We will pick you up from the airport, Arusha, Kilimanjaro airport or Moshi and transfer you to the hotel where you will spend a night. If the time of arrival will allow us, you will meet with your Mountain guide for the briefing. It you arrive is late at night then the briefing will be done in the morning before departure. Your guide will check all your climbing equipment and if there any thing missing for one reason or another he will make arrangement with the office to make sure that you all have appropriate climbing gear for your safety.

Elevation : 16500m to 2945m /Distance : 11km/Hiking Time : 5-7 hours/Habitat : Montane Forest

We begin the day by driving from Moshi to Machame Gate, where we will check into the national park. From here, we will continue on to the trailhead and begin hiking through thick rainforest on to Umbwe Camp.

Elevation : 2945 to 1700m to 3950m/Distance : 9km/Hiking Time : 4 to 6 hours/Habitat : Montane Forest

We will spend the day hiking over rocky terrain and moorland landscape en route to the Barranco Valley, where we will spend the night at the foot of a strange but beautiful forest.

Elevation : 3950m to 3900m/Distance : 6km./Hiking Time : 4-5 hours/Habitat : Moorland

Today is short day walk. In the morning you will start climbing Barranco wall and reach 4200m for acclimatization and continue crossing ridges and valleys to Karanga campsite for hot lunch. After lunch you will have a bit of rest and get another acclimatization of trekking up the scree slopes towards the southern ice field. You will then return to the camp for supper and overnight. On the 6 day itinerary, after lunch on Day 4 the itinerary omits the afternoon acclimitization trek and continues to include the Day 5 trek, with dinner and overnight at Barafu Camp.

Elevation : 3900m to 4620m./Distance : 8km/Hiking Time : 3-4 hours/Habitat : Alpine Desert.

On this day, the trek up to the Barafu ridge campsite is tough because of altitude. The walk take few hours because of the short distance but is steep needing a slow pace to avoid fatique. You will trek across an alpine desert. Chances are that a strong, cold wind will be blowing from Kibo peak and its ice. You will have an early dinner at 1700hrs then rest until midnight when we you will attack the summit.

Elevation: 4620m to 5895m to 3100m/Distance : 15km./Hiking Time : 10-12 hours/Habitat: Desert and ice.

Wake at midnight to a light breakfast and then prepare for your summit ascent. The goal is to climb before dawn so that you can reach Uhuru Peak shortly before or after sunrise. The trails is a series of switchbacks up steep scree or possibly snow, and reach Stella Point on the crater rim at 5,861 m/18,640 ft between 4 and 5 AM. At this point you will be having the views of the fabled crater and its glaciers facing you. Then after 1 hour of hiking along the Kibo crater rim near the celebrated snows takes you to Kilimanjaro true summit, Uhuru Peak. Here you will spend some times for taking photo’s but it will depend on how you feel. After your summit activities done, you will descend back to the Barafu campsite, for lunch, rest, collect your equipment, and continue down through moorland and heath zone to Mweka campsite. Dinner and overnight at Mweka campsite.

Elevation: 3100m to 1700m/Distance : 9km./Hiking Time : 3-4 hours/Habitat: Montane Forest.

Today is your last day on the mountain. After breakfast you will descend down to Mweka park gate walking across Montane forest. This descent will take 3-4 hours. Here at the gate you will sign out and get ready to board the vehicle ready for the transfer back to the hotel for your certificate presentation and a well-deserved celebration.

Depending on your international departure flight and time, we will transfer you to the airport for your departure. If you flights leaves in the evening then you will have free time by your own for shopping, lunch etc. If you have booked a Safari or Zanzibar extension, then will be the starting day in the morning.

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