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It
takes about seven days to get to the
tip of Mt. Kilimanjaro 
KTMC 001 - 7 Days Mt. Kilimanjaro climb-
Marangu Route.
Day
1.
Depart Nairobi in the morning heading to Arusha
via Namanga border arriving lunchtime. After lunch
depart Arusha and transfer to Capricorn hotel based at the
foot of the mountain. Dinner and overnight at Capricorn
hotel.
Day 2.
Morning, walk through the Kilimanjaro forest
and spend your night at Mandara hut 2700
meters above sea level.
Day
3.
You start your trekking early in the morning up to Horombo
hut for dinner and overnight 3720 meters
above sea level.
Day
4.
The whole trekking will take you up to Kibo hut for
dinner and overnight 5680 meters above sea level.
Day
5.
For fit climbers this day will be your final ascend to
the summit before dawn," The Uhuru peak” 5895
meters above sea level. The night will be spend at Horombo
hut.
Day 6.
Morning descend to Capricorn hotel where the
afternoon will be at leisure. Dinner and overnight
at Capricorn hotel.
Day 7.
Drive back to Arusha for lunch and onwards to Nairobi.
NB:
On this itinerary, clients may be accommodated at suitable
hotels in Arusha. Accommodation may also be updated at
extra cost.
KTMC
002: 8 Days Kilima Climb– Machame - Mweka Route
Day
1: Depart Nairobi by shuttle bus for Moshi via Namanga
border post. After going through the Immigration office,
you proceed on to Arusha where you get a brief stop over
for lunch. Later proceed on to Moshi arriving by 4 p.m.
Overnight at the spring land hotel on B/B basis.
Day
2: Breakfast and transfer to the Machame park gates
where you enter the rain forest. The hike keeps you amongst
the giant trees for about 4 hours. Picnic lunch en route,
after which you are almost at Machame camp 3000m
for dinner and overnight.
Day
3: After breakfast, you climb out of the rain forest
and into a moorland zone. After 5 hours hike, take picnic
lunch and arrive at the Shira plateau – Shira hut
at 3840m for dinner and overnight.
Day
4: After spending the night at near zero degrees Celsius,
rise early and head straight towards Kibo. After about
2 hours, gain altitude sharply toward Lava Tower 4570meters.
Descend to Barranco camp at 3900m.
Day
5: After spending a night at the Great Barranco wall,
you will appreciate how beautiful Kilimanjaro really is.
A long hike through the Karanga Valley joins with Mweka
route. This is preferred route down the summit. Turn left
up the ridge and after another hour or so, you reach Barafu
hut, 4750m and you will now be at same altitude as the
day before at Lava Tower.
Day
6: A steep and difficult hike of about 6 hours brings
you to the crater rim at Stella Point. Proceed on to reach
Uhuru peak before turning back to Barafu and then Mweka
camp 3100m for overnight.
Day
7: After an early breakfast, it is a short and scenic
hike back to the park gate where you get your certificate
of achievement for having reached the summit. Transfer
to spring land hotel Moshi for overnight.
Day
8:After breakfast, you are transferred to connect your
transport vehicle back to Nairobi
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