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MACHAME ROUTE 7 DAYS KILIMANJARO CLIMB
Day 1: Machame Gate - Machame Hut -10 km 5-6 hrs.
After breakfast you will be transferred to Kilimanjaro National Park gate where you will embark on your climb of Kilimanjaro. Today sees about 5 - 6 hours of walking, through the cultivation zone and the forest to Machame Hut (3,100m). Here you will spend the evening in the huts, and dinner and overnight.
Day 2: Machame Hut (3100m)- Shira Hut (3800m)-10 km, 5-7hrs.
Leave Machame hut in the morning, path leads up through steep rocky ridges. Shira hut at 3800m. above sea level is reached in the late afternoon. You have superb views of the Shira Plateau and the land below Mt. Meru another extinct volcano is seen on the South Western direction. Overnight Shira Hut.
Day 3: Shira Hut (3800m) - Barranco Hut (3950m) - 10 km, 6 - 7 hrs.
From the Shira Plateau, you will continue east passing the junction heading toward the peak of Kibo. Along the way you will pass "sharks tooth" which will bring you up to the Arrow Glacier. You now continue downhill to Barranco Hut, where you will spend the evening at an altitude of 3,860m. Dinner and overnight.
Day 4: BARRANCO HUT (ACCLIMATIZATION)
After breakfast, this day is spent to acclimatize to the altitude.
Day 5: Barranco Hut (3950m) - Barafu Hut (4600m)- 8 km, 7 - 9 hrs.
Leave Barranco hut and cross the floor of the Great Barranco Valley and up to the Barranco wall; continue the trek on the south circuit path passing through the Karanga Valley (last water point - Karanga River). Your path joints the Mweka route and up the broad ridge to Barafu Hut at 4600m. above sea level. From Barafu hut you have excellent views of the top section of the Kibo dome, the Mawenzi peak and plains below. Overnight Barafu hut.
Day 6: Barafu Hut (4600m.) - Stella Point (5600M.) - Uhuru Peak (5895m.) - 11 hrs - Mweka Hut - 5km - 4-7 hrs. Between midnight and one (1a.m) start the trek to conquer the highest point in Africa. This section of the route is very steep and is considered the steepest on the non-technical path on this mountain. You will encounter at least five (5) grueling hours to reach the crater rim at Stella Point 5745m. above sea level.Uhuru Peak 5895m. is reached after One (1) hours from Stella point. The fascinating color changing sunrise is the right reward at Uhuru Peak. The descent is past Stella Point and Barafu Hut to Mweka Hut (3100m. above sea level) and overnight.
Day 7: Mweka Hut - Mweka Gate – 10Km 3 - 4 hrs.
This day is spent for a leisurely descent through the forest on a narrow path to the gate where we arrive,
exhausted but exhilarated, to meet our driver and transfer to Arusha.
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MARANGU ROUTE 6 DAYS
Day 1 - At 08:30 you will be picked up from your accommodation and depart for the Marangu Gate. Begin trekking through the rain forests, for 3-4 hours to Mandara Hut (2750m).
Day 2 - After breakfast, leave the glades of the rain forest and continue trekking into open rolling moor land. The trek takes about 5-6 hours to Horombo Hut (3807m)
Day 3 - A day spent acclimatizing to the altitude, with some light walking in this area. Overnight at Horombo Hut.
Day 4 - After a good night's rest, trek past the last water point to reach the Kibo saddle, a broad desert zone between the two peaks of Kibo and Mawenzi. Kibo Hut (4725m) is reached in 5-6 hours.
Day 5 - The start for the summit is made just after midnight. The steepest part of the route is to Gillman's point (5700m) 5-6 hours. A further one and a half-hours walk to Uhuru Peak (5895m). Then descend to Horombo Hut (5-6 hours).
Day 6 - The day is spent descending to the Marangu Gate. Transfer to Arusha.
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