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Day-by-day
program
Day 1:
Pick up at Kilimanjaro Airport, the final location of a
previous building block or other location. Dinner and
overnight at a hotel in Arusha or Moshi.
Day 2:
Machame Gate (1490m) - Machame camp (2980m)
Hiking time: 7 hours
Distance: About 18 km's
Habitat: Montane forest
Machame gate to Machame hut, from the gate continue up to
track which becomes a path after about an hour. It easy to
follow as it continues to follow the ridge, raising steadily
some steep sections. The gradient eases slightly as the
forest merges into heather covered ground. You reach Machame
hut in 10km after a 1,200m ascent and 5-7hrs of walking.
Day 3:
Machame camp (2980m) - Shira camp (3840m)
Hiking time: 6 hours
Distance: About 9 km's
Habitat: Moorland
Machame hut to Shira hut, from Machame hut cross the stream
onto its West bank and follow the path up the steep rocky
ridge crossing and re crossing a few time before reaching
Shira hut and a semi-circular wall of the rocks. You will
have ascended 840 m in 5-7hrs a 6km walking.
Day 4:
Shira (3840m)-Lava Tower (4630m)-Barranco camp (3950m)
Hiking time: 7 hours
Distance: About 15 km's
Habitat: Semi desert
Shira hut to Shira plateau, this is a good place to rest a
day to acclimatize. You may spend your time in the camp and
snooze in the sun all day.
Day 5:
Barranco camp (3950m)- Barafu camp (4550m)
Hiking time: 7 hours
Distance: About 13 km's
Habitat: Alpine desert
Shira plateau to Arrow Glacier, from Shira hut use path Lava
Tower. After 3hrs of walking on some steep and good view
have Great Barranco valley and Western Breach. So after
1,000m of ascent about 5km in 5-6hrs walking you reach arrow
Glacier hut.
Day 6: SUMMIT ATTEMPT
Barafu camp (4550m)-Uhuru Peak (5895m)-Mweka (3100m)
Hiking time: 8 hours to reach Uhuru Peak
7/8 hours to descend to Mweka
Distance: About 7 km's ascent - 23 km's descent
Habitat: Stone scree and ice-capped summit
Arrow Glaciers to Mweka hut. To ascent to the summit on this
day you may involve 10½ or 14½ hrs usually to start this
day's walk is early in the morning for the idea to see
sunrise and also to avoid the morning mist, screen and snow,
on the ascent it will be still be frozen. So after 3km,
about 6-8hrs walking you reach arrow glacier hut.
Day 7:
Mweka hut to Mweka gate, after break fast descend steeply
through the forest on a narrow path 10km of walking about
3-4hrs to reach Mweka gate after 1,400m of descent.
Day 8:
After breakfast, depart for your next destination, which is
optional.
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