AWRS
19. 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 2 hours 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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