6 days Machame route

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Overview
Highlights
- All climbers sleep in tents (tents are included) and meals are served in a dinner tent or on a blanket outside
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Trip includes
- Included in price package
- Private transport to & from Kilimanjaro International Airport to your Accommodations in Moshi.
- 2 nights of accommodation Parkview Inn in Moshi
- Transportation to & from the Kilimanjaro gate
- Park entry fees,
- Camping fees
- Team Kilimanjaro Rescue fees
- Oxygen cylinder
- 18% VAT on tour fees & services
- 4 Season mountain tents
- Friendly and professional mountain guides, cook and porters
- 3 hot meals daily while on the mountain
- Enough treated & filtered drinking water throughout the trek
- Hot water for washing
- Fair wages for the mountain crew as approved by the Kilimanjaro National Park Authority (KINAPA),
- Government taxes
- Ox meter
- Emergency first-aid kit
Itinerary

Meals: Lunch and Dinner
Elevation: 1830m/6000ft to 3050m/9950ft
Distance: 11km/7mi
Hiking Time: 5-6 hours
Habitat: Montane Forest
Drive from Moshi to Machame Gate takes about 45 minutes. The journey passes through the village of Mach...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Elevation: 3050m/9950ft to 3850m/12,600ft
Distance: 5km/3mi
Walking Time: 4-5 hours
Habitat: Moorland
After breakfast we leave the glades of the rain forest and continue on an ascending path, crossing the valley along a steep rocky ridge. The route now turns west onto a river gorge until we arrive at the Shira campsite.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Elevation: 3850m/12,600ft to 4000m/13,000ft
Distance: 10km/6mi
Walking Time: 5-6 hours
Habitat: Semi-desert
From the Shira Plateau we continue to the east up a ridge, passing the junction towards th...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Elevation: 4000m/13,000ft to 4700m/15,350ft
Distance: 9km/6mi
Hiking Time: 6-8 hours
Habitat: Alpine Desert
After breakfast, we leave Barranco and continue on a steep ridge up the Barranco Wall (ele...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Elevation: 4700m/15,350ft to 5895m/19,340ft
Down to 3090m/10,150ft
Distance: 5km/3mi up / 13km/8mi down
Hiking Time: 5-7 hours up / 5-6 hours down
Habitat: Stone scree and ice-capped summit
V...
Meals: Breakfast
Elevation: 3090m/10,150ft to 1680m/5500ft
Distance: 10km/6mi
Hiking Time: 3-4 hours
Habitat: Forest
After breakfast we continue the descent down to the Mweka Park Gate to receive your summit certificates. At lower el...
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What's excluded
- Not included in the price
- Lunches, dinners and drinks at your hotel before and after climb.
- Travel insurance
- Flights
- Laundry (Available at hotel)
- Personal items and toiletries
- Tips for guides, porters and cook
Accommodation
Parkiew Inn in Moshi
Camping - Trips labeled as “Camping” typically involve most nights sleeping in tents
Breakfasts 6, Lunch 6 and Dinner 6
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