• After an early breakfast (07:00 am), we leave the hotel one hour later to arrive at the Machame Gate at around 10:00 am. The Machame-Mweka Route (normally just referred to as the Machame Route) approaches from the mountain's south-western side.
• Your first day of walking, starting at an altitude of 1800 meters, will end at the height of over 3000 meters, cover a distance of 11 km and take around 4.5 to 5 hours of actual walking time.
• Beginning of today's walk is characterized by a wide track that winds its way up through the dense forest, beautiful tall trees laden with green moss.
• As the route becomes steeper and narrower, so the vegetation changes and the appearance of flowers such as impatiens Kilimanjaro and impatiens pseudo viola introduce some bright colours to the scenery.
• Picnic lunch is enjoyed around 1:00 pm; water bottles can be refilled, and then our walk continues. You get your first glimpse of Kibo peak. Machame Camp is reached at around 17.00. You will be surprised by the richness of the birdlife here.
• Dinner is served at 7:30 pm.

Elevation (ft): 5,400ft to 9,400ft 

Distance: 11 km 

Hiking Time: 5-7 hours 

Habitat: Rain Forest

• You will soon become used to the early 07:00 am breakfasts, and today, we aim to leave the camp at 08:30 am. 

• We have a further 800 meters of ascent, finishing the day at 3800 meters, and although the overall distance is short (5km), we will spend around 4.5 to 5 hours actually walking. 

• With today's early start and the short distance, we should be at the camp by 2:00 pm, by which time we will have met the moorland lobelias and once at the camp, you will have plenty of time to admire sights such as the so-called Shira Cathedral, Klute Peak and Mount Meru, before your dinner at 6:00 pm.

Elevation (ft): 9,400ft to 12,500ft 
Distance: 5 km 
Hiking Time: 4-6 hours 
Habitat: Moorland

• Today's trek is longer than yesterday's, though our overall gain in height is modest.
• Starting at 3800 meters, by the time we reach camp this afternoon, we will only be 140 meters higher, though in between our start and finish, we climb up to the base of the famous Lava Tower at 4627 meters, before descending again to our camp. 
• Benefits for the purposes of acclimatisation today are enormous, as you climb high and then descend again for the overnight stop. The overall distance of around 10km means that we will actually be walking for around 6.5 to 7 hours, excluding breaks.
• You climb towards the Lava Tower, and your picnic lunch is taken at 1:00 pm. 
• After passing the highpoint of the day by the Lava Tower, we descend down to the Barranco Camp. 

Elevation (ft): 12,500ft to 13,000ft 

Distance: 10 km 

Hiking Time: 6-8 hours 

Habitat: Semi Desert

• Today, we have breakfast slightly later (07:30 am), and our walk is short, being only 4km but still taking between 3.5 and 4 hours of walking time. 
• Our departure time today will be 08:30 am, and we will enjoy a hot lunch at 1:00 pm at Karanga and have the afternoon to enjoy the views before dinner at 6:00 pm. Our altitude gain today is only 160 meters. 
• In the beginning, we encounter the hardest part of today's stage as we have to scramble up the near-vertical face of the Barranco Wall. 
• At the top of this climb, you will be rewarded with views of the Heim Glacier. After this, the rest of today's walk becomes a bit easier as we first descend to the gully below and into the cold but beautiful Karanga Valley. 
• We then continue and finally climb up a steep series of zigzags until reaching the Karanga Camp. 

Elevation (ft): 13,000ft to 13,100ft 

Distance: 5 km 

Hiking Time: 4-5 hours 

Habitat: Alpine Desert

• Another short day -in terms of distance - begins with our breakfast at the camp at 07:30 am, and another 08:30 am departure. 
• Today we will ascend about 500 meters in a distance of around 5km, and walking time once again is between 3.5 and 4 hours. 
• We might arrive at the Barafu Camp by 1:00 pm when we will be rewarded with a hot lunch. (With tomorrow being the summit day, it will be important to relax and prepare for the hard work ahead). 
• Dinner tonight is served at 5:30 pm, giving you time to get to bed early. After leaving Karanga, today's stage climbs steadily, passing through the barren, rocky landscape, with the Decken and Kersten glaciers visible away to your left. 
• At the top of the climb, the landscape remains bleak as you descend into a valley, and you get your first sight of another glacier, Rebmann. 
• At the end of this valley is today's goal, the Barafu Camp, at which you arrive after a short, steep scramble and a walk.

Elevation (ft): 13,100ft to 15,300ft 

Distance: 4 km 

Hiking Time: 4-5 hours 

Habitat: Alpine Desert

• Today is the most challenging day, but hopefully with the great sense of achievement of reaching your goal - the summit of Kilimanjaro! Our schedule for our 'Summit Day' is, of course, very different. Rising at 11:00 pm, we take our tea and biscuits (23.30) before a midnight departure. 
• Start with the long, tough climb from Barafu at 4600 meters to Stella Point at 5745 meters; for some of this, you will be walking on scree, making your trek more difficult. 
• From there, it is another 150 meters of ascent and 45 minutes walk to the summit. Our goal is to reach the summit by around 07:00 am, then celebrate reaching the top, take our precious photos and enjoy this once-in-a-lifetime experience. 
• After the summit, we return to Barafu, where we rest for a couple of hours, take a hot lunch and then leave again at 1:30 pm to continue to descend to Mweka Camp (3100 meters), where we spend the night. 
• We would expect to arrive at 5:00 am and take our dinner at 7:00 pm. (In total, we cover around 17km today with about 13 hours of walking.)

Elevation (ft): 15,300ft to 19,345ft (and down to 10,000ft)
Distance: 5 km ascent / 12 km descent
Hiking Time: 7-8 hours ascent / 4-6 hours descent
Habitat: Arctic

• Still thrilled by your achievement, breakfast is taken at 07:00 am and at 08:00 am, you can take the chance to reward your trekking team at the 'Tipping Celebration.' 
• Departure is at 09:00 am, and you descend down to Mweka Gate at an altitude of 1640 meters, where you will be served a hot lunch at midday and be presented with your hard-earned certificate. 
• Your transport will be waiting to return you back to Arusha, where you can choose to relax - or celebrate!

Elevation (ft): 10,000ft to 5,400ft
Distance: 10 km
Hiking Time: 3-4 hours
Habitat: Rain Forest