Itinerary

1. Day 1: Moshi to Machame gate and hike up to Machame camp

   • The day starts with your Morning breakfast from your hotel in Moshi town. There, you will have the final check of your climbing equipment, and you will spend a few minutes shopping for some bites like chocolate, biscuits and other snacks. 
   • You will then take a 50-minute drive from Moshi town to Machame gate. At the gate, you will have your lunch, and after the park formalities, you will start your people hike for 5 to 6 hours, which is a distance of 11 kilometres walking through the misty montane forest, where you can enjoy seeing the fairytale in lush, deep and green. 
   • You will hike from the gate to Machame camp, where you will meet your porters, ready-made tents, and the evening meals ready for your dinner and overnight stay. 

   Time and distance: hiking of 5 to 6hrs a distance of 11km 

   Elevation: 1830m/6000ft to 3050m/9950ft

2. Day 2: Machame camp to Shira camp

   • The day will start with your morning breakfast at Machame camp and have your parked lunch, which you will take it on your way up as the chefs and porters will meet you at the camp. The hike will be through the moorland, crossing the valley along a steep rock ridge, which is 4 to 5hrs a distance of 5 Kilometers reaching the Shira camp. 
   • On your hike to the Shira camp, you will have an amazing view of the Kibo volcanic cone, the western breach, and the Shira cathedral, and you will enjoy the best sunset. When you reach the camp, you will find your tents ready for your rest. 

   Time and distance: hiking of 4 to 5hrs a distance of 5km 

   Elevation: 3050m/9950ft to 3850m/12,600ft

3. Day 3: Shira Camp to Lava Tower then to Baranco

   • The third climbing day is a long hike of 10 kilometres, which will take 5 to 6 hours. You will walk through the semi-desert rocky ground of the lover ridge. The hike will start before your breakfast. 
   • You will leave your camps, ascend to the Kilimanjaro volcanic plug called Lover Tower and then descend to the massive landline of the Baranco valley, where you will be camping at the Baranco camp. People from Lemosho, Shira and Machame can reach Baranco camp. 
   • Hiking up to the Lover Tower and descending to Baranco, there are altitude difficulties with some shortage of oxygen, but is it the best hiking day for acclimatization? This is a long day climbing where you will ascend to the lava tower, the volcanic plug that remained after Kilimanjaro was volcanic. 

   Time and distance: hiking of 5 to 6hrs a distance of 10km 

   Elevation: 3850m/12,600ft to 4000m/13,000fts

4. Day 4: Baranco camp to Karanga camp

   • This is the adventurous day when climbing the Kilimanjaro via Machame route where you will be facing the climb of the Baranco wall. Considering the distance, it is a short climb because it is just a distance of 4 Kilometers, but considering the climbing challenges it will take 4 to 5hrs climb through the Baranco wall and the alpine desert valleys where you will be enjoying the view of the Kibo peak which will be closer, the southern glaciers and the western bridge. 
   • Reaching the Karanga camp, you will have your rest, collecting some energy for your next day's venture. 

   Time and distance: hiking of 4 to 5hrs a distance of 4km 

   Elevation: 13,000ft to 13,100ft

5. Day 5: Karanga camp to Barafu camp

   • The hike will begin after breakfast; you will be hiking through the alpine desert, enjoying the stunning view of the two Kilimanjaro cones of Kibo and Mawenzi. It will be a 4 to 5hrs hike, a distance of 4 Kilometers. 
   • You will be walking, hitting the junction that connects with the Mweka trail, and heading up to the Barafu camp, where you will complete the southern circuit of Kilimanjaro Mountain. Here, you will go camping with an early sleep and meals ready for the next day's adventure, which starts at midnight. 

   Time and distance: hiking of 4 to 5hrs a distance of 4km 

   Elevation: 13,100ft to 15,300ft

6. Day 6: Summit Day then descend to Mweka camp

   • This is a lifetime memory day of reaching the highest point of Africa, “the roof of Africa,” of Kilimanjaro Mountain. The day will begin at midnight when you will leave your tents and porters and be accompanied by the guides and summit porters to the summit point. Heading up there, it is a physically and mentally challenging hike with extreme cold and elevation. 
   • As you start the hike at nearly midnight, you will have a dark hike as you will need your head-lump than ever. You will hike up to Gilman’s Point, where you will be amazed at a stunning sunrise from the Mawenzi cone, and then you will have a short walk and finally, you are there “CONGRATULATIONS YOU HAVE REACHED THE HIGHEST PEAK IN AFRICA, THE UHURU PEAK OK KILIMANJARO MOUNTAIN”  due to the weather you will not last long here you will take some photos at the signpost of the Uhuru point and starts your descend through the Mweka route, where you will have a stop at the Barafu camp for your
   • Lunch and trek down to the Mweka camp for your overnight stay and dinner. On descending down, it is a very rocky trail and can be quite hard on the knees; trekking poles are helpful. Time and distance: hiking of 6 to 8 hours ascending and 5 to 6 hours descending a distance of 5km up and 13km down, respectively. 
   • Elevation: 15,600ft to 19,341ft up and 19,341ft to 10,065 down

7. Day 7: Mweka camp to Mweka gate, then back to Moshi

   • Finally, you will be on the last day of your lifetime memory adventure. You will have breakfast at your camp and start your trek down to Mweka gate. You will be walking through a wet and muddy forestry trail that requires your walking poles. 
   • At the gate you will meet our driver waiting for you, where you will be picked up and driven back to Moshi town for your next schedule. 

   Time and distance: hiking of 3 to 4hrs a distance of 10km 

   Elevation: 10,150ft to 5500ft