DAY 1: FROM HOTEL TO UMBWE CAVE CAMPSITE
1200m to 1700m to 2850m., 10 km.4-5 hours., Montane Forest
Drive to Umbwe Gate. After procedures, the trek starts through the rain-forest to Umbwe Cave Campsite where you will find all tents already setup then stop for dinner and overnight.
DAY 2: UMBWE CAVE TO BARRANCO HUT CAMPSITE
E2850m to 3950m9 km, 4-5 hours, Montane Forest and heather
Trek through the remaining forest to the moorland and heath zone and you will be enjoying some wonderful views of Barranco valleys and ice cap on top of the mountain.
DAY 3: BARRANCO TO KARANGA CAMPSITE 3950m to 3900m, 6 km, 4-5 hours, Moorland
Climb Barranco Wall and reach 4200m for acclimatization and continue crossing ridges and valleys to Karanga Campsite for hot lunch. After lunch you will have a short rest and get another acclimatization of trekking up the screed slopes towards the Southern ice field then you will return to the camp for dinner and overnight.
DAY 4: KARANGA TO BARAFU CAMPSITE 3900m to 4620m, 5 km, 3-4 hours, Alpine Desert
Today trek up to the Barafu ridge campsite is tough because of altitude.. You will walk across alpine desert with strong cold wind blowing because there are no trees around as well as getting closer to the Kibo glaciers. You will have lunch and early dinner of around 1700hrs then rest until midnight when you commence you push for the summit.
DAY 5: BARAFU HUT TO UHURU PEAK TO MWEKA HUT CAMPSITE, 4620m to 5895m to 3100m, 15km10 – 12 hours, Desert and ice
The day starts around midnight with a light breakfast, and then last preparations for your summit ascent. The goal is to climb before dawn so that you can reach Uhuru Peak shortly before or after sunrise. Leave to the peak at 12; 00am, switchback up steep scree or possibly snow, and reach Stella Point on the crater rim at 5,861m between 4 and 5am. At this point, you will have views of the fabled crater and its icecaps facing you and all spectacular all area surrounding you. Then after 1 hour of hiking along the Kibo crater rim near the celebrated snows takes you to Kilimanjaro’s true summit, Uhuru Peak. Here you will spend some time for taking photos. After your summit activities done, descend back to the Barafu Huts campsite, have lunch, rest, collect your equipment, and continue your walk down through moorland and heath zone to Mweka Huts campsite, then dinner and overnight at Mweka Hut campsite.
DAY 6: MWEKA HUT TO MWEKA GATE 3100m to 1700m, 9km3-4 hours, Montane forest
After breakfast, today is your last day on the mountain so you will descend down to Mweka Park gate walking across Montane Forest this descent will take 3-4 hours. Then here at the gate you will do sign out and get ready to board the vehicle ready for the transfer back to the hotel in Moshi for certificate presentation and a well-deserved celebration.
