Kilimanjaro Via Machame Route |
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Machame Route (8 Days)
Day 1:
Nairobi – Arusha
After breakfast, we will pick you up from your Nairobi hotel and
thereafter depart for Arusha via Namanga border town for immigration
formalities. Rest of the afternoon at leisure. Overnight at an
Arusha hotel.
Day 2:
Arusha – Machame
An early start for Kilimanjaro National park . Once we reach the
park gate we will proceed directly to Machame but campsite in
an average hiking time of 6 hours for meals and overnight in tents.
The altitude here is 3,100m.
Day 3:
Machame – Shira
After breakfast, hike to Shira hut. The trek takes 4 hours approximately
via the rain forest past the valley and a steep rocky ridge ending
westward at a river gorge. You will have a rest, dinner and overnight
at Shira hut campsite, 3,658m above sea level.
Day 4: Shira – Barranco
From Shira, hike to Barranco hut, in an average hiking time of
6 hours we by-pass the lava tower and past the second junction
which brings us to the arrow glacier, altitude 4,876m. We descend
to Barranco hut campsite for our third overnight on Kilimanjaro,
3860m above sea level.
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Day 5:
Barranco – Barafu
After breakfast, we leave Barranco and continue to the Karanga
valley and the junction, which connects with the Mweka trail.
We hike to Barafu hut where we set up camp. We will have walked
for about 8 hours. Dinner and overnight at the hut campsite, altitude
4,600 m with the possibility of sighting both Mawenzi and Kibo
peaks,
Day 6: Barafu – Mweka
via Stella Point and Uhuru peak
We rise early and head for Stella Point altitude 5,745m on our
way to the summit Uhuru Peak that is 5,896m above the sea level.
This part of the descent takes about 5 hours. Dinner and overnight.
Day 7:
Mweka – Arusha
After breakfast, depart for Nairobi on the morning or afternoon
shuttlearriving at 01.00p.m or 06.30 p.m.
