8-9 Days Climbing:

Ranger Accompany:  Wildlife  Experience.

Day 1

On your arrival, our representative will come to pick you up with private transfers to your lodge. You will be gathering in the evening for a pre-climb briefing and an equipment check. You will also confirm you have the appropriate mandatory medical coverage and travel insurance.

Day 2

Today after completing the necessary registration formalities at Londorossi National Park gate, you will drive through varied farmland with open views over the plains to reach the Lemosho road-head. You often have your lunch in the glades before starting to walk. It is an easy day of walking up a small path through beautiful and lush forest. This area has a variety of game, including buffalo. You camp at Lemosho Forest Camp (8,700 ft).

Day 3

Today, you soon leave the forest behind and enter the moorland zone of giant heather. The trail climbs steadily with wide views to reach the rim of the Shira Plateau. There is a tangible sense of wilderness, especially if afternoon mists come in. You camp in the center of the plateau at Shira One (11,600 ft). (6-7 hours walking)

Day 4

A morning of gentle ascent and panoramic views, leaving the moorland plateau behind to walk on lava ridges beneath the glaciers of the Western Breach. After lunch near the Lava Tower (15,150 ft), we descend to the bottom of the Barranco Valley to camp at Barranco Camp (12,800 ft), sheltered by towering cliffs and with extensive views of the plains far below. (7-9 hours walking)

Day 5

A steep climb up the Barranco Wall leads us to an undulating trail on the south-eastern flank of Kibo, with superb vistas of the Southern Ice-fields. The terrain changes to scree, with pockets of lush vegetation in sheltered hollows, and there is only a short distance to Karanga Camp (13,100 ft), the last water point on the way to the summit. (4-5 hours walking)

Day 6

We follow an easy path on compacted scree with wide views that gains altitude unrelentingly to reach the Barafu Hut (14,800 ft) for lunch. There is a short acclimatization walk to the plateau at the bottom of the southeast valley. The remainder of the day is spent resting in preparation for the early morning final ascent. (3-5 hours walking)

Day 7

We start our ascent by torchlight about 1 a.m. so that we can be up on the crater rim by sunrise. The steep climb over loose volcanic scree has some well-graded zig-zags and a slow but steady pace will take us to Stella Point (18,800 ft), in about five or six hours. We will rest there for a short time to enjoy the sunrise over Mawenzi. Those who are still feeling strong can make the two-hour round trip from here along the crater rim to Uhuru Peak (19,345 ft), passing close to the spectacular glaciers and ice cliffs that still occupy most of the summit area. The descent to Barafu is surprisingly fast, and after some refreshments, we continue to descend to reach our final campsite, Millennium Camp (12,500 ft). (11-15 hours walking)

Day 8

A sustained descent on a well constructed path takes us through a lovely tropical forest alive with birdsong and boasting lush undergrowth with considerable botanical interest. Our route winds down to the Kilimanjaro National Park gate at Mweka (5,400 ft); and on through coffee and banana farms to Mweka village, where we are transferred to your lodge in Moshi. (4-6 hours walking)

Day 9

After breakfast, we can arrange for a private transfer to Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO).

Cost Per Person: $2,335

Included:

• Two nights accommodation
  • First night includes breakfast
  • Last night includes dinner & breakfast
• Return transportation from Moshi to/from the starting/finishing point on the mountain
• Qualified guides with mountain crew
• National park fees
• Tents and sleeping mattresses
• Cutlery / Crockery / Eating utensils
• Mess tent (for dining) / Mini camping chairs / Tables / Candles
• Rescue Fees
• Pulse oximeters
• First aid kit
• Guides, porters, cook, waiter salaries
• Boiled water on the mountain
• All meals on the mountain (breakfast, lunch & dinner)
• Guides, porters, waiter, cook accommodation and entry fees on the mountain

Excluded:

• Single rooms supplement
• Guides, Porters, Cook & Waiters tips
• Meals and drinks not specified
• Gear for your climb
• Items of personal nature
• Additional nights beyond the two standard hotel nights included
• Visas
• Emergency oxygen