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WNB
13: CLIMB MOUNT KILIMANJARO / 8 DAYS 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:
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.
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.
Day04:
Turn eastwards and continue
ascending through the dry landscape to Barranco hut (13,000ft), dinner & overnight
at the hut. Day05:
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:
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. | 
