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:: KILIMANJARO VIA MACHAMA ROUTE
Snows of Mount Kilimanjaro - 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.
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 Steall a 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 shuttle arriving
at 01.00p.m or 06.30 p.m.
