Kilimanjaro Climb • Machame Route ~ 10 Day

Day 1: Day 1 - Welcome to Moshi, It's time to get your bearings | 3,000-ft/914-m

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   1 day · Admission ticket included
   Day 1: Moshi - After your arrival, you check into our delightful family owned hotel to relax and prep for your climb. The warm atmosphere makes you feel right at home.

Day 2: Day 2 - Moshi - Meet your guides and start orientation | 3,000-ft/914-m

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   Day 2: Moshi - You spend two nights in Moshi prepping and getting to know your guides. Here we give you a detailed climb orientation and gear check.

Day 3: Day 3 ~ Machame Camp 10,600-ft/2,972-m • 7.2 miles/11 km • 6-7 hours

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   7h · Admission ticket included
   After breakfast, we drive to the Machame gate, and sign into the national park. After your guide takes care of the paperwork, we start our climb. The track narrows, and then leads us uphill through the tropical rain forest to Machame Camp.
   
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   Our camp crew will have camp set up for you when you arrive, so all you have to do is move in and enjoy the natural beauty.

Day 4: Day 4 ~ Shira Plateau 12,480-ft/3,804-m • 3.1 miles/5 km • 7-8 hours

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   8h · Admission ticket included
   We start out after breakfast and leave the last glades of the rain forest behind. On a clear day you can see your first close-up of Kibo Peak - from 20 miles/12 km away. Passing through fields of heather, we see the mountainside gradually opening up. You now begin to feel the effects of the altitude, and we hike slowly.
   
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   After 9,000 ft. you pass the first lobelia, protea and giant Senecio, and reach Shira in 7-8 hours.

Day 5: Day 5 ~ Barranco 12,950-ft/3,950-m • 6.2 miles/10 km • 7-8 hours

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   8h · Admission ticket included
   We hike uphill, past the Lava Tower, and slowly trek downhill through the giant Senecios toward Barranco, around Kibo's spectacular south-facing glaciers. The view of the towering peaks are spectacular.
   
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   After descending through the heather and lobelias we arrive at Barranco Camp.

Day 6: Day 6 ~ Karanga 13,200-ft/4,033-m • 3.6 miles/5.8 km • 4-5 hours

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   5h · Admission ticket included
   After breakfast, we head up the Barranco Wall. This is one of the more spectacular days, with great hikes up and down the valleys.
   
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   Kibo Peak hovers over your left shoulder, and Mawenzi looms front of you to your right.

Day 7: Day 7 ~ Barafu Camp 14,950-ft/4,556-m • 2.1 miles/3.4 km • 4 hours

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   4h · Admission ticket included
   The air starts getting quite thin, and you will be running short of breath. It's a tough, but a rewarding uphill climb to the rocky, craggy slopes at the camp. "Barafu" means, "ice" in Swahili, and it is extremely cold at this altitude.
   
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   There is a buzz of excitement in the air, as climbers anticipate the toughest day just ahead. The clouds move in and out, revealing the eroded peak of Mawenzi, rising from the plains below.

Day 8: Day 8 ~ Barafu to Summit to Millennium

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   8h · Admission ticket included
   Day 8 ~ Barafu to Summit: 19,340-ft/5,895-m • 2.75 miles/4.5 km • 7-9 hours.
   
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   We start climbing a couple hours before sunrise, so we climb during daylight on the steepest and most demanding part of the mountain, reaching the Crater rim after lunch.
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   6h · Admission ticket included
   Day 8 ~ Summit to Millennium - Millennium: 12,590-ft/3,837-m • 6.3 miles/10.1 km • 5-6 hours.
   
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   Mawenzi Peak is a thrilling sight, with the Kibo saddle still in darkness beneath you, and the crater's ice-walls looming ahead. We now continue to Uhuru Peak (1-2 hrs,) the highest point (19,340 ft.)The descent is invigorating. We continue back down to Barafu Camp for a rest, then down to Millennium camp where we spend our last night.

Day 9: Day 9 ~ Millennium/Moshi Mweka Gate: 5,500-ft/1,676-m • 7.5 miles/12 km • 6 hours ~ Drive Moshi

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   6h · Admission ticket included
   After breakfast it's a 2 hour hike to Mweka camp. Then a 4 hour hike through the rainforest takes you down to the gate where you enjoy your final lunch and a celebration with your guides and porters.
   
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   From the gate you drive with your guides back to the hotel for a well-earned shower.

Day 10: Day 10 ~ Wildlife Safari or Fly Home

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   Depart Tanzania, or continue on safari through some of the most spectacular wildlife reserves on the planet.

Pickup details

We have been greeting and guiding climbers in Tanzania for 46 years. When you arrive in Tanzania we take care of you from the moment you step off the plane till the moment you re-board. You will be greeted at the airport and taken to one of our delightful family owned hotels where you will stay before and after the climb. The staff are warm personable and the family atmosphere make you feel very much at home. On your last day, you will be picked up at your hotel in time for your flight back home. Your in good hands every step of the way.

• Not recommended for pregnant travelers
• Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
• Suitable for all physical fitness levels