Machame Route 7 Days

Sote Tours staff will be waiting at arrival to meet you and escort you to the waiting vehicle for loading your luggage then drive you to the Hotel in Moshi town. After checking in the hotel you will get a briefing about your next day’s trek then your mountain guide will check your gears. The rest of the day can be spent relaxing at the pool or exploring the town of Moshi.

After breakfast, our vehicle will transport you from the hotel drive to Machame gate. Here you will do the required registration procedures then you will start the trek through the rainforest to Machame camp where you will find the tents that are already set up for you. Dinner and overnight at the campsite.

Elevation:1,800m to 3,000m.
Distance: 13 km.
Hiking time: 5-7 hours.
Habitat: Montane forest.

Meals
Full Board

After breakfast leaves the glades of the rainforest and continue ascending by crossing little valleys and steep rocky ridge covering with heather plants to the western side of the mountain where the camp is situated. At this camp you will able to get the spectacular view of Mount Meru, Shira Plateau, Kibo Peak, and sunset; then dinner and overnight.

Keep on Machame Route 7 Days, 6 nights Machame

Elevation: 3000m to 3800
Distance: 9km
Hiking time: 6-7 hours
Habitat: Moorland.

Meals
Full Board

This is a long acclimatization day. You will have an early breakfast then trek East to a junction leading to Lava tower rock 4600m for acclimatization. Afterward, you will descend down to Barranco campsite for dinner and overnight.

Keep on Machame Route 7 Days, 6 nights Machame

Elevation: 3800m to 3950m
Distance: 13km
Hiking time: 7-8 hours
Habitat: Moorland

Today is a short day of trekking. In the morning you will start climbing the Barranco wall and reach 4235m 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 dinner and overnight.

Keep on Machame Route 7 Days, 6 nights Machame

Elevation: 3950m to 4235m
Distance: 6 km
Hiking time: 4-5 hours
Habitat: Moorland

Today the trek up to the Barafu ridge campsite is difficult because of altitude. The walk takes few hours because of the short distance but is steep which required a slow pace to avoid fatigue. You will walk across an alpine desert with strong, cold winds blowing down from Kibo peak and its glaciers. You will have an early dinner at 1700hrs then rest until midnight when you commence your push for the summit.

Keep on Machame Route 7 Days, 6 nights Machame

Elevation: 4235m to 4600m
Distance: 8 km
Hiking time: 3-4 hours
Habitat: Alpine Desert

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. Departure for the summit is at 12:00 AM. Switchback up steep scree or possibly snow, and reach Stella Point on the crater rim (5,861 m/18,640 ft) between 4 and 5 AM. At this point, you will be having views of the fabled crater and its icecaps 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 time taking photos. After your summit activities, you will descend back to the Barafu Huts campsite, for lunch, rest, collect your gear, and continue down through the moorland and heath zone to Mweka Huts campsite. Dinner and overnight at Mweka hut campsite.

Summit attempt of Machame  Route 7 Days, 6 nights Machame

Elevation: 4600m to 5895m to 3100m
Distance: 15km
Hiking time: 10 – 12 hours
Habitat: Desert and ice

Following a well-deserved breakfast, your staff will have a big celebration full of dancing and singing. It is here on the mountain that you will present your tips to the guide, assistant guides, chef(s), and porters. After celebrating, you will descend for three hours back to Mweka Gate. The National Park requires all hikers to sign their names to receive certificates of completion. Hikers who reached Stella Point (5685m) receive green certificates and hikers who reached Uhuru Peak (5895m) receive gold certificates. After receiving certificates, hikers will descend into the Mweka village for 1 hour (3 kilometers). You will be served a hot lunch then you will drive back to Moshi for long overdue showers and more celebrations.

Elevation: 3100m to 1,640m
Distance: 9km
Descending time: 4-5 hours
Habitat: Montane forest

Transfer to airport will be arranged depends on flight time, please remind Sote Tours staff about any changes of the flight.

You can extent your stay by going to  safari or relaxing on Zanzibar beach.