7 Day Umbwe Route Kilimanjaro Active Expedition

What's Included

Meeting and pickup

Itinerary

Day 1
Arrival Day
1 stop
1
Meet and greet at Kilimanjaro International Airport, our driver will be at the arrival hall waiting for you. You will recognize him by a sign banner bearing a lead traveler's name or your own name if you are traveling alone. After all arrival formalities, you will be taken to Keys Hotel in Moshi town for your overnight stay.
12 hours • Admission ticket free
Day 2
Umbwe Gate - Umbwe Cave Campsite
1 stop
2
Mount Kilimanjaro
Pick up with our vehicle from the hotel, drive to Umbwe gate. Here after completing the gate registration procedures, the trek starts through the rainforest to Umbwe cave campsite where you will find all tents already setup then stop for dinner and overnight. Today you will walk across ridges and valleys into a really thick forest.
6 hours • Admission ticket included
Day 3
Umbwe Cave Campsite to Barranco Hut Campsite.
1 stop
3
Mount Kilimanjaro
This day after breakfast you will 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. Then you will arrive to Barranco Camp for dinner and overnight
6 hours • Admission ticket included
Day 4
Barranco Campsite to Karanga Campsite
1 stop
4
Mount Kilimanjaro
Today you will be having a short day walk and in the late morning you will start climbing 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.
6 hours • Admission ticket included
Day 5
Karanga campsite to Barafu campsite
1 stop
5
Mount Kilimanjaro
Today trek up to the Barafu ridge campsite is tough because of altitude. The walking hours is few because is steep, so it needs slowly walk to avoid fatigue as well as high altitude sickness. 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, then rest until midnight when you start the summit climb.
6 hours • Admission ticket included
Day 6
Barafu hut campsite to Uhuru peak to Mweka hut campsite
1 stop
6
Mount Kilimanjaro
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 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.
14 hours • Admission ticket included
Day 7
Mweka Hut campsite to Mweka Gate
1 stop
7
Mount Kilimanjaro
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 3-6 hours. Then here at the gate you will sign out and get ready to board the vehicle ready for the transfer back to Keys hotel in Moshi for certificate presentation and a well deserved celebration.
6 hours • Admission ticket included

Additional info

• Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
• Not recommended for pregnant travelers
• Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
• Travelers should have a high level of physical fitness

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