TREKKING ITINERARY Overview
The machame Route is known as the Coca-Cola Route or the Tourist Route. Although the Machame is not technically much more difficult, it is considered to be a bit more challenging.
It is the most popular route nowadays because of its high success rates and because of the beauty of highlights on the trail such as the Shira Plateau, the Lava Tower, and the Barranco Wall. Because the Machame Route is so popular, the rates are also relatively lower.
Day 1: Your Arrival Day.
Kilimanjaro International Airport
Gran Melia Arusha
Day 01: Arrival Day
Greetings from Tanzania! As you land at Kilimanjaro Airport, your Superior African Safari guide will be there to greet you and drive you directly to your first five-star accommodation in Tanzania. You can fully enjoy your trip because this is an exclusive private safari! You’ll need to get up early tomorrow for your first Tanzania safari experience, so take advantage of today to rest up after your journey day and get a taste of what Africa has to offer.
Kilimanjaro International Airport
Camping
Gran Melia Arusha
Day 2: Machame Gate (1,790m) – Machame Camp (3,010m)
Kilimanjaro experience
Machame Camp
Day 2: Machame Gate (1,790m) – Machame Camp (3,010m)
After breakfast you will be picked up at hotel and make the 45-min drive to the Kilimanjaro National park gate. After completion of all the necessary paper work, your adventure commences. You destination for today is the Machame Camp, a 5 – 6 hour hike. Soon you will be hiking through the lush rainforest with its large ancient trees, primeval ferns and endemic flowers, like the Impatiens Kilimanjaro. You might also spot black and white thumb less colobus monkeys, peeking through the leaves. Reaching the campsite you will have time to relax, stretch your legs and enjoy a hearty meal, before snuggling into your tent for the night.
Trekking Experience
Camping
Machame Camp
Day 3: Machame Camp (3,010m) – Shira Camp (3,845m)
Kilimanjaro Experience
Shira 1 Camp
Day 3: Machame Camp (3,010m) – Shira Camp (3,845m)
Today’s early start is not due to a long stretch, but rather to allow you to reach Shira Camp at around mid-afternoon. As you walk you will notice the dramatic change in the landscape – from lush and green rainforest to dry moor and heath land. Arriving at your campsite a beautiful view of the mountain range opens up before you. The glaciers of Kibo glistens in the golden hue of the setting sun as you enjoy another lovingly cooked meal before climbing into your tent.
Kilimanjaro Trekking Experience
Day 4: Shira Camp (3,845m) – Lava Tower Hut (4,640m) – Barranco Camp (3,960m
Kilimanjaro Experience
Barranco Camp
Day 4: Shira Camp (3,845m) – Lava Tower Hut (4,640m) – Barranco Camp (3,960m
Acclimatization is on today’s menu, where you will climb roughly 700 m, but sleep on a level not much higher than the previous night. Starting at Shira Plateau, you will make your way up to Lava Tower (4,640m), where you will rest a while, before continuing through the Barranco Valley to the beautiful Barranco Camp. The trek will take approximately 6 – 7 hours, but the various distractions of the alpine desert as well as the Barranco Valley with its small lobelia plants and giant senecios, will keep your mind off the stretch still ahead. A well-deserved dinner and overnight awaits you at Barranco Camp.
Kilimanjaro Trekking Esperience
Camping
Baranco Camp
Day 5: Barranco Camp (3,960m) – Karanga Camp (4,035m)
Kilimanjaro Experience
Barafu Camp
Day 5: Barranco Camp (3,960m) – Karanga Camp (4,035m)
Today the Barranco Wall stands before you to conquer. Some stages will require you to use your hands for a better grip, but no actual climbing is necessary and your guide will be with you every step of the way to lend a helping hand. The route with its numerous ascents and descents allow for further acclimatization, before reaching the mountain ridge. Walking along the ridge you can take in the beautiful landscape with its stunning contrasts of desert and vegetation, before finally reaching the cloudy Karanga Camp. You trek will take between 3 – 4 hours, leaving more than enough time to rest and play a game of rummy. Evening meal and overnight at Karanga Camp.
Trekking Experience
Camping
Barafu Camp
Day 6: Karanga Camp (4,035m) – Barafu Camp (4,640m)
Kilimanjaro Experience
Mweka Camp
Day 6: Karanga Camp (4,035m) – Barafu Camp (4,640m)
Awakening to the sunlight dancing off the Kibo Summit, you will enjoy a hearty breakfast before setting out to today’s destination – Barafu Camp. Most of the day will be spent walking through very dry desert terrain, with Kibo ever present on your left side. After 3-4 hours you will reach Barafu Camp, where you will have an early dinner and overnight as the highlight of your trip is only a few short hours away…
Trekking Experience
Camping
Mweka Camp
Day 7: Barafu Camp (4,640m) – Uhuru Peak (5,895m) – Mweka Camp (3,080m)
Kilimanjaro Experience
Barafu Camp
Day 7: Barafu Camp (4,640m) – Uhuru Peak (5,895m) – Mweka Camp (3,080m)
Awakening to the sunlight dancing off the Kibo Summit, you will enjoy a hearty breakfast before setting out to today’s destination – Barafu Camp. Most of the day will be spent walking through very dry desert terrain, with Kibo ever present on your left side. After 3-4 hours you will reach Barafu Camp, where you will have an early dinner and overnight as the highlight of your trip is only a few short hours away…
Kilimanjaro Trekking Experience
Camping
Barafu Camp
Day 8: Mweka Camp (3,080m) – Mweka Gate (1,630m)
A scrumptious breakfast is followed by a traditional farewell ceremony from your mountain crew, before you start your final stretch down the mountain. You will once more trek through the rainforest, giving you another opportunity to spot the cheeky colobus monkeys, finally reaching the Mweka gate in about 2 – 3 hours. You will be met at the gate and taken back to hotel for a long shower. The rest of the day is for you to enjoy at leisure and giving yourself a pat on the back for conquering the famous Kilimanjaro!
Kilimanjaro Trekking Experience
Tour Include
- Transfers in both directions between the International Airport .
- Transfers in both directions between the International Airport .
- Accommodation at the lodge in Arusha.
- Extended 4 x 4 safari jeep with pop up roof for game viewing
- Professional English, France, German Speaker safari guide
- Entrance fees to all national parks and Crater fees.
- All meals while on safari and mineral drinking water during the safari.
- Government taxes
Tour Exclude
- International flights
- Travel and personal accident insurance
- Visa
- Passport
- Vaccinations & medicines
- Tips/gratuities for guides, cook and porters
- Other expenditures like luxury drinks/beverage, alcoholic drinks at lodge/hotels or on your trip as well as souvenirs and personal items after or before trip.
- Optional excursions/activities not detailed in itinerary
- Any additional services that will be requested
