Meals

3 meals daily while on the mountain [breakfast,lunch and dinner] The menu on Kilimanjaro is designed to ensure your food intake matches your level of exertion. It will provide you with a good balance of protein, carbohydrates, fruit and vegetables. When you are at altitude you could start to feel nauseous and your appetite may be suppressed, so the meals prepared at high altitude usually contain more carbohydrates and less protein to help you to digest your food. Your meals will be prepared by your cooks on Kilimanjaro and the food will be carried by your porters.

Transport

Transportation to & from the mountain gate

Accommodation

Accommodation will be tented camp during the climb days with 2 Nights: the night before the climb and the night after the climb accommodation (B&B) in Moshi

Guide

We have experienced professional qualified and competent Guides who will guide you all the day of your tour with love and care

Others

Pre & Post Trek accommodation All Park Fees And Rescue Fees Fair wages for the mountain crew as approved by the Kilimanjaro National Park Authority (KINAPA), Kilimanjaro Association of Tour Operators (KIATO) All Meals While On The Mountain Arrival And Departure Transfers Guides, Porters, Cook Salaries And Park Fees Large Portions Of Fresh, Healthy, Nutritious Food: Clean, Purified Drinking Water: Fair And Ethical Treatment Of Porters: Sleeping Mattress 4 Season mountain tents Transportation to & from the mountain gate Professional mountain guides, cooks and porters

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Flights

Flights are not included

Others

Tanzania Visa: $50 Per Person On Arrival Personal Expenses (E.G. Laundry, Telephone, Beverages, Etc.) Optional Tours (Short Safari After Your Climb Etc) × Items of a personal nature × Tips for guides, porters and cook × Personal Hiking/Trekking gears (Some Gears are available for Rent) × Snacks, personal medicine × Meals, drinks and snacks not specified in hotelips And Any Items Of Personal Nature.

Optional

Other activities and services are not included.

Insurance

Insurance is not included

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Day 1 Machame Camp
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Machame Camp

Machame Gate to Machame Camp At 8am, leave Moshi for Machame Gate, where you will meet our porters, guides, and cooks that will spend the next seven days trekking with you to Uhuru Peak, the roof of Africa. Once you arrive, wait at the gate while we register your climb and the porters and guides make final preparations. Your first day’s destination is Machame Camp. Each day, porters and cooks will walk ahead to set up the camp in time for your arrival. On the first day, hike through the moss-covered trees of Kilimanjaro’s cloud forest. The forest will thin at the end of the hike and vegetation will change to include heathers, tall grasses and wildflowers. If the weather is clear, view the surrounding area and your ultimate destination, Kibo Peak.
Day 2 Shira Camp One
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Shira Camp One

Machame Camp to Shira Camp Although considered to be the easiest day on the Machame Route, today’s trek includes several uphill sections. Carry plenty of drinking water, as the exposed hike can be hot on a clear day. There are several viewpoints from which you can see the plains and forests below and Kibo and Mawenzi peaks above. As you gain altitude, notice the change in vegetation. The trees diminish in size, giving way to Kilimanjaro’s famous high altitude plants, Scenecio kilimanjari and Lobelia deckenii. After eating lunch, climb the Shira Plateau, created when Kibo’s lava flows filled the Shira crater. Continue to Shira Camp, where you will relax for the rest of the day. Kibo lies to the west and Mount Meru to the east.
Day 3 Barranco Camp
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Barranco Camp

Shira Cave to Barranco Camp Although this up and down day ends with an elevation gain of only 110 meters, by early afternoon you will have climbed 690 meters to a height of 4,530 meters before beginning your descent to Barranco Camp. This day is crucial for acclimatization. After breakfast, hike east on the Shira Plateau before reaching the junction for the Shira and Lemosho Routes. Continue on through the barren landscape before stopping for lunch. Shortly after lunch, reach the highest point of the day before descending quickly to Barranco Camp. Faster hikers can take a detour via Lava Tower, a 300-foot lava formation jutting out of the mountainside. Barranco Camp, set among stands of Senecio kilimanjari, is considered to be the most scenic campsite on the Machame Route.
Day 4 Barafu Camp
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Barafu Camp

Barranco Camp to Barafu Camp Leave Barranco Camp after an early breakfast to begin the long hike to Barafu Camp. The day begins with an hour and a half scramble up the Barranco Wall. This is the hardest part of the day and in some places you will have to use your hands to pull your body up. After reaching the top, you will make a short descent into the greener Karanga Valley before continuing on to Barafu Camp. On the way to Barafu, view several of Kibo’s glaciers as well as the junction that connects the descent route, Mweka, with the Machame trail. During day four, hike by the Heim, Kersten and Decken Glaciers. Although the way to Barafu is bleak, alpine desert with little vegetation, Barafu Camp offers stunning views of Kibo and Mawenzi peaks, and Rebmann Glacier. Try to sleep as soon as you finish dinner as you will be waking up at midnight for your summit hike.
Day 5 Lower Mweka Hut
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Lower Mweka Hut

Barafu Camp to UHURU PEAK & down to Mweka Camp Around midnight, begin the final ascent to Uhuru Peak, the highest point in Africa. For the next six hours, hike by the light of your headlamp. The ascent to the crater rim is the most challenging part of the entire trek. The trail is very steep until you reach the crater rim at Stella Point. The hike from Stella Point to Uhuru Peak is a gradual climb and, as far as hikes go, not very difficult. The altitude, however, makes the hike long and tiring. The crater rim hike takes approximately one hour. Upon reaching Uhuru, take photos of your guide and group at the peak before beginning the descent to Mweka Camp. On the way down from Uhuru, enjoy views of the mountain, crater, clouds and glaciers. At Barafu Camp, eat breakfast and take a short break. You still have another three to five hours to go before reaching Mweka Camp.
Day 6 Moshi
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Moshi

Trek Mweka Camp to Mweka Gate After breakfast, finish the trek with a descent to Mweka Gate. Your last hike on Kilimanjaro is a beautiful one, passing through Kilimanjaro’s cloud forest. Watch your step during the descent, as the trail can be slippery. Our vehicles will be waiting at the lower station of Mweka Gate to take you back to Moshi. You will be able to buy t-shirts and sodas at the gate.

6 days tour

6 Days Kilimanjaro Trekking Machame Route

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Itinerary of your trip 6 Days Kilimanjaro Trekking Machame Route

Machame Camp

Shira Camp One

Barranco Camp

Barafu Camp

Lower Mweka Hut

Moshi

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