Mount Kilimanjaro Machame Route 7 Days

Moshi, Tanzania
Duration7 days
Free cancellationFull refund up to 24 hours before
Instant confirmationYour booking is confirmed right away
TicketMobile or paper ticket accepted
LanguagesEnglish
Private tourOnly your group will participate
Pickup offeredSee the meeting and pickup details below

Overview

We give you the best service at affordable rates with daily departure to all Kilimanjaro routes and safari to all national parks.

We aim to help you to understand the true nature of Africa and the African people, while helping the local communities to feel proud of their culture and traditions and to economically thrive.

All of your guides are licensed and registered with the Kilimanjaro National Park Service. We place the highest importance on preserving the Tanzania National Parks and take all efforts to promote ecologically safe practices while on safari and on the mountain.

We cater to adventurers for all budget ranges and pride ourselves on uniquely tailored adventures and special service for the clients. Regardless of your budget, we will deliver to you the adventure of a lifetime, with high quality services at reasonable prices.

Welcome for an adventure of a life time.

What's included

  • Private transportation
  • Oxygen tank and oximeter for health and safety purpose.
  • Lunch
  • Professional mountain guides, cooks and porters
  • Breakfast
  • Fair wages for the mountain crew as approved by the Kilimanjaro National Park Authority (KINAPA),
  • Parking Fees
  • Dinning tent for shared in group.
  • Accommodation in the mountain and hotel 2 nights
  • Arrival and departure transfers from, to Kilimanjaro international airport
  • Cookware and Stove
  • 4 Season mountain tents
  • Filtered water throughout the trek
  • 3 meals daily while on the mountain
  • All parks fees, mountain rescue fee, government taxes
  • Items of personal nature such as passport, visa, travelers etc
  • Tips for the crew
  • Medical equipment as hyperbolic chamber
  • Portable toilets: available for renting 110 USD/trip

What to expect

Day 1: Machame Gate (1800m) – Machame Camp (3,000 m), walking time about 5 hours.
  1. Mount Kilimanjaro
    14h · Admission ticket included
    After breakfast transport to the Machame gate. From the gate of the recently repaired path leads through the last foothills of the fertile cultivated land. Shortly afterwards, the path rises and leads through the dense, deep green and still moist mountain rain forest up to the Machame Camp.
Day 2: Machame Camp (3000m) – Shira Camp (3880 m) Walking time 4-5 hours.
  1. Mount Kilimanjaro
    14h · Admission ticket included
    Through Busch forests and moorland leads past the way of powerful Lava bridges. A little later the first Seneca’s and lobelia can be seen. Around noon, where this section is mostly shrouded in dense fog.
Day 3: Shira Camp (3880 m) – Barranco Camp (3980 m) Walking time 5-7 hours.
  1. Mount Kilimanjaro
    14h · Admission ticket included
    The ascent through the dark, almost vegetation-free gravel desert of lava rock. With a bit of luck here the Kili shows for the first time up close! The path leads up to just below the Lava Tower (up to about 4450 m) and then down into the Barranco Valley. This area with its alpine vegetation is one of the highlights along the Machame Route.
Day 4: Barranco Camp (3980 m) – Karanga Camp (4033 m), walking time about 3 hours.
  1. Mount Kilimanjaro
    14h · Admission ticket included
    After breakfast, we leave Barranco and continue on a steep ridge passing the Barranco Wall, to the Karanga Valley campsite. This is a short day meant for acclimatization.
Day 5: Karanga Camp (4033 m) – Barafu Camp (4673 m), walking time about 3 hours.
  1. Mount Kilimanjaro
    14h · Admission ticket included
    After breakfast, we leave Karanga and hit the junction which connects with the Mweka Trail. We continue up to the Barafu Hut. At this point, you have completed the South Circuit, which offers views of the summit from many different angles. Here we make camp, rest, enjoy dinner, and prepare for the summit day. The two peaks of Mawenzi and Kibo are to be seen from this position.
Day 6: Barafu Camp – Summit – Mweka Camp, walking time about 13-15 hours.
  1. Mount Kilimanjaro
    14m · Admission ticket included
    Very early in the morning (midnight to 2am), we continue our way to the summit . You head in a northwesterly direction and ascend through heavy scree towards Stella Point on the crater rim. This is the most mentally and physically challenging portion of the trek. At Stella Point (18,600 ft), you will stop for a short rest and will be rewarded with the most magnificent sunrise you are ever likely to see (weather permitting). From Stella Point, . At Uhuru Peak, you have reached the highest point on Mount Kilimanjaro and the continent of Africa. Faster hikers will see the sunrise from the summit. From the summit, we now make the descent continuing straight down to the Mweka Camp site, stopping at Barafu for lunch. You will want gaiters and trekking poles for the loose gravel going down. Mweka Camp is situated in the upper forest and mist or rain can be expected in the late afternoon. Later in the evening, we enjoy the last dinner on the mountain and a well-earned sleep.
Day 7: Mweka Camp (3100m) – Mweka Gate (1800 m) – hiking time approx. 5 hours.
  1. Moshi
    17m
    The path leads to a mostly wet, slippery path through the dense cloud forest steeply downhill to Mweka Gate. Transport back to your hotel or lodge in moshi town.

Meeting and pickup

Pickup details

all of our travelers will be picked up at the airport after arrival.

Additional information

  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
  • Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
  • All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
  • Not recommended for pregnant travelers
  • Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness

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