AWRS 17.
10 DAYS KILIMANJARO MOUNTAIN CLIMB
MACHEME ROUTE
Day 1: Arrive and pick from Entebbe Airport
and transfer to your hotel in Kampala. Speke hotel .Fullboard.
Day 2: Early morning transfer
to Nairobi by road with a stop over in Kisumu for lunch and
thereafter onward to Nairobi Kenya. Overnight at Saroma
Panafric Hotel.
Day 3: After an early morning
breakfast, transfer to Arusha/Tanzania for overnight stay
Impala Hotel in Arusha.
Lunch at either Namanga or Arusha.
Day 4: After breakfast,
we drive for 2hours through homesteads till we reach Kilimanjaro
National Park office for registration and continue to Macheme
gate. Thereafter, start trekking through dense montane rain
forest to Macheme hut 3000 m a.s.l for overnight rest.
Day 5: Start early morning
hike from Macheme hut after breakfast and hike through the
heather and moorland zone to Shira camp 3800 m a.s.l for an
overnight rest.
Day 6: Start from Shira
Hut and hike to Barranco camp 3900 m a.s.l for overnight rest.
Day 7 : Start early morning
hike to Barranco camp to Barafu camp 4600 m a.s.l. while on
trail, you will have a nice view of the landscape as you cross
the Karanga valley. Overnight stay at Barafu camp.
Day 8: Start an early morning
hike at midnight from Barafu camp. This is a long day hike.
Get on steep path climb up the western ridge of the southeast
valley and head to the crater rim at Stella point 5895 m and
then join the route as from Gillman’s point and onward
to Kibo rim till you reach Uhuru Peak 5986 m the highest Peak
in Africa.
Thereafter trek back to Stella point and continue down to
Barafu camp and descend further down to Mweka hut 3100 m for
an overnight rest.
Day 9: Start from Mweka
camp and descend through the montane rain forest to Mweka
gate and onward to Impala hotel in Arusha for a fresh bath
and drinks.
Day 10: Transfer to Kilimanjaro
airport for your flight.
Feel free to request for our
safari rates
Include: Accommodation, meals, park fees,
guides and porter’s wages, mountain food for the clients,
tents, transportation in 4x4 safari vehicle and services of
driver/guide.
Exclude: Personal expenses. Travel and health
insurance, visa fees, airport taxes, laundry services, personal
phone calls & emails, porter services and tips, beverages
other than those offered with meals. Etc
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