Machame 6 Days
Day 1: Machame Gate (1800m) – Machame Camp (3000m)
After breakfast at your hotel, we will drive you to Machame Gate. Registration is done and thereafter start climbing with a picnic lunch through the rain forest for approximately 4 to 5 hrs where you arrive at Machame Camp. Later afternoon walking up to a little higher altitude is done for acclimatization. Return to Machame Camp for dinner and overnight Meals: Breakfast at the hotel. Lunch and dinner on the mountain.
Day 2: Machame Camp (3000m) – Shira Camp (3800m)
After breakfast, start climbing through short Savannah, forest, and other vegetation for approximately 4 to 5hrs, with picnic lunch en route before arriving in the afternoon
at the Shira Hut. In Shira is where an extra day can be spent for acclimatization when climbing takes 7 days or more, dinner, and overnight at Shira hut. All meals are included (breakfast, lunch, and dinner)
Day 3: Shira (3800m) – Barranco (3950m)
After breakfast a slow walk through semi-glacier and sandy areas with picnic lunch 3 to 4 hrs before arriving at the Barranco Hut for dinner and overnight. All meals are included (breakfast, lunch, and dinner)
Day 4: Barranco Hut (3950m) – Barafu Hut (4600m)
After breakfast, with a picnic lunch en route climb through glaciers for approximately 4 to 5 hours before arriving at the Barafu Hut for dinner and overnight.
Day 4: Barranco Hut (3950m) – Barafu Hut (4600m)
After breakfast, with a picnic lunch en route climb through glaciers for approximately 4 to 5 hours before arriving at the Barafu Hut for dinner and overnight. All meals are included (breakfast, lunch, and dinner)
Day 5: Barafu Hut (4600m) Uhuru Peak (5895m) Mweka (3100m)
An early wake-up call around 01.00hrs for preparation and light breakfast before starting the final ascent to the summit Stella Point is reached in approximately 5 to 6hrs and a further ascent to the Uhuru Peak reached in another 45 minutes. After picture taking and taking in the moment, you descend via Gilman’s Point down to Barafu Camp for an hour’s rest with a light breakfast then descent down to Mweka Hut Camp for dinner and overnight rest. All meals are included (breakfast, lunch, and dinner)
Day 6:
Descend from Mweka Hut to the park gate from where you are transferred back to your hotel for a well-deserved shower. Breakfast included – you should be back in Moshi by lunchtime.