6-Day Trek Mt Kilimanjaro via Machame Route

• A transfer from the airport can be arranged for an extra cost.
• Accommodation before the tour starts can be arranged for an extra cost.

Moshi to Machame gate to machame camp

After breakfast, we leave Moshi at 10 AM, drive for 45 minutes to the Machame Gate on the southwest side of Kilimanjaro, register with the national park, and begin hiking around noon after lunch at the gate. We will walk through the rain forest on a winding trail up a ridge. We continue a short distance on the heather until we reach the Machame Camp.

Main Destination:

Mount Kilimanjaro

Accommodation:

Budget camping

• On Mt Kilimanjaro

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Machame camp to shira 1 camp

After breakfast, we leave the glades of the rain forest and continue on an ascending path, crossing the little valley walking along a steep rocky ridge, covered with heather until the ridge ends. The route now turns west onto a river gorge.

Time for rest, dinner, and overnight at the Shira campsite.

Main Destination:

Mount Kilimanjaro

Accommodation:

Budget camping

• On Mt Kilimanjaro

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Shira 1 camp to lava tower to Barranco camp

Today is a good day for the body to acclimatize for the days to follow. You will climb roughly 700 m but will sleep on a level not much higher than the night before.

We will start at Shira Plateau and make our way up to Lava Tower at around 4600 m, after lunch and a rest we will continue through the Barranco Valley until we reach our destination for the day the beautiful Barranco Camp.

Today’s trek will be approximately 6 – 7 hours, during which time you will experience the alpine desert as well as the Barranco Valley with its small lobelia plants and giant senecio’s.

You will sit down for a well-deserved dinner before it’s time to rest in preparation for the next day.

Main Destination:

Mount Kilimanjaro

Accommodation:

Budget camping

• On Mt Kilimanjaro

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Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Barranco camp to karanga camp to barafu camp

After breakfast, we leave Barranco and continue on a steep ridge passing the Barranco Wall, to the Karanga Valley campsite.

We will have a well-earned lunch break there.

Then, we leave Karanga and we continue up to the Barafu Hut. At this point, you have completed the South Circuit, which offers views of the summit from many different angles.

Here we make camp, rest, enjoy dinner, and prepare for the summit day.

The two peaks of Mawenzi and Kibo are to be seen from this position.

Main Destination:

Mount Kilimanjaro

Accommodation:

Budget camping

• On Mt Kilimanjaro

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Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Barafu camp to summit to mweka camp

Very early in the morning (midnight), we put on many layers of clothing and begin our climb to the summit.

We head in a northwesterly direction and ascend through heavy scree towards Stella Point on the crater rim. This is the most mentally and physically challenging portion of the trek.

At Stella Point (5756m), we stop for a short rest and will be rewarded with the most magnificent sunrise you are ever likely to see.

From Stella Point, we have just one more hour before reaching the summit. At Uhuru Peak, you have reached the highest point on Mount Kilimanjaro (5895m) and the continent of Africa. Faster hikers will see the sunrise from the summit.

We now make our descent from the summit, continuing straight down to the Mweka Hut camp site, stopping at Barafu for lunch. Mweka Camp is situated in the upper forest.

Later in the evening, we enjoy our last dinner on the mountain and a well-earned sleep.

Main Destination:

Mount Kilimanjaro

Accommodation:

Budget camping

• On Mt Kilimanjaro

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Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Mweka camp to mweka gate

After breakfast, we continue the descent down to the Mweka Park Gate.

The National Park requires all hikers to sign their names to receive certificates of completion. Hikers who reached Stella’s Point (5756m) receive green certificates and hikers who reached Uhuru Peak (5895m) receive gold certificates.

After signing, you will stop at the restaurant to share a last meal with all the team (it could also be the time to give tips to them) and then, you will drive back to the hotel in Moshi for long overdue showers and celebrations.

Main Destination:

Mount Kilimanjaro

Accommodation:

No accommodation (End of tour)

Meals & Drinks:

• Breakfast & lunch (Dinner not included)
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

• Additional accommodation can be arranged for an extra cost.
• A transfer back to the airport can be arranged for an extra cost.