11/01/2021
HOOFS AND HORNS ADVENTURES
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Approaching legendary Kilimanjaro from the south-west, the popular Machame Route taken over seven days will give you good acclimatization time and every chance of reaching the summit.
Lush rain forests and Alpine moorland characterize the landscape on this trek, which is challenging, despite the extra day. Accommodation on the mountain will be in tented camps – a true mountain adventure.
PRICE
$2285 per person
DETAILED ITINERARY
DAY 1 - ARRIVAL
Arrive at Kilimanjaro Airport, where a Local Moshi representative will meet you and transfer you to your hotel in Moshi.
Equipment check.
DAY 2 - FROM MACHAME GATE TO MACHAME HUT
After breakfast drive to Machame Gate. Meet porters and complete registration formalities at the ranger’s office. The hike starts in lush rainforest leading upwards into the thinning forest, long grasses and giant heathers surrounding Machame Hut (3000m), the first campsite on the Machame Route. En route you will enjoy a picnic lunch.
- Trekking distance: 11 kilometers
- Trek time: 5 to 7 hours
- Environment: Montane forest
- Elevation: From 1800 meters to 3000
meters
DAY 3 - FROM MACHAME HUT TO SHIRA HUT
Leaving Machame Hut, the last of the trees disappear as the trail continues upward on a rocky ridge of volcanic petrified lava, on top of which lunch awaits you. After lunch, a one hour hike,
with ever decreasing vegetation along the way, Shira Hut (3850m), your camp for the night, surrounded by rocks and boulders, is within sight.
- Trekking distance: 9 kilometers
- Trek time: 4 to 6 hours
- Environment: Moorland
- Elevation: From 3000 meters to 3850
meters
DAY 4 - FROM SHIRA HUT TO BARRANCO VALLEY CAMP
After waking up on the beautiful Shira Plateau, the hike starts east toward Kibo (the peak of Mt. Kilimanjaro) and gradually ascends to Lava Tower, the highest point of the day. After lunch at Lava Tower, we continue on the trail which slowly descents toward Barranco Valley Camp (3950m). “Climb high, sleep lower” is the best way to acclimatize to high altitude.
- Highest point: 4600 meters (at Lava
Tower)
- Trekking distance: 12 kilometers
- Trek time: 6 to 7 hours
- Environment: Semi-desert
- Elevation: From 3850 meters to 3950
meters
DAY 5 – BARRANCO VALLEY CAMP TO KARANGA VALLEY CAMP
Day five is a shorter day and starts with a steep climb, requiring an occasional hand scramble up the Great Barranco Wall. The
ground changes into scree, loose small stones, with only the hardiest of vegetation surviving at this altitude. Again, we will descend for the night and sleep lower in the Karanga Valley Camp (3930m).
- Trekking distance: 7 kilometers
- Trek time: Around 4 hours
- Environment: Alpine desert
- Elevation: From 3950 meters to 3930
meters
DAY 6 - KARANGA VALLEY CAMP TO BARAFU HUT
This is another short day. Leaving Karanga Valley Camp the trail continues to gain altitude until reaching Barafu Hut (4600m), which marks the end of the Southern Circuit, and from where the final ascent will start in the early morning hours of Day 7.
- Trekking distance: 6 kilometers
- Trek time: Around 3 hours
- Environment: Alpine desert
- Elevation: From 3930 meters to 4600
meters
DAY 7 - BARAFU HUT TO SUMMIT UHURU PEAK, DESCENT TO MWEKA CAMP
Today will be the most difficult day, both mentally and physically. The final ascent will start about 0100 in the morning. A slow and steady climb of 5-6 hours, the path zigzagging across the volcanic
scree of the crater rim, leads to Stella Point (5752m) just in time for sunrise. From here a one hour climb, passing the stunning glaciers and ice cliffs alongside the crater rim, will lead to Uhuru Peak
(5895m). From Uhuru Peak, descending back to Barafu Camp is much shorter. After refreshing briefly at Barafu, the trail continues steadily downward, to Mweka Camp (3100m) the final campsite
on the mountain before returning to Moshi the following day.
- Highest point: 5895 meters (Uhuru
Peak)
- Trekking distance: 20 kilometers (7
kilometers ascent / 13 kilometers
descent)
- Trek time: 12 to 15 hours (6 to 8 hours
ascent / 6 to 7 hours descent)
- Environment: Alpine desert/Volcanic
scree/Ice-capped summit
- Elevation: From 4600 meters to 3100
meters
DAY 8 - DESCENT FROM MWEKA CAMP TO MWEKA GATE
After a good night’s rest, a continued descent will lead back into the lovely rainforest on the lower slopes of the Mountain with the route winding down toward Mweka Gate (1800m). From there a short drive past coffee plantations and banana farms will take us back to Moshi.
- Trekking distance: 8 kilometers
- Trek time: 3 to 4 hours
- Environment: Montane forest
- Elevation: From 3100 meters to 1800
meters
DAY 9 - DEPARTURE
After a well-deserved rest in a comfortable bed in your hotel, we will drive you to Kilimanjaro Airport for your return flight. End of services.
PRICE INCLUDES:
Transfers to and from
Kilimanjaro Airport
Hotel the night before and after
the climb
Adequate number of guides,
porters, and cooks
All park fees, camping fees,
rescue fees and team fees
Transfers to and from the route
gate(s)
Sleeping mattress pad, dining
tent, sleeping tent
Private toilet tent
Crew equipment
Adequate guides, porters, and
cooks wages
Food and purified water during
the trek
Emergency oxygen
AMREF Flying Doctors
helicopter rescue
18% VAT
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