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Mountain Climbing
STS
050 - 8 DAYS KILIMANJARO VIA MACHAME ROUTE
Day 1 Nairobi/Arusha
7.15 a.m. Pick from your Nairobi hotel. 8.00 a.m. 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
hut 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, 3,860 m 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 4,600m with the
possibility of sighting both Mawenzi and Kibo peaks.
Day 6 Barafu/Mweka via Stella Point and Uhuru Peak
We rise early and head for Stella Point altitude 5,745m
on our way to the summit Uhuru Peak which is 5,896m
above sea level. This part of the hike takes about 6
hours. From the summit we descend to the Mweka hut
campsite, 3,100m above sea level. This part of the
descent takes about 5 hours. Dinner and overnight.
Day 7 Mweka/Arusha
After breakfast, we descend to the Mweka Park Gate in an
average hiking time of 4 hours and then drive back to
Arusha for overnight.
Day 8 Arusha/Nairobi
After breakfast depart for Nairobi on the morning or
afternoon shuttle arriving at 1.00 p.m. or 6.30p.m. |
