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Focus East Africa Tours » Mount Kilimanjaro Safaris

Mount Kilimanjaro Safaris

15 Days Kilimanjaro, Serengeti & Ngorongoro Tour

15 Days Kilimanjaro, Serengeti & Ngorongoro Tour Read Details

7 Days Kilimanjaro Trek Safari (Shira Route)

7 Days Kilimanjaro Trek Safari Read Details

7 days Kilimanjaro Hiking Safari (Rongai Route)

7 Days Kilimanjaro Trekking Safari Read Details

6 Days Kilimanjaro Tour Safari (Umbwe Route)

6 Days Kilimanjaro Safari Read Details

6 Days Safari Holiday in Kilimanjaro (Marangu Route)

6 Days Safari in Kilimanjaro Read Details

6 Days Kilimanjaro Safari Expedition (Machame Route)

This 6 Days Kilimanjaro Safari will let you climb Kilimanjaro through the Machame route. This route is one of the shortest and easiest. You should consider it when booking a tour to Kilimanjaro. Day 1. Arusha to Kilimanjaro  (Machame Village) After an early breakfast at your hotel, you will be picked up from Arusha and driven to the Machame Village have brief stopover in the village to get some packed lunch. From the village, depending on the road conditions, you will either continue 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 erected 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 this campsite. Day 2. Machame camp (2980m) – Shira camp (3840m) Hiking time: 6h 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 3 840m. 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 (at 3840m) to Lava Tower (at 4630m) to Barranco camp (at 3950m) Hiking time: 7h The route now turns east into a semi desert and rocky landscape surrounding Lava Tower, where you reach an altitude of 4630m after about a 5 hours walk. Lunch is served in a designated area before ascending the rocky scree path to Lava Tower (4630m). This is definitely the toughest day so far. It is normally around this point, where for the first time, some climbers will start to feel symptoms of breathlessness, irritability and headaches. After lunch you descent again by almost 680m to the Barranco camping area and after reaching the high altitude of 4600m at Lava Tower, the true acclimatization benefit of this day becomes clear. This descent to Barranco camp takes about 2 hours and offers great opportunities to take some beautiful photographs of the Western Breach and Breach Wall. The camp is situated in a valley below the Breach and Great Barranco Wall, which should provide you with a memorable sunset while you wait for the preparation of your dinner. Day 4. Barranco camp (3950m)- Barafu camp (4550m) Hiking time: 7h After spending a night at the Great Barranco Wall (a very imposing sight at first), you make your way up this awesome looking obstacle, which in the end normally turns out easier than what you anticipated. Topping out just below the Heim Glacier, you now appreciate just how beautiful Kilimanjaro really is. The route then heads down through the Karanga Valley over intervening ridges and valleys, and then joins up with the Mweka route. This is the preferred route down from the summit, so remember it. Turn left up the ridge and after another hour or so, you reach Barafu Hut. The last water stop on the route is the Karranga Valley, as there is no water at Barafu camp. Barafu is the Swahili word for “ice” and it is a bleak and inhospitable camping area to spend the night. Totally exposed to the ever-present gales the tents are pitched on a narrow, stony, and dangerous ridge. Make sure that you familiarise yourself with the terrain before dark to avoid any accidents. The summit is now a further 1345m up and you will make the final ascent the same night. Prepare your equipment, ski stick and thermal clothing for your summit attempt. This should include the replacement of your headlamp and camera batteries and make sure you have a spare set available as well. To prevent freezing it will be wise to carry your water in a thermal flask. Go to bed at round about 19h00 and try to get some precious rest and sleep. Day 5. (Summit attempt) Barafu camp (4550m) – Uhuru Peak (5895m) – Mweka (3100m) Hiking time: 8h to reach Uhuru Peak, 7 – 8h to descend to Mweka You will rise around 23h30, and after some tea and biscuits you shuffle off into the night. You will head in a north-westerly direction and ascend through heavy scree towards Stella Point on the crater rim. For many climbers, this 6-hour walk to Stella point is mentally and physically the most challenging on the route. At Stella Point (5685m) you will stop for a short rest and will be rewarded with the most magnificent sunrise you are ever likely to see (weather permitting). From Stella Point you will normally encounter snow all the way on your 2-hour ascent to Uhuru Peak. The time you will spend on the summit will depend on the weather conditions. Do not stop here for too long, as it will be extremely difficult to start again due to cold and fatigue. Enjoy your accomplishment and a day to remember for the rest of your live. The walk back to Barafu from the summit, takes about 3 hours. Here you will have a well earned but short rest and collect the rest of your gear. The route is not difficult and will take you down the rock and scree path into the moorland and eventually into the forest. The camp is situated in the upper forest and mist or rain can be expected in the late afternoon. Dinner and washing water will be prepared. Day 4. Mweka camp (3100m) – Mweka Gate (1980m) Hiking time: 3h Following a well-deserved breakfast, your staff will have a big celebration full of dancing and singing. It is here on the mountain that you will present your tips to the guide, assistant guides, chef(s), and porters. After celebrating, you will descend for three hours back to Mweka Gate. The National Park requires all hikers to sign their names to receive certificates of completion. Hikers who reached Stella Point (5685m) receive green certificates and hikers who reached Uhuru Peak (5895m) receive gold certificates. After receiving certificates, hikers will descend into the Mweka village for 1 hour (3 kilometers). You will be served a hot lunch then you will drive back to Arusha for long overdue showers and more celebrations. Cost Includes Quality, waterproof, four-season private mountain sleeping tents: Professional, experienced, mountain guides: All Park fees Rescue fees All meals while on the Mountain Guides, Porters, cook salaries and park fees Quality Mess tents with table and chairs Large portions of fresh, healthy nutritious food Clean, purified drinking water Crisis management and safety procedures Fair and ethical treatment of porters Items not included: Airport transfers Accommodation in Arusha Tanzania Visa Gratuity Personal Expenses (e.g. laundry, telephone, beverages, etc.) Meals not listed above Optional Tours (short safari after your climb etc) Read Details

7 Days Kilimanjaro Safari Tour (Lemosho Route)

7 Days Kilimanjaro Safari Tour Read Details

Mount Kilimanjaro is home to 179 bird species and 140 species of mammals. Some people claim to have spotted buffalo and elephants. The name Kilimanjaro has got various translations from different local tribal languages others mean “mountain of greatness” “little mountain” “mountain of the cold devils” “mountain of caravans” “shining mountain and so much more. There’s a book stored in the wooden box at the summit of Kilimanjaro. Most of the climbers who succeed to reach the summit write their thoughts in this book. Almost every kind of ecological system can be found on Mount Kilimanjaro starting from cultivated land, rain forests, heath, moorland, alpine desert and arctic summit. The best time for climbing Kilimanjaro is from June to October and January and February.

When to go on Kilimanjaro Tours

Mount Kilimanjaro is situated in the east part of Africa in Tanzania,. Its Africa’s highest mountain and the worlds highest free standing mountain. The mountain offers panoramic views of Africa that your unlikely to forget in a life time. The mountain is visited by over 50,000 tourists every year and has been recognized by UNESCO as a world heritage site. The main activity is mountain climbing though there are also other minor activities. There are six scenic routes used for exploring Mount Kilimanjaro.

After a volcanic activity on the mountain, the challa crater was formed at the shadow of mount Kilimanjaro. The sight of the lake is beautiful to behold. The color of the lakes water varies from turquoise blue and emerald green. The only accommodation available here is lake challa safari camp. On the western part of Kibo lies the Shira plateau. Its positioned in one the mountain trekking routes. This caldera plateau can be walked on and you feel the remnants of the volcanic activity of over 500,000 years ago. Occasionally, you will come across elephants and buffaloes in this plateau.

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