjaro and the meeting place for trekking expeditions. Today you meet and are briefed about the climb and if the weather is favourable, catch a glimpse of the world’s tallest freestanding mountain (5,895m). If you are making your own way to Moshi, please advise of your estimated arrival time in order to organize the briefing.
Meals: Dinner

Day 2 Kilimanjaro National Park - Machame Camp (3,010m)

After breakfast, you will be collected from your hotel and after a 45 minute drive you will arrive at the entrance to the Kilimanjaro National Park. Machame Gate is at 1,790m. In a short time, you will be deep within the magnificent mountain rainforest. With a little luck, you may glimpse and hear the beautiful black and white thumbless Colobus monkeys in the treetops. After 5-7 hours, you will reach today’s destination - The Machame Camp - situated just below the tree line at 3,010m. Here, at the base of the Kilimanjaro, you will have dinner and overnight at the camp.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 3 Kilimanjaro National Park - Shira Camp (3,845m)

After an early morning start, you leave the Machame Camp and the timberline behind. The path gets steeper and the landscape turns into a moor and heath land, allowing you to take in the impressive mountain range. Today’s stage is shorter than the last one and by mid-afternoon, you arrive at the new Shira Campsite at the Shira Plateau. The camp offers a breath-taking view of the mountain, especially at sunset.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 4 Kilimanjaro National Park - Barranco Camp (3,960m)

Today you climb approximately 800m but you camp at an elevation only slightly higher than the previous night. This will allow you to acclimatise as a height of over 4,600m will be reached the next 2 days before descending again. The trek begins with a long ascent above the Shira Plateau in the direction of the Lava Tower Hut (4,640m). After 6-7 hours, you arrive at perhaps the most beautiful camp on Kilimanjaro - the Barranco Camp.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 5 Kilimanjaro National Park - Barafu Camp (4,640m)

The trek of today starts with the climb of the 'Barranco Wall'. Safety is paramount and you will be secured where necessary along this route. Following the ridge as it wanders up and down, it offers splendid views of the south glacier of Kibo. In the Karanga Valley, you will have lunch in preparation for the 2-3 hours climb to Barafu Camp (4,640m). Once at camp, have dinner and take an early night in preparation for the next day. The guide will wake you up again at 11.30 pm and the climb begins just after midnight on Day 6.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 6 Kilimanjaro National Park - Uhuru Peak (5,895m)

At around 00.30 am, you begin the climb to the Uhuru Peak. Climbing the steps of the Kibo you will arrive at Stella Point after 5-7 hours of hard trekking. This is the crater rim of Kilimanjaro, from which you continue for another 1-2 hours along the edge to Uhuru Peak (5,895m) - the summit! The comparatively simple descent runs almost along the same route and shortly before midday, you arrive at Camp Barafu. After a well-deserved break of 1-2 hours, you are on your way to Camp Mweka (3,080m) where an evening meal and a good night’s sleep awaits you.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 7 Kilimanjaro National Park - Mweka Gate (1,630m) - Moshi

The final leg of this amazing adventure begins after breakfast with a traditional farewell ceremony from the mountain guides. Then a gentle 2 and a half hour descent through the rainforest to Mweka Gate, where the driver takes you back to the hotel in Moshi.
Meals: Breakfast, Dinner

Day 8 Moshi

After breakfast, you can continue with your travel plans; further transport can be arranged if required.
Meals: Breakfast

This is a compulsory payment that covers what is consider to be ‘an essential activity’ on this Kilimanjaro Trek tour and therefore this itinerary has been written with this item included in the day-by-day itinerary.

Includes National Park entry fees.

Cost per person:  R8,400