Itinerary

1. Day 01: Arrival

   • Upon your arrival at Kilimanjaro International Airport, you’ll meet our office representative, followed by an hour's drive to the hotel in Moshi Town. 
   • After having a short rest at the hotel, our mountain guide will meet you to check your climbing gear and equipment. 
   • If some gears will be missing, our guide will help you on how to rent those missing gears from the rental shops.

2. Day 02: From Hotel to Londorossi gate (2100m) to Mti Mkubwa (2821m)

   Distance: 5km

   Time taken to hike: 3 hours

   Habitat: Mountain forest

   • A 3-hour private drive from the hotel in Moshi to the starting point, Londorosi gate. 
   • At the gate, registration, payment and entrance permit processes will take place while porters sort and weigh the luggage.
   • After all the process is done, the hike starts to the first camp, Mti Mkubwa campsite. 
   • The trail is gentle, and it passes through the rainforest. 
   • At the campsite, you will have to spend the remaining time resting, having dinner, and sleeping overnight.

3. Day 03: From Mti mkubwa to Shira one Camp (3500M)

   Distance: 8km

   Time taken: 5 hours

   Habitat: Montane forest zone to Moorland zone

   • After breakfast, hike will continue to Shira one campsite, leaving the rain forest and start approaching moorland vegetation. 
   • At Shira camp you will have a rest, dinner and overnight.

4. Day 04: From Shira I to Shira II Camp (3840m)

   Distance: 8.5km

   Time: 5 hours

   Habitat: Moorland

   • Gently hike across the plateau to Shira II camp, crossing some streams on trail; it’s a good path for acclimatization. 
   • Lunch box will be provided on the way, you will enter Shira II camp late afternoon, spending the rest of the day for dinner and overnight.

5. Day 05: From Shira II to Barranco Camp

   • Traverse through the Shira II to Barranco Camp.

6. Day 06: From Barranco to Karanga camp

   • After breakfast at Barranco camp you will have a short hike to Karanga camp, where you will spend the remaining time for hot lunch, dinner, and overnight.

7. Day 07: From Karanga Camp to Barafu base camp (Kilimanjaro ‘uhuru' summit night) Western breach trail to Uhuru peak.

   • At barafu base camp you will have a rest, dinner, and early sleeping because you will awake at mid-night for the summit attempt.
   • Around 01:00am, guide will awake you to get well prepared with the summit gears, warm clothes that can accommodate up to -10 degree Celsius. 
   • After all process is done, the guide will slowly lead you to hike up for the summit attempt, passing through Stella point, (5685m) to Uhuru Peak (5895m). 
   • Congratulation! You have made it to the top of Africa, now you are standing at the Africa’s highest point ‘Uhuru Peak’

8. Day 08: From Kilimanjaro summit point (Uhuru Peak) to Barafu Camp to Mweka Camp

   • The beginning of this day will catch you still at the top of Mount Kilimanjaro, if the weather is good, you will be able to spend some time there, taking a beautiful photo of your lifetime African Adventure while sunrises, drinking tea on your thermal bottle before start descending down to barafu camp. 
   • At barafu camp you will have time for breakfast and rest, before hiking down to Mweka camp for lunch, dinner, and overnight.

9. Day 09: Last day of the adventure-From Mweka camp to Mweka gate.

   • It’s the end of 9 days Mount Kilimanjaro adventure, morning of this day you will be packing all of your stuff ready to leave the park. Crew will be organizing and sorting all stuffs for marking the end of the tour. 
   • They will be singing, celebrating, and congratulating you for a successful climb. 
   • After all that you will hike down to Mweka gate, where you will sign out the park, and receive certificates for those who made their summit attempt successfully, followed by an hour-private drive to the hotel in town, ready for rest and continuing with other schedule.