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Kilimanjaro Machame Route

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KILIMANJARO MACHAME ROUTE INFORMATION

Tour size: From1 person

Total Tour Duration: Variable

Accommodation: Hotel and Tents

Departures: All Year

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MACHAME ROUTE KILIMANJARO TREKKING

MACHAME ROUTE

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Albeit a bit steeper, the Machame route up Kilimanjaro is considered the most beautiful route up Kilimanjaro. Where accommodation on the Marangu route is in huts, accommodation on the Machame route is in tents. Porters carry all of your equipment and supplies and a cook prepares all your meals. The Machame route - also known as the "Whiskey route", offers views of incredible late afternoon sunsets and breathtaking views of Kibo as the later afternoon mists clear. The Machame route is normally completed in 6 days and follows the acclimatization principle of 'climb high and sleep low' For this reason, the Machame route takes you from 3200m at Shira Camp, high to Lava Tower (4630m) on the third day and back down again to 3950 for an overnight stay at Barranco camp.

 

Machame Route in brief:-

 

DAY 1

Your day starts around 06h00 with breakfast, after which you head to Machame village and on to Kilimanjaro Machame gate to start trekking. Rain in the forest is possible although the paths are in very good condition having been re-worked in 2005. About half way, you will stop for lunch before continuing up to Machame camp in the late afternoon.

 

DAY 2

You will head out of Machame camp and climb quite steeply for about for the hour until you are above the forest area and then follow a more gently gradient toward the base Shira Plateau. Then you will head up the rocky outcrop before heading in an easterly direction, towards Shira Camp.

 

DAY 3

After breakfast, you will quickly leave the Kilimanjaro moorland scrub behind and enter into a moonscape of semi-alpine desert, while you hike constantly upwards toward Lava Tower. After Lava Tower your route will head down by almost 680m to the Barranco camp.

 

DAY 4

Early morning, you will head up the impressive Great Barranco Wall. The route then heads down through the Karanga Valley over several ridges and valleys where you will see the magnificent giant Senecio Kilimanjari. You will then join up with your later descent route where you will head left up the ridge for another hour, before reaching Barafu Hut.

 

DAY 5

You will rise around 23h30, and after some tea and biscuits you will head off 'pole pole' into the night. Heading in a North westerly direction you will ascend through heavy scree towards Stella Point (5685) on the crater rim. The hike up is about 6 hours. The remainder of the climb to Uhuru Peak will take anything from 1-2 hours. After your moment of glory, you will head back to Barafu, in about 2 hours where you will have a chance to rest, buy a cola or two before heading down towards Mweka hut (3100m).

 

DAY 6

After an early and well-deserved breakfast, it is a short 3-hour scenic hike back to the Park gate. Those climbers who reached Stella Point (5685m) are issued with green certificates and those who reached Uhuru Peak (5895m) receive gold certificates.

 

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