6-Day Mount Kilimanjaro Hike via Machame Route to Uhuru Peak

• After breakfast and a general briefing for your upcoming tour, including an equipment check, drive to the National Park gate, which takes about an hour. While your guide completes the necessary formalities, you can relax and watch the various mountain teams as they prepare.
• As soon as everything is ready, your adventure begins. In a short time, you will be immersed in the magnificent mountain forest, with its huge jungle trees, ferns, moss carpets, and lianas.
• With luck, you may observe black-and-white colobus monkeys in the treetops.
• After about 5-6 hours, you will reach the day's destination, Machame Camp. This is just above the tree line at about 3,010 meters above sea level.
• After dinner, you will spend your first night on Kilimanjaro.

• You will begin the day's walk through heath and moorland before the trail becomes steeper and the landscape more open. Soon, you will catch your first glimpses of Kilimanjaro's summit region.
• Today's stage is shorter, and you will soon arrive at New Shira Camp, where the view of Kilimanjaro with its rock faces and hanging glaciers is something you should not miss - particularly at sunset.

An early night will be needed tonight, as tomorrow the trail becomes more strenuous.

• You will ascend approximately 800 meters, but the night is spent only slightly higher than the previous night at Shira Camp. This allows your body better acclimatization for the climb ahead.
• The hike begins with a long ascent over the Shira Plateau to the Lava Tower. Here, the vegetation becomes barren and changes into an alpine desert landscape. The path then leads through the extensive Barranco Valley, with its lobelias and huge senecios.
• After approximately 6-7 hours, you will reach Barranco Camp, which many claim is the most beautiful camp on the mountain.

• Today, we will lead you through the Barranco Wall, and it is another important day for acclimatization. The climbing is relatively easy, although at times you will need to use your hands for support.
• Enjoy the amazing views before reaching Karanga Camp after approximately 3-4 hours.

• After a hearty breakfast, you will set off for today's destination, Barafu Camp. The hike leads you through a barren landscape, and after 3-4 hours, you will reach the camp.
• For the rest of the day, you can relax because tomorrow is summit day.

After dinner, we will have a very early bedtime, as tomorrow will be exciting, exhausting, and very long. Try to get some sleep.

• At around midnight, the journey begins with hot coffee or tea and a small snack. Using headlights, you will climb steadily upward for the next few hours.
• After approximately 5-7 hours, you will reach the crater rim at Stella Point in the early morning light.
• After a short rest, you will continue for about an hour to Uhuru Peak, the mountain's highest point. Finally, it is done, and the rewards are fantastic views in all directions. The shadow that Kilimanjaro casts over Mount Meru in the morning is a special experience.
• After enjoying the summit and taking a few memorable photos, it is time for the descent.
• At Barafu Camp, you will have a short rest, where your mountain team will greet you with a hot drink and snacks.
• Afterwards, you will continue slowly to Mweka Camp, where you will spend your last night on the mountain.