• Get picked up from the hotel and transfer to Londorossi gate for registration.

• After this formality, board the vehicle and drive again to Lemosho glade.

• From this point, start the trek across undisturbed Montane forest, decorated with black and white Colobus monkey, to the camp for dinner and overnight stay.

Elevation: 1,200 m to 1,950 m to 2,850 m

Distance: 9 km

Hiking Time: 3-4 hours

Habitat: Montane Forest

• This is an acclimatisation trek as climbers can gain over 650m by walking across a beautiful valley outside Shira caldera rim (3600m).

• After few hours, reach into Shira caldera. A high altitude desert, Shira is one of the three peaks which erupted in the Kilimanjaro ecosystem and later collapsed and formed a crater that eventually became filled with the lava flow from the 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

• This day, trek towards the east across Shira plateau, visiting (Cathedral peak 3850m) for acclimatisation

• Reaching this peak, find spectacular views of Mt. Meru and Kibo Peak.

• Continue trekking to Shira Two Camp for dinner and overnight stay.

Elevation: 3500m to 3800m

Distance: 7km

Hiking time: 5-6 hours

Habitat: Moorland and rocky

• This is a long acclimatisation day.

• Have an early breakfast, then trek east to a junction leading to Lava tower rock 4600m for acclimatisation.

• Afterwards, descend down to Barranco campsite for dinner and overnight.

Elevation: 3800m to 3950m

Distance: 13km

Hiking time: 7-8 hours

Habitat: Moorland

• Today is a short day walk. In the morning, start climbing the Barranco wall and reach 4200m for acclimatisation and continue crossing ridges and valleys to Karanga campsite for hot lunch.

• After lunch, have a bit of rest and get another acclimatisation of trekking up the scree slopes towards the southern ice field.

Return to the camp for supper and overnight.

Elevation: 3950m to 3900m

Distance: 6 km

Hiking time: 4-5 hours

Habitat: Moorland

• On this day, the trek up to the Barafu ridge campsite is tough because of the altitude. 

• The walk takes few hours because of the short distance but is steep, needing a slow pace to avoid fatigue. 

• Trek across an alpine desert. Chances are that a strong, cold wind will be blowing from Kibo peak and its ice. 

• Have an early dinner at 5 pm, then rest until midnight before waking up to climb the summit.

Elevation: 3900m to 4620m

Distance: 8 km

Hiking time: 3-4 hours

Habitat: Alpine Desert

• Wake at midnight to a light breakfast and then prepare for summit ascent. The goal is to climb before dawn to reach Uhuru Peak shortly before or after sunrise. The trail is a series of switchbacks up steep scree or possibly snow and reach Stella Point on the crater rim at 5,861 m/18,640 ft between 4:00-5:00 am.

• At this point, enjoy the views of the fabled crater and its glaciers.

• Then, after 1 hour of hiking along the Kibo crater rim near the celebrated snows, arrive at Kilimanjaro's true summit, Uhuru Peak. Here, spend some time on photography. 

• After summit activities are done, descend back to the Barafu campsite for lunch, rest, collection of equipment, and continue down through moorland and heath zone to Mweka campsite. 

• Dinner and overnight at Mweka campsite.

Elevation: 4620m to 5895m to 3100m

Distance: 15km

Hiking time: 10 - 12 hours

Habitat: Desert and ice

• Spend your last day on the mountain. 

• After breakfast, descend down to Mweka park gate, walking across Montane forest. This descent will take 3-4 hours. 

• At the gate, sign out and get ready to board the vehicle ready for the transfer back to the hotel for certificate presentation and a well-deserved celebration.

End of tour.

Elevation: 3100m to 1700m

Distance: 9km

Descending time: 3-4 hours

Habitat: Montane forest