Mount Kilimanjaro Adventure

Day 0: Pre-trek Briefing

If you have opted for the optional airport transfers, we will pick you up from Kilimanjaro Airport or Arusha airport and transfer you to your hotel in Moshi. Pre-trek briefing at your Moshi hotel. We will review your equipment and rent any items that are needed.

Day 1: Hotel to Machame Camp

Drive from Moshi to Machame Gate takes about 45 minutes. The journey passes through the village of Machame. We depart the park gate and walk through the rain forest on a winding trail up a ridge.

• Elevation: 1830m to 3050m
• Distance: 11km
• Hiking Time: 5-6 hours
• Meals: Lunch and Dinner

Day 2: Machame Camp to Shira Camp

After breakfast we leave the glades of the rain forest and continue on an ascending path, crossing a steep rocky ridge to the Shira campsite.

• Elevation: 3050m to 3850m
• Distance: 5km
• Walking Time: 4-5 hours
• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 3: Shira Camp to Lava Tower to Barranco Camp

We continue to the Lava Tower, then descend to Barranco Camp for acclimatization.

• Elevation: 3850m to 4000m
• Distance: 10km
• Hiking Time: 5-6 hours
• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 4: Barranco Camp to Barafu Camp

Ascend to the Barafu Camp with views of the summit.

• Elevation: 4000m to 4700m
• Distance: 9km
• Hiking Time: 6-8 hours
• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 5: Barafu Camp to Summit to Mweka Camp

Ascend to Uhuru Peak and descend to Mweka Camp.

• Elevation: 4700m to 5895m up, then down to 3090m
• Distance: 5km up / 13km down
• Hiking Time: 5-7 hours up / 5-6 hours down
• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 6: Mweka Camp to Mweka Gate to Hotel

Descend to Mweka Gate and return to your hotel.

• Elevation: 3090m to 1680m
• Distance: 10km
• Hiking Time: 3-4 hours
• Meals: Breakfast