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WNB
14: CLIMBING MOUNT KILIMANJARO
8 DAYS CLIMBING
MOUNT KILIMANJARO - MACHAME
ROUTE Day
01:
Board
a shuttle bus from Nairobi at 0800 hrs and proceed to Arusha arriving at 1300hrs.
Depart for Moshi at 1400 hrs arriving at 1530 hrs. Dinner & overnight
at your hotel in Moshi. Day
02: Machame
Gate (1490m) - Machame camp (2980m)
Hiking time: 7 hours
Distance: About
18 km's
Habitat: Montane forest
Transfer
from your hotel to Kilimanjaro National Park gate at Machame.
From here,
trek through the lush forest to Machame hut (10,000ft), dinner & overnight
at the hut.  Day
03:
Machame
camp (2980m) - Shira camp (3840m)
Hiking time: 6 hours
Machame camp Mt
Kilimanjaro trekkingDistance: About 9 km's
Habitat: Moorland
Leave
the forest. The path follows a steep ridge passing through open moorland crossing
a large gorge to Shira hut (12,000ft), dinner & overnight at the hut. Day
04:
Turn
eastwards and continue ascending through the dry landscape to Barranco hut (13,000ft),
dinner & overnight at the hut. Day
05:
The
steep path climbs out of the Barranco valley and crosses the Karanga valley, then
turns North to Barafu hut (15,000ft), dinner & overnight at the hut. Day
06: SUMMIT
ATTEMPT
Barafu
camp (4550m)-Uhuru Peak (5895m)-Mweka (3100m)
Be there Top of Africa!!!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
An
early start to reach Stella point in time before sunrise, then to Uhuru peak (19,340ft),
the highest point in Africa. After lunch, descend to Gilmans point and down to
Horombo hut for dinner
and overnight at the hut.
Day
07:
Descend
passing Mandara hut down to the park gate where you will be transferred back to
your hotel in Moshi.
All meals & overnight at the hotel.
Day
08:
After
breakfast, depart to your next destination. Tour
price includes:
-Transfer
to and from the base of the mountain
-Machame Route trek as itinerary depicts
-Full board accommodation in tents whilst on the trek.
-Meal plan as detailed:
B=Breakfast, L=Lunch and D=Dinner
-Accommodations at or Ilboru Safari Lodge
or Jacaranda Hotel for 2 nights and huts on the mountain as per the itinerary
or similar.
-All park entrance fees to include government taxes
-Service
of an English speaking professional Mountain guide on the mountain, porters and
skilled cook/s
-All services begin and end at Kilimanjaro Airport as per the
itinerary
-Treated water on the trek
-Return airport transfers from/to
Kilimanjaro Airport Excluded:
-Tips,
laundry, sleeping bags, drinks and climbing gears
-Medical evacuation, USD
30 per person value
-International flights and taxes
-Visas
-Items
of a personal nature and any other extras not detailed in the above itinerary.
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