KILIMANJARO VIA UMBWE ROUTE - 8 DAYS
Day
1 Nairobi/Arusha
Leave Nairobi for Arusha by shuttle bus arriving in time
for lunch. Afternoon is spent at leisure and shopping
for the provisions needed for the Mountain. Dinner and
overnight at an Arusha hotel.
Day
2 Arusha - Lava Caves
After breakfast transfer to Marangu gate and then to Umbwe
Village to start the climb. Climb for four hours through
the rainforest to camp at the caves 2800m above the sea
level.
Day
3 Lava Caves - Barranco Hut
After breakfast, continue ascent along a sharp ridge,
giving a distinct high mountain feeling, then onto the
Moorland Camp and arrive my mid afternoon. Stay at Barranco
hut 3900m.
Day
4 Barranco Hut - Arrow Glacier
A four-hour walk past enormous breach walls to camp at
the foot of the Arrow Glacier. A leisurely afternoon and
evening, acclimatizing at around 4900m and watching the
sunset behind Mt. Meru.
Day
5 Arrow Glacier - Kilimanjaro Crater Rim
Climbing the same steep walls and scrambling up the screen
and across the frozen lava on the tottering wall. We camp
on the stunning crater rim of Kilimanjaro.
Day
6 Kilimanjaro Crater Rim - Horombo Hut
You trek up the highest point in Africa, Uhuru Peak (5,896m).
Descend via Gilman’s point and onto Kibo hut for
dinner and overnight (3,761m).
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7 Horombo Hut - Arusha
After breakfast, descent to the Marangu Park Gate via
Mandara. You will be transferred to Arusha for dinner
and overnight.
Day
8 Arusha - Nairobi
After breakfast, leave for Nairobi by morning or afternoon
shuttle, but where the tour ends.