Arrival

On arrival at Kilimanjaro Airport we meet and transfer you to your hotel for the night before ascending Mount Kilimanjaro.  Relax and enjoy the hotel’s facilities.

Start your ascent entering the rain forest from the Machame Gate. Enjoy a lunch stop about half way before reaching the Machame camping area in the late afternoon.
Hiking time - 7 hours. 
Distance – approx. 18kms. Habitat – Montane Forest

Depart camp and climb to the top of the forest and then through the moorland zone. Reach the Shira plateau where you can see the Western Breach with its stunning glaciers. Continue on a short hike to arrive at the Shira campsite.
Hiking time - 6 hours. Distance – approx. 9 kms.
 Habitat – Moorland

Hike through semi desert and rocky landscape surrounding Lava Tower.  After lunch descend to the Barranco camping area.
Hiking time - 7 hours. 
Distance – approx. 15 kms. 
Habitat - Semi desert


Today make your way up the Great Barranco Wall and through the Karanga Valley, arriving at the camp where you will prepare to climb the summit starting late tonight.
Hiking time - 7 hours. 
Distance – approx. 13 kms. 
Habitat - Alpine desert

SUMMIT ATTEMPT: Just at midnight, set off to Stella Point on the crater rim, the most challenging part of the trip.  Weather permitting watch a magnificent sunrise before continuing to the summit at Uhuru Peak.  Descend via Barafu to Mweka Hut where dinner awaits your triumphant return.  Hiking times - 8 hours to Uhuru Peak &
7/8 hours descent to Mweka. 
Distance 7 kms ascent & 23 kms descent. 
Habitat - Stone scree and ice-capped summit.

A short, scenic hike gets you back to the Park gate.  In the Mweka village enjoy a delicious hot lunch before driving back to Moshi to overnight at your hotel.
Hiking time - 3 hours. 
Distance – approx. 15 kms. 
Habitat – Forest.

The tour ends this morning with a transfer to Kilimanjaro Airport.