Trek the amazing Machame Route to the summit of Mt Kilimanjaro, Africa’s highest point. Camp out at night and enjoy incredible scenery along the way.
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Fun & AdventurousTrek the amazing Machame Route to the summit of Mt Kilimanjaro, Africa’s highest point. Camp out at night and enjoy incredible scenery along the way.
How many times you imagined of standing on the top of the world and nothing above you. Now it’s your chance! Join us as we walk in the boot prints of famed explorers and mountaineers on our way to the roof of Africa, hiking through lush rainforests and alpine deserts, across glaciers by day and sleeping under the stars by night. In the hands of our experienced guides you will have the ultimate Kilimanjaro experience, safe, thrilling, and once in a lifetime.
Machame Route is the most popular and one of the most scenic routes on the mountain as it provides impressive views and a variety of habitats. It is also known as “Whiskey” route which means challenging route . Machame route can be done in 6 or 7 days. On this trip we will do it in 7 days. All climbers sleep in tents (tents are included) and meals are served in a dinner tent or on a blanket outside.
The route approaches Mount Kilimanjaro from the south, beginning with a short drive from Moshi to Machame Gate. The path leads hikers through the rain forest to Shira Plateau. Here, many of Kilimanjaro’s routes converge. Then the route turns east and traverses underneath Kilimanjaro’s Southern Ice Field on a path known as the Southern Circuit before summiting from Barafu. Descent is made via the Mweka route.
Moshi | Kilimanjaro
Kilimanjaro – Kilimanjaro
After breakfast, we drive to Machame Gate. After a short walk through the attractive banana and coffee farms of Machame village. The path follows a ridge through dense mountain forest. This is the richest forested area on the mountain, and also the zone from where 96 % of the water on Kilimanjaro originates. We have lunch at ‘Halfway Clearing’, a small opening in the trees, and continue climbing steadily. The gradient becomes gentler as the forest slowly merges into giant heather close to the next camp near the ruins of Machame Hut.
A shorter day that begins by climbing up a steep ridge to reach a small semicircular cliff known as Picnic Rock, there are excellent views of Kibo and the jagged rim of Shira Plateau from here, and it is a good rest point too! The trail continues less steeply to reach the Shira Plateau. We camp near Shira Cave Camp which has some of the most stunning views on Kilimanjaro; close to the huge volcanic cone of Kibo, the spectacular rock formations of Shira Plateau, and looking across to Mt. Meru floating on the clouds.
A morning of gentle ascent and panoramic views, leaving the moorland plateau behind to walk on lava ridges beneath the glaciers of the Western Breach. After lunch near the Lava Tower junction (4,600 m.) we descend to the bottom of the Great Barranco valley , sheltered by towering cliffs and with extensive views of the plains far below.
A steep climb up the Barranco Wall leads us to an undulating trail on the southeastern flank of Kibo, with superb vistas of the Southern Ice fields. Lunch is usually taken at Karanga, the last water point, in a steep valley. Dinner and overnight at Karanga Camp.
A steep climb up the Barranco Wall leads us to an undulating trail on the south eastern flank of Kibo, with superb vistas of the Southern Ice fields. Lunch is usually taken at Karanga , the last water point, in a steep valley. After lunch, the terrain changes to scree and we climb steeply to reach the Barafu Camp by mid-afternoon. The remainder of the day is spent resting in preparation for the final ascent before a very early night.
We will start our ascent by torchlight at about 1 a.m. so that we can be up on the Crater rim by sunrise. The steep climb over loose volcanic scree has some well-graded zigzag and a slow but steady pace will take us to Stella Point (5,735 m.), in about five or six hours. We will rest there for a short time to enjoy the sunrise over Mawenzi. Those who are still feeling strong can make the two hour round trip from here along the crater rim to Uhuru Peak (5,896 m.), passing close to the spectacular glaciers and ice cliffs that still occupy most of the summit area. The descent to Barafu is surprisingly fast, and after some refreshment, we continue to descend to reach our final campsite (3,800 m.) at the edge of Mweka Forest. Mweka Camp.
The day spent descending through open moor-lands and the glades of forest and straight down through the rain forest down to the Park Gate. A sustained descent through lovely forest with lush undergrowth takes us to the National Park gate at Mweka then get transfered to Arusha for overnight at your hotel.
Today marks our last day in Tanzania, after breakfast we check out from the hotel and depart to the airport.
