7 Days Machame Route

Pick up from Kilimanjaro airport.
Pick up from Kilimanjaro airport. Transfer to Moshi Town Early evening pre-climb briefing on the trek Overnight at Sal Salnero Hotel.

After breakfast transfer to Kilimanjaro National Park Gate at Machame.
Start the first section of the climb through the mountain forest to Machame Campsite at 10000ft/3000m.
Approximate walking time is 5 to 7 hours.
Meals and overnight at Machame camp.

Follow the steep ridge across heath and moorland to picnic rock and the Shira plateau to Shira Campsite at 12500ft/3800m (approx. 5 to 7 hours). Meals and overnight at Shira camp.

Continue ascending past the last water point traversing the saddle between Kibo and Mawenzi to Kibo Hut at 15000ft/4700m. Walking takes approximately 5 to 7 hours.
Dinner and overnight Kibo hut.

After breakfast cross the floor of the Great Barranco Valley, over the Barranco wall to the Karanga River – the last water point on this route.
A steep climb over rocky slabs to Barafu Campsite at 15500ft/ 4600m (8-9 hours).
Dinner and overnight at Barafu camp.

An early start for the summit – Uhuru Peak, which is the highest point in Africa at 19340ft/5896m (6 to 7 hours.
Descend via Barafu Campsite through the forest to Mweka Campsite at 10000ft/3000m.
Meals and overnight at Mweka Camp.

After breakfast descend through to the park gate at Mweka Wildlife College (3 to 4 hrs).
Met and transferred to Moshi Town Dinner and Overnight at Protea Aishi Machame Hotel. (HB)

Breakfast at Mountain Inn.
Later transfer to Kilimanjaro airport for your onward flight.