Itinerary

1. Day 1: Moshi To Londorosi Gate To Big Tree Campsite

   • We will pick you up from your hotel and transport you to Londorosi Gate for registration. After this formality, you board the vehicle and drive again to Lemosho Glade. From this point, you will start the trek across the undisturbed Montane forest decorated with Black and White Colobus Monkeys to the camp where dinner and overnight will occur.
   • Elevation: 1,200 m to 1,950 m to 2,850 m
   • Distance: 9 km
   • Hiking Time: 3-4 hours
   • Habitat: Montane Forest

2. Day 2: Big Tree Campsite To Shira One Campsite

   • This is an acclimatization trek because you will gain over 650m by walking across a beautiful valley outside the Shira caldera rim (3600m). After a few hours, you will reach Shira Caldera. A high-altitude desert, Shira is one of the three peaks which erupted in the Kilimanjaro ecosystem. The peak later collapsed and formed a crater, eventually filling with the lava flow from Kibo Peak. Its rim is eroded and blasted away by weather and volcanic action. Camp and overnight at 3500m elevation at the Shira One Campsite.
   • Elevation(m): 2850m to 3500m
     Distance: 13km
     Hiking time: 8 hours
     Habitat: Moorland and heather land

3. Day 3: Shira One Campsite To Shira Two Campsite

   • On this day, you will trek to the east across the Shira plateau visiting (Cathedral peak 3850m)for acclimatization. Reaching at this peak, you will find spectacular views of Mt. Meru and Kibo Peak. We then continue trekking to Shira Two Camp, where we will stay for dinner and overnight place.
   • Elevation: 3500m to 3800m

   Distance: 7km

   Hiking time: 5-6 hours

   Habitat: Moorland and rocky

4. Day 4: Shira Two Campsite To Barancco Campsite

   • This is a long acclimatization day. You will have an early breakfast, then trek east to a junction leading to Lava tower rock 4600m for acclimatization. Afterwards, you will descend to Barranco Campsite for dinner and overnight.

   Elevation: 3800m to 3950m
   Distance: 13km
   Hiking time: 7-8 hours
   Habitat: Moorland

5. Day 5: Barranco Campsite To Karanga Campsite

   • Today is a short day of trekking. In the morning, you will climb the Barranco wall, reach 4200m for acclimatization, and continue crossing ridges and valleys to Karanga Campsite for hot lunch. After lunch, you will rest and get another acclimatization of trekking up the scree slopes towards the Southern ice field. You will then return to the camp for dinner and overnight.
   • Elevation: 3950m to 3900m
     Distance: 6 km
     Hiking time: 4-5 hours
     Habitat: Moorland

6. Day 6: Karanga Campsite To Barafu Campsite

   • Today's trek to the Barafu Ridge campsite is challenging because of the altitude. The walk takes a few hours because of the short distance but it is steep, which requires a slow pace to avoid fatigue. You will walk across an alpine desert with strong, cold winds blowing down from Kibo Peak and its glaciers. You will have an early dinner at 1700hrs, then rest until midnight when you commence your push for the summit.
   • Elevation: 3900m to 4620m
     Distance: 8 km
     Hiking time: 3-4 hours
     Habitat: Alpine Desert

7. Day 7: Barafu Hut Campsite To Uhuru Peak To Mweka Hut Campsite

   • Wake to a light breakfast at midnight and prepare for your summit ascent. The goal is to climb before dawn to reach Uhuru Peak shortly before or after sunrise. Departure for the summit is at 12:00 AM. switchback up steep scree or possibly snow, and reach Stella Point on the crater rim (5,861 m/18,640 ft) between 4 and 5 AM. 
   • At this point, you will have views of the fabled crater and its icecaps facing you. Then after 1 hour of hiking along the Kibo crater rim near the celebrated snow, it takes you to Kilimanjaro's true summit, Uhuru Peak. Here you will spend time taking photos. After your summit activities, you will return to the Barafu Huts Campsite for lunch, rest, collect your gear, and continue through the moorland and heath zone to Mweka Huts Campsite. Dinner and overnight at Mweka Hut Campsite.
   • Elevation: 4620m to 5895m to 3100m
     Distance: 15km
     Hiking time: 10 – 12 hours
     Habitat: Desert and ice

8. Day 8: Mweka Hut Campsite To Mweka Gate

   • Today is your last day on the mountain. After breakfast, you will descend to Mweka Park gate, walking across Montane forest. This descent will take 3-4 hours. You will sign out and board the vehicle at the gate, ready to transfer back to your hotel for your certificate presentation celebration.
   • Elevation: 3100m to 1700m
     Distance: 9km
     Descending time: 3-4 hours
     Habitat: Montane forest