Best of Africa Tours and Safaris |Kilimanjaro Via 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.