Kenya Camping Tours
MACHAME
ROUTE MT KILIMANJARO
CLIMB 8 DAYS
DAY 1:
Board shuttle bus from
Nairobi at 0800 hrs and
proceed to Arusha
arriving at 1300hrs.
Depart for Moshi at
1400hrs arriving at
1530hrs. Dinner and
overnight at a hotel in
Moshi or (Pick up from
Kilimanajaro airport and
transfer to hotel in
Moshi)
DAY 2 :
Machame Gate (1490m) -
Machame camp (2980m)
Hiking time: 7 hours
Distance: About 18 km's
Habitat: Montane forest
Transfer from your hotel
to the Kilimanjaro
National Park gate at
Machame. From here, you
trek through the lush
forest to Machame hut .
Overnight stay at the
camp.
DAY 3:
Machame camp (2980m) -
Shira camp (3840m)
Hiking time: 6 hours
Machame camp Mt
Kilimanjaro trekking
Distance: About 9 km's
Habitat: Moorland
Leave the forest. The
path follows a steep
ridge passing through
open moorlands crossing
a large gorge to reach
Shira hut. Overnight
stay at the camp
DAY 4:
Shira (3840m)-Lava Tower
(4630m)-Barranco camp
(3950m)
Hiking time: 7 hours
Distance: About 15 km's
Habitat: Semi desert
You turn Eastwards and
continue ascending
through the dry
landscape before
dropping again to reach
Barranco hut . Overnight
stay at the camp.
DAY 5:
Barranco camp (3950m)-
Barafu camp (4550m)
Hiking time: 7 hours
Distance: About 13 km's
Habitat: Alpine desert
The path climbs steep
out of the Barranco
valley and crosses the
Karanga valley, then
turns North to reach
Barafu Hut . Overnight
stay at the camp.
DAY 6:
SUMMIT ATTEMPT
Barafu camp
(4550m)-Uhuru Peak
(5895m)-Mweka (3100m)
Be there Top of
Africa!!!Hiking time: 8
hours to reach Uhuru
Peak
7/8 hours to descend to
Mweka
Distance: About 7 km's
ascent - 23 km's descent
Habitat: Stone scree and
ice-capped summit
Along day with an early
start to reach the
crater, ream at the
Stella point in time for
sunrise, then to Uhuru
peak , the highest point
in Africa. After wards,
descend to Gilman's
point and down to
Horombo hut. Over night,
stay at the camp
DAY 7:
Descend down passing
Mandara hut to the gate
where you are
transferred back to your
hotel in Moshi for
dinner and over night.
DAY 8: After
breakfast board shuttle
bus from your hotel and
proceed to Nairobi
arriving late in the
afternoon (6.30 PM).
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Camping Safari
Close
your eyes, and for a moment feel your body
lift up, with you having no control over it,
and there is a certain part of you, inside
you, saying to yourself, I am crazy for
taking this balloon safari. This is what
most people feel, when the excitement of a
Masai Mara balloon safari crosses one's
emotion of self-control and independence.
is Africa's highest
peak. It is the world's tallest walkable mountain,
and what a walk it is. You go through 5 different
climatic zones to reach the summit.
