6 Days Machame Route Kilimanjaro Climbing

Overview

Day by day itinerary

1. 1Machame Gate (1,640 meters) to Machame Camp (2,835 meters)⌄

   You'll start your trek at the Machame Gate after registering with the park authorities. Hike through the lush rainforest, which is home to diverse flora and fauna. The first day is relatively gentle in terms of elevation gain, and you'll reach Machame Camp for your first overnight stay.

   Meals: Lunch · Dinner

   Overnight: camping

2. 2Machame Camp (2,835 meters) to Shira Camp (3,750 meters)⌄

   The second day involves a steeper ascent through the moorland zone. You'll gain considerable elevation, and the landscape begins to change. The day ends at Shira Camp, located on the Shira Plateau.

   Meals: Breakfast · Lunch · Dinner

   Overnight: camps at shira cave

3. 3Shira Camp (3,750 meters) to Barranco Camp (3,900 meters)⌄

   You'll trek across the high desert plateau and pass the Lava Tower (4,600 meters) on this day. Descend to Barranco Camp, which is situated in a scenic valley beneath the Barranco Wall.

   Meals: Breakfast · Lunch · Dinner

   Overnight: camps at barranco campsite

4. 4Barranco Camp To Barafu camp⌄

   Day four of 6 Days Machame Route Hike, After breakfast, we leave Barranco and continue on a steep ridge up the Barranco Wall (elev 4250m/13,900ft), through the Karanga Valley (elev 4050m/13,250ft) to the junction which connects with the Mweka Trail. We continue up to the Barafu Camp. You have completed the South Circuit, which offers views of the summit from many different angles. Here we make camp with views of the summit in the distance.

   Meals: Breakfast · Lunch · Dinner

   Overnight: overnight at barafu campsite

5. 5Barafu Hut Campsite / Uhuru Peak / Mweka Campsite⌄

   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.

   Meals: Breakfast · Lunch · Dinner

   Overnight: mweka campsite

6. 6Mweka Camp (3,100 meters) to Mweka Gate (1,640 meters)⌄

   In the morning after breakfast you will be trekking down to Mweka gate. The trek is a pleasant one through the lower rain-forested slopes and down to Mweka Gate (1,640 meters). Although you cover 9km / 5.5 miles, the trek only takes 3-4 hours. Assuming you successfully reach Stella Point or Uhuru Peak you will be presented with official certificates – a green certificate for the former and a gold certificate for the latter. It is customary to tip your trekking crew before being transported back to your hotel in Moshi.

   Meals: Breakfast · Lunch