Kenya
Lodge Safaris
3 Days Maasai Mara Safaris
3 Days Amboseli Safaris
3 Days Samburu Safaris
4 Days Masai Mara Safari
4 Days Masai /Lake Nakuru
4 Days Aberdares/Samburu
4 Days Naivasha/Masai Mara
5 Days Nakuru/ Masai Mara
5 Days Masai Mara/ Nakuru
6 Days Amboseli/Mara
6 Days Samburu/Mara
7 Days Samburu/Tree/ Mara
7 Days Ark/ Samburu
8 Days Samburu/ Mara
8 Days Aberdares/Mara
9 Days Aberdares/ Amboseli
10 Days Samburu/Tsavo
12 Days Kenya Classic Safari
15 Days Migration Safari
Kenya
Camping Safaris
3 Days Maasai Mara Safari
3 Days Amboseli Safari
3 Days Samburu Safari
4 Days Nakuru/Maasai Mara
4 Days Maasai Mara Safari
6 Days Mara & The Lakes
6 Days Samburu/Mara
6 Days Mara/Amboseli
8 Days Budget Camping
Mombasa
Excursions
Half Day Mombasa Tour
Full Day Mombasa Tour
Tamarind Dhow
Wasini Island Dhow
Tsavo East National Park
Shimba Hills National Park
Nairobi
Excursions
Nairobi City Tour
Nairobi National Park
Bomas Of Kenya
Carnivore Restaurant
Out Of Africa
Limuru Country Tour
Rift Valley/Lake Nakuru
Mount
Kenya Routes
7 Days Sirimon Route
6 Days Sirmon Out Naro Moru
6 Days Naro Moru Route
5 Days Chogoria / Naro Moru
5 Days Sirmon Out Chiogoria
6 Days Chogoria / Naro Moru
Kenya Special Safaris
Whitewater Rafting Kenya
Kenya Air Safari Packages
Kenya Honeymoon Safaris
Kenya Balloon Safaris
Airport Transfers
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Mount Kilimankaro Climbing Safaris
KTSHKILI 02;
8 Days Machame Route
This is one of the best - and most affordable climbing routes on Mount
Kilimanjaro. Machame route is a popular route for trekkers who want to take
their time, and enjoy sleeping outdoors and watching the sunrise and set
over the Great Rift Valley. Machame village is served by a tarmac road.
There is a park checkpoint at the start of the route. The walking is
strenuous, initially up narrow, slippery paths through beautiful forest. It
provides good access to the South Western Glaciers and the Western Breach.
Day 1: Arrival - Arusha
On arrival at Kilimanjaro Airport, met and assisted. Transfer to a hotel
for an overnight. Dinner and Overnight.
Day 2: Machame Gate (1490m) - Machame camp (2980m)
Hiking time: 7 hours,Distance: About 18 km's
Our day starts early with a briefing, followed by breakfast and a 45-minute
drive from Moshi (910m) to the Machame village (1490m). The guides and
porters prepare and pack the supplies and your equipment in the village. You
will receive a lunch pack and you can also buy mineral water in the village.
Depending on the condition of the road, it is possible to drive from the
village to the Machame gate, Machame Forestbut if not, the muddy 3 km walk
will take about 1 hour to complete. After registering at the gate office,
you start your ascent and enter the rain forest almost immediately. There is
a strong possibility of rain in the forest, which will transform the trail
into a very soggy, muddy and slippery experience. You will have a welcome
lunch stop about half way and will reach the Machame camping area in the
late afternoon.
Your porters (arriving at the camp site long before you) will have erect
your tent on your arrival. In the evening the porters will boil drinking and
washing water and the cook will prepare dinner, before you retire to your
tent for the night. Night temperatures can already drop to freezing point at
this campsite.
Day 3: Machame camp (2980m) - Shira camp (3840m)
Hiking time: 6 hours.Distance: About 9 km's
Shira tent Camp. You rise early at Machame camp and after breakfast you
climb an hour or so to the top of the forest and then for 2 hours at a
gentler gradient through the moorland zone. After a short lunch and rest,
you continue up a rocky ridge onto the Shira plateau. By now you will be
able to see in an easterly direction, the Western Breach with its stunning
glaciers. You are now due west of Kibo and after a short hike you will reach
the Shira campsite at 3 840m. The porters will boil drinking and washing
water, before serving dinner. The night at this exposed camp will even be
colder than the previous night, with temperatures dropping to well below
freezing.
Day 4: Shira (3840m)-Lava Tower (4630m)-Barranco camp (3950m)
Hiking time: 7 hours,Distance: About 15 km's
Lava Tower.The route now turns east into a semi desert and rocky landscape
surrounding Lava Tower, where you reach an altitude of 4630m after about a 5
hours walk. Lunch is served in a designated area before ascending the rocky
scree path to Lava Tower (4630m). Definitely the toughest day so far. It is
normally around this point, where for the first time, some climbers will
start to feel symptoms of breathlessness, irritability and headaches. After
lunch you descent again by almost 680m to the Barranco camping area and
after reaching the high altitude of 4600m at Lava Tower, the true
acclimatisation benefit of this day becomes clear. This descent to Barranco
camp takes about 2 hours and offers great opportunities to take some
beautiful photographs of the Western Breach and Breach Wall. The camp is
situated in a valley below the Breach and Great Barranco Wall, which should
provide you with a memorable sunset while you wait for the preparation of
your dinner.
Day 5: Barranco camp (3950m)- Barafu camp (4550m)
Hiking time: 7 hours,Distance: About 13 km's
After spending a night at the Great Barranco Wall (a very imposing sight at
first), you make your way up this awesome looking obstacle, which in the end
normally turns out easier than what you anticipated. Topping out just below
the Heim Glacier, you now appreciate just how beautiful Kilimanjaro really
is. The route then heads down through the Karanga Valley over intervening
ridges and valleys, and then joins up with the Mweka route. This is the
preferred route down from the summit, so remember it. Turn left up the ridge
and after another hour or so, you reach Barafu Hut.
The last water stop on the route is the Karanga Valley, as there is no water
at Barafu camp. Barafu is the Swahili word for "ice" and it is a bleak and
inhospitable camping area to spend the night. Totally exposed to the
ever-present gales the tents are pitched on a narrow, stony, and dangerous
ridge. Make sure that you familiarize yourself with the terrain before dark
to avoid any accidents. The summit is now a further 1345m up and you will
make the Barafu Tent Camp. final ascent the same night. Prepare your
equipment, ski stick and thermal clothing for your summit attempt. This
should include the replacement of your headlamp and camera batteries and
make sure you have a spare set available as well. To prevent freezing it
will be wise to carry your water in a thermal flask. Go to bed at round
about 19h00 and try to get some precious rest and sleep.
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
Stella Point. You will rise around 23h30, and after some tea and biscuits
you shuffle off into the night. You will head in a northwesterly direction
and ascend through heavy scree towards Stella Point on the crater rim. This
6-hour walk to Stella point is for many climbers, mentally and physically
the most challenging on the route. At Stella Point (5685m) you will stop for
a short rest and will be rewarded with the most magnificent sunrise you are
ever likely to see (weather permitting). From Stella Point you will normally
encounter snow all the way on your 2-hour ascent to Uhuru Peak. The time you
will spend on the summit will depend on the weather conditions. Do not stop
here for too long, as it will be extremely difficult to start again due to
cold and fatigue. Enjoy your accomplishment and a day to remember for the
rest of your live. The walk back to Barafu from the summit, takes about 3
hours. Here you will have a well earned but short rest and collect the rest
of your gear, before Summit Group. heading down to Mweka hut (3100m). The
route is not difficult and will take you down the rock and scree path into
the moorland and eventually into the forest. The camp is situated in the
upper forest and mist or rain can be expected in the late afternoon. Dinner,
and washing water will be prepared.
Day 7: Mweka camp (3100m)- Mweka Gate (1980m)
Hiking time: 3 hours, Distance: About 15 km's
Mweka Gate. After an early and well-deserved breakfast, it is a short 3-hour
and scenic hike back to the Park gate. It is strongly recommended not to pay
your porters any tips until you and all your gear have reached the gate
safely. Click here for more info on tips. At Mweka gate you sign your name
and details in a register. This is also where successful climbers receive
their summit certificates. Those climbers who reached Stella Point (5685m)
are issued with green certificates and those who reached Uhuru Peak (5895m)
receive gold certificates. From the Mweka Gate you will continue down into
the Mweka village, normally a muddy 3 km (1 hour) hike. In the Mweka village
you will be served a delicious hot lunch!! You now drive back to Moshi for a
long over due hot shower, dinner and celebrations!! Overnight in Springlands
hotel.
Day 8: Departure
Transfer to Kilimanjaro Airport for your flight back home or continue
with your safari schedule.
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Tanzania
Lodge Safaris
3 Days Ngorongoro Crater
3 Days Ngorongoro /Manyara
4 Days Manyara/Ngorongoro
5 Days Manyara/Tarangire
5 Days Manyara/Serengeti
6 Days Manyara/Serengeti
7 Days Manyara/Tarangire
7 Days Manyara/Serengeti
Tanzania
Camping Safaris
3 Days Ngorongoro Crater
3 Days Ngorongoro /Lake Manyara
4 Days Manyara/ Tarangire
5 Days Manyara/Ngorongoro
5 Days Manyara/Serengeti
6 Days Manyara/Serengeti
7 Days Manyara/Ngorongoro
7 Days Manyara/Serengeti
Kenya
Tanzania Combined
8 Days Kenya Tanzania Safari
9 Days Kenya Tanzania Safari
11 Day Kenya Tanzania Wildlife
12 Days Kenya Tanzania Tours
14 Days Kenya & Tanzania Safari
15 Days East Africa Safari
Mount
Kilimanjaro Routes
7 Days Marangu Route
8 Days Machame Route
7 Days Mweka Route
7 Days Umbwe Route
8 Days Shira Route
7 Days Lemosho Route
8 Days Rongai Route
Uganda
Gorilla Tracking
3 Day Mountain Gorilla Safari
5 Days Gorilla Safari in Uganda
14 Days Hot Spots Of Uganda
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