7-Day Kilimanjaro Trek- Machame Route

• You'll be collected from the airport.
• Accommodation before the tour starts can be arranged for an extra cost.

Arusha

You will be met and greeted at Kilimanjaro Airport by one of our professional drivers and driven to Arusha. In the early evening, you will participate in a pre-climbing briefing on your upcoming trek. Your dinner and overnight stay will be at the Rich Hotel.

Main Destination:

Arusha (City)

Accommodation:

Rich Hotel

• Budget hotel located in Arusha (City)

Meals & Drinks:

• Breakfast (Lunch & dinner not included)
• Drinks not included

Arusha - Machame Gate

After breakfast, you will transfer to the Kilimanjaro Park Gate at Machame. You will begin the first section of your climb through the mountain forest. You will walk five to seven hours before you reach the Machame campsite at 10000ft/3000m. Your meals and overnight stay will be at the camp.

Main Destination:

Machame Gate (Mt Kilimanjaro)

Accommodation:

Budget camping

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinks not included

Machame Camp - Shira Camp

At 7:00 a.m., after breakfast, you will depart the camp and follow the steep ridge across heath and moorland to picnic rock and the Shira plateau. The hike to Shira Camp 2 is one of the most scenic on the mountain. The hike begins in the tropical rainforest and sojourns quite quickly into a shrubland setting. Some people refer to this area on Kilimanjaro as moorland or low-alpine landscape. Your walk to the Shira Campsite (12500ft/3800m) will take five to seven hours. Your dinner and overnight stay will be at the camp.

Main Destination:

Mount Kilimanjaro

Accommodation:

Budget camping

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinks not included

Shira Camp - Barranco Camp

After breakfast in the morning, you will depart to your third destination, Barranco Camp (13000ft/3900m). You will cross a broad valley and then climb to a ridge crest, crossing scree slopes and a river valley to reach the campsite. Your walk will take five to seven hours. Your meals and overnight stay will be at the camp.

Main Destination:

Mount Kilimanjaro

Accommodation:

Budget camping

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinks not included

Barranco Camp - Barafu Camp

After breakfast, you will cross the floor of the Great Barranco Valley and make your way over the Barranco wall to the Karanga River, the last water source on this route. A steep climb over rocky slabs brings you to the Barafu Campsite (15500ft/4600m). Your journey today will take eight to nine hours. Your meals and overnight stay will be at the camp.

Main Destination:

Mount Kilimanjaro

Accommodation:

Budget camping

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinks not included

Barafu Camp - Mweka Camp

Today, you will rise early in the morning and make your way to the highest point in Africa, Uhuru Peak (19340ft/5896m). This trek will last six to seven hours. After you have had your fill of the summit, you will descend via Barafu Campsite through the forest to the Mweka Campsite (10000ft/3000m) for your meals and overnight stay.

Main Destination:

Mweka Gate (Mt Kilimanjaro)

Accommodation:

Budget camping

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinks not included

Mweka Gate - Arusha

After breakfast, you will descend three to four hours to the park gate at Mweka Wildlife College. You will be met and transferred to Arusha or Kilimanjaro Airport for your flight home.

Main Destination:

Arusha (City)

Accommodation:

No accommodation (End of tour)

Meals & Drinks:

• Breakfast (Lunch & dinner not included)
• Drinks not included

• Additional accommodation can be arranged for an extra cost.
• You'll be dropped off at the airport.