6 – 7 Days Machame Route

MACHAME CAMP (2,980M) to SHIRA CAVE (3,750M)

HIKING TIME: APPROXIMATELY 6 HOURS

DISTANCE: APPROXIMATELY 9 KILOMETERS

HABITAT: MOORLAND

After an early breakfast you will climb to the top of the forest and then to the gentler gradient through the moorland zone across the Shira ridge at about 3,600m. Have your lunch and some rests then continue your hike and you will get to Shira cave camp on 3750m. After a short acclimatization walk the second stage is already done. The climbing crew will provide you with a tasty meal and you will then have plenty of time to sit back and relax.

SHIRA CAVE (AT 3,750M) to LAVA TOWER (AT 4,600M) to BARRANCO CAMP (AT 3,900M)

HIKING TIME: APPROXIMATLEY 7 HOURS

DISTANCE: APPROXIMATELY 15 KILOMETRES

HABITAT: SEMI-DESERT

After your breakfast, start hiking on the gravel roads with almost no vegetation to the Lava tower camp at 4600m. There Lemosho route and Machame route unite. After a lunchbreak at Lava tower camp, you go on to Barranco camp at 3900m where you will spend the night. Enjoy the remarkable sunset whilst waiting for your dinner.

BARRANCO CAMP (3900M) to KARANGA CAMP (3995M)

HIKING TIME: APPROXIMATLY 4 HOURS

DISTANCE: APPROXIMATELY 7 KILOMETRES

HABITAT: ALPINE DESERT

After breakfast, the day starts with the infamous Barranco wall. The Barranco wall is a 257m high steep wall that needs to be conquered with a bit of courage and hopefully a head for heights. Follow the instructions of the guides and you will master it without any problems. Enjoy the adventure! Then it’s always uphil downhill to karanga camp at 3995m. Depending on whether you have planned an additional acclimatization day, you will spend the night here or you will continue to Barafu camp at 4673m. The Barafu camp is also called the Base camp.

KARANGA CAMP (3995M) to BARAFU CAMP (4673M)

HIKING TIME: APPROXIMATELY 3 – 4 HOURS

DISTANCE: 8 KILOMETERS

HABITAT: ALPINE DESERT.

Today’s hike might be difficult as we head to Barafu ridge Camp because of the altitude. Keep low paces as you will be walk across an alpine desert with strong, cold winds blowing down from Kibo peak and its glaciers. Rest, enjoy dinner and overnight at Barafu ridge camp. From this point both Kibo and Mawenzi peak can be seen clearly

BARAFU CAMP (4,620M) to UHURU PEAK (5895M) to MWEKA CAMP.

HIKING TIME: APPROXIMATELY 8 HOURS TO REACH UHURU PEAK AND ANOTHER 7 – 8 HOURS TO DESCEND TO MWEKA

DISTANCE: APPROXIMATELY 7 KILOMETRES ASCENT AND A FURTHER 23 KILOMETRES DESCENT

HABITAT: STONE SCREE AND ICE-CAPPED SUMMIT

At around midnight our crew will wake you up to some light tea and biscuits and will make a move into the night. In the light of the headlamps, you climb the steep slope on serpentine up to Stella point. From there it’s about 45 minutes to the long-awaited Uhuru peak. Congratulations!! Uhuru Peak, the highest point of Africa and an achievement you will live to remember the rest of your life.

Start descending to Barafu camp for brunch and some rest then walk down to Mweka camp for dinner and overnight stay.

MWEKA CAMP (3100M) to MWEKA GATE (1980M)

HIKING TIME: APPROXIMATELY 3 HOURS

DISTANCE: APPROXIMATELY 15 KILOMETRES

HABITAT: FOREST

After an early and well prepared breakfast, descend back to the Park gate (Mweka), where those climbers who reached Stella point will be issued with green certificate and those who made to the top Uhuru peak will be issued with gold certificate. Then after board the already waiting vehicle and drive back to you lodge an overnight.

Do not forget to tip your Guide, Cook and Porters. If a client is satisfied with the service and the crew, we recommend 25 USD per day for the Guide, 20 USD per day for the Cook and 15 USD per one porter per day. Thank you for impacting towards the lives of our local citizens and community in general.