Kilimanjaro Climb

by Tomas Cristiano Tauzee

KILIMANJARO CLIMB ? MACHAME ROUTE ITINERARY

ARRIVAL FROM KENYA or Kilimanjaro:

Arrival from Nairobi by shuttle bus via Namanga Boarder or from Mombassa pick up at Himo-Holili Boarder near Moshi or by flight from Mombassa or Nairobi, meet and great then transfer to your hotel dinner and overnight at the PARK VIEW INN MOSHI

TRANSFER: BUS STATION/BOARDER POINT/AIR PORT TO HOTEL

MEAL PLAN: BB

ACCOMMODATION: STANDARD HOTEL

DAY 1
Machame Gate (1490m) - Machame camp (2980m)
Hiking time: 6 hours
Distance: About 18 km's
Habitat: Montane forest

Your day starts early with a briefing, followed by breakfast and a drive from Mosh Town to the Machame village (1490m). The guides and porters prepare and pack the supplies and your equipment in the village. You will receive a lunch pack and you can also buy mineral water in the village. Depending on the condition of the road, it is possible to drive from the village to the Machame gate, but if not, the muddy 3 km walk will take about 1 hour to complete. After registering at the gate office, you start your ascent and enter the rain forest almost immediately. There is a strong possibility of rain in the forest, which will transform the trail into a very soggy, muddy and slippery experience. You will have a welcome
lunch stop about half way and will reach the Machame camping area in the late afternoon.
Your porters (arriving at the camp site long before you) will have erect your tent on your arrival. In the evening the porters will boil drinking and washing water and the cook will prepare dinner, before you retire to your tent for the night. Night temperatures can already drop to freezing point at Machame campsite.

DAY 2
Machame camp (2980m) - Shira camp (3840m)
Hiking time: 4 hours
Distance: About 9 km's
Habitat: Moorland

You rise early at Machame camp and after breakfast you climb an hour or so to the top of the forest and then for 2 hours at a gentler gradient through the moorland zone. After a short lunch and rest, you continue up a rocky ridge onto the Shira plateau. By now you will be able to see in an easterly direction, the Western Breach with its stunning glaciers. You are now due west of Kibo and after a short hike you will reach the Shira campsite at 3840m. The porters will boil drinking and washing water, before serving dinner. The night at this exposed camp will even be colder than the previous night, with temperatures dropping to well below freezing.

DAY 3
Shira (3840m)-Lava Tower (4630m)-Barranco camp (3950m)
Hiking time: 6-8 hours
Distance: About 15 km's
Habitat: Semi desert

The route now turns east into a semi desert and rocky landscape surrounding Lava Tow

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