10 DAY TANZANIA MACHAME ROUTE EXPERIENCE FOR LIFE
Day 1: Kilimanjaro International airport – Moshi:40kms/30minutes drive
We will pick you up and transfer you to Kilimanjaro Wonders Lodge for an overnight on bed and breakfast. Many of the visitors prefer 10 day Tanzania Machame route experience for life since there is ample resting time from the long journey from your homeland.
Day 2: A day at your disposal
Today you will rest. Kilimanjaro Wonders Lodge for an overnight on bed and breakfast
Day 3: Machame Gate/Machame Camp: Altitude change 1800m to 3000m, distance 11kms/5/7hrs trekking time
After breakfast, drive to Machame gate where you will sign up at the park’s authority’s office. Begin trekking though the rain forest on a winding trail for 5-7 hours, then continue Machame camp where you will overnight at 3100m.
Dinner and overnight at Machame camp on full board basis
Day 4: Machame Camp/Shira Camp: Altitude change 3000m to 3850m, distance 9kms/4/6hrs trekking time
After breakfast, leave the glades of the rain forest and continue on an ascending path(moorland), crossing a little valley and walking along a steep rocky ridge covered with heather until the end of the ridge. Then we turn west, to the river’s gorge. We end the day at the Camp Shira, where we have dinner and spend the night.
Dinner and overnight at Shira camp on full board basis
Day 5: Camp Shira through Lava Tower – Camp Barranco (Acclimatization day): Altitude change 3850m to 4600m to 3950, distance 12kms/6/7hrs trekking time
This is the day for our bodies to acclimatize in preparation for summit day. It’s an intense day and you may feel the altitude symptoms. You ascend until Lava Tower (4600m), where you have lunch and rest. Then go down to Barranco campsite, for an overnight. This camp is located in a beautiful valley under the Breach and the Great Barranco Wall. and the sunset here is memorable! It’s a special place to photograph. The environment is semi-desert
Dinner and overnight at Barranco camp on full board basis
Day 6: Camp Barranco – Camp Karanga: Altitude change 3950m to 3930m, distance 9kms/4/6hrs trekking time
Today you trek to the top of Great Barranco Wall. Then cross over the scree to Karanga Valley (3930 m), located under the icefalls of Kersten, Heim and Decken Glaciers.
Day 7: Karanga Camp – Barafu Camp :Altitude change 3930m to 4600m, distance 6kms/3/hrs trekking time
Leaving the Karanga camp behind, we reach the junction that connects with the Mweka Trail for descent. Then we continue until the Barafu Hut. This marks the completion of the Southern Circuit. From here there are views of the top from different angles. We will camp, rest and enjoy some dinner. From here we can clearly see the Kibo and Mawenzi peaks. The environment is Alpine desert
Day 8: Barafu Camp until the Summit – Mweka campsite:Altitude change 4600m to 5895m(peak) to 3100m, distance 7kms ascend/6/8/hrs trekking time/ 23kms descent/6/7hrs descent
We will wake up at 11:30PM, quickly have some tea and cookies and start the hike. The destination is the summit located between the Ratzel and Rembman glaciers. Heading to the north-west, we go up through scree to Stella Point, on the rim of the crater. This is probably the most challenging portion of the hike, both physically and mentally. At the Stella Point (5732 m) we have a short stop to rest, and the sunrise here will likely be the most marvellous you have ever seen, if the weather permits. At the Uhuru Peak (5895 m), Here you will have reached the highest point in Africa (5895m)!
It can get really cold during the night. But it’ll be very warm at the end of the day of hiking. From the peak, we go down until the Mweka campsite, via Barafu, where we have lunch. We need trekking poles for the loose gravel heading down to Camp Mweka (3100 m). Later in the day, we enjoy the last dinner on the mountains and a well-earned rest.
The environment will be Stone scree, ice-capped summit / Alpine desert.
Day 9: Mweka Camp/Mweka Gate/Moshi: Altitude change 3100m to 1800m, distance 8kms/3/4/hrs trekking time
We go down until the Mweka Park Gate where you receive the summit certificate. At lower altitudes it may be muddy and wet. Gaiters and trekking poles will be helpful. It’s convenient to have t-shirts and shorts for this part, but keep your rain gear and warmer clothes at hand. This will be Montane forest
Day 10: We will pick you up and transfer you to Kilimanjaro Wonders Lodge
We will pick you up and transfer you to Kilimanjaro Wonders Lodge for an overnight on bed and breakfast
Package includes:
- Full board accommodation during the trek
- An experienced mountain guide
- Enough porters to carry your camping equipment and food supplies
- Certificate of achievement
- Camping tents
- 3 nights in Arusha at Kilimanjaro wonders on bed and breakfast
- The cost excludes all items of personal nature, trekking gear like Sleeping mattgaiters, boots, sunscreen, oxygen cylinder, sunglasses, rain gear
Package Exludes:
- The cost excludes all items of personal nature, trekking gear like Sleeping mattgaiters, boots, sunscreen, oxygen cylinder, sunglasses, rain gear