6 Days Machame Route

Tour Overview

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Tour Itinerary

• Day 1: Arrive in Tanzania

  You will be picked up at the Kilimanjaro International Airport and transferred to your hotel in Moshi town, you will meet your guide who will brief you on your upcoming trek and do an equipment check to make sure you have all the necessary mountain gear. Gear which is missing can be rented on this day. Overnight at Weru Weru River Lodge (or alternative).

  • Meals:No Meals Included
• Day 2: Machame Gate (1790m) to Machame Camp (3010m)

  One hour’s drive from Moshi lies the gate to the Machame route, where we complete park formalities, meet our crew of porters and start to climb! The first section of the route climbs steadily and passes through magnificent, dense rainforest. This path is less well-trodden so it can get somewhat overgrown in places and it is often wet and muddy underfoot.

  • Meals:Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner Included
  • Distance covered: 10.8km / 6.7mi
  • Approx. time taken: 6 hours
• Day 3: Machame Camp (3010m) to Shira Camp (3845m)

  Our route continues on up through the forest until we reach the steep ascent onto the Shira Plateau, where there are rewarding views of the mountain. Looking back, you will be able to see Mt Meru rising high above Arusha town in the distance.

  • Meals:Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner Included
  • Distance covered: 5.4km / 3.4mi
  • Approx. time taken: 5 hours
• Day 4: Shira Cave (3845m) to Barranco Camp (3960m)

  Leaving the pine forest behind we carry on with a steady ascent walking though moorland. There are superb views of the Eastern ice fields on the crater rim of Kibo, the highest of the three volcanoes which form the mountain. We will leave the main trail and strike out across moorland on a smaller path towards the jagged peaks of Mawenzi, the second of Kilimanjaro's volcanoes. We will set up camp today in the sheltered valley near Kikelewa caves at 3630m

  • Meals:Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner Included
  • Distance covered: 10.8km / 6.7mi
  • Approx. time taken: 8 hours
• Day 5: Barranco Camp (3960m) to Barafu Camp (4640m)

  Our day starts by descending into the Great Barranco, a huge ravine. We then exit steeply, up the Great Barranco Wall, which divides us from the southeastern slopes of Kibo. It’s a climb over rock, not technical, but long and tiring. Passing underneath the Heim and Kersten glaciers, we head towards the Karanga valley, which is our last stop for fresh water before the summit. Scree now forms the terrain as we walk through arid and desolate land towards Barafu camp.

  • Meals:Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner Included
  • Distance covered: 8.5km / 5.3mi
  • Approx. time taken: 8 hours
• Day 6: Barafu Camp (4640m) to UHURU PEAK (5895m) & down to Millennium Camp (3790m)

  We start off at around midnight, and walk steeply upwards to the summit glaciers. We will be climbing scree for 4 to 5 hours but gain incredible height over a short distance. The views are spectacular. We should be on the crater rim at Stella Point (5739m) as the first rays of the sun hit us. Spectacular ice cliffs within the crater surround us and the views to jagged Mawenzi peak and beyond are breathtaking. Another hour’s walking takes us to the summit, Uhuru Peak (5895m). We begin our descent by returning to Stella Point and then descending on scree slope and track back to Barafu Camp for breakfast, before finally heading down to Millennium Camp for a long well-earned rest.

  • Meals:Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner Included
  • Distance covered: 13.4km / 8.3mi
  • Approx. time taken: 12-15 hours
• Day 7: Trek Millennium Camp (3790m) to Mweka Gate (1630m)

  A gentle trek takes us down through the rainforest to Mweka Gate, where we complete park formalities and receive certificates, which you can hang up with pride! We are then met by our vehicles and return to the hotel in Moshi, where you can treat yourself to a welcome shower (and a cold beer or two!) before our big celebration. Overnight at the Weru Weru River Lodge (or alternative)

  • Meals:Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner Included
  • Distance covered: 12.1km / 7.5mi
  • Approx. time taken: 6 hours
• Day 8: Depart Tanzania

  The day is left free to wind down after the trek before your flight home. Depending on flight times you could go and explore Moshi town and grab some souvenirs before heading to the airport.
  
  We also welcome you spare an hour of your day to plant a tree, as part of our environmental conservation efforts in the Kilimanjaro region.
  
  Safari and Zanzibar add-ons are available if you wish to continue exploring Tanzania

  • Meals:Breakfast Included