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KILIMANJARO CLIMB
Any physically fit person can climb Mt. Kilimanjaro.. No climbing experience
is necessary to get you to the top of Africa's highest mountain 5,895M
(19,340FT) with its magnificent gleaming glaciers, Flora and Fauna.
Weather
Mt. Kilimanjaro
can be climbed any time of the year but there are two rainy seasons
- late March to mid June and November. The best months are December,
January to March and July to October usually dry and minimum clouds.
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7
DAYS MT. KILIMANJARO- MARANGU ROUTE
Day 1. Depart Nairobi and board shuttle bus to Moshi.Overnight
B/B at Moshi Hotel.overnight at Keys Hotel or Lepard Hotel.
Day 2. Morning walk through the Kilimanjaro forest and spend
your night at Mandara Hut. 2,700 metres above sea level.
Day 3. You start your trekking early in the morning up to Horombo
Hut for dinner and overnight 3,720 metres above sea level.
Day 4. The whole trekking will take you up to Kibo hut for dinner
and overnight 5,680 metres above sea level.
Day 5. For fit climbers, this day will be the final ascend to
the summit before dawn, "THE UHURU PEAK" 5,895 metres above sea level.
The night will be spent at Horombo Hut.
Day 6. Morning descend to Keys
Hotel or Lepard Hotel
where the afternoon will be at leisure. Dinner and overnight at same
Hotel.
Day 7. Board shuttle bus Moshi Nairobi.arrive by 6.30pm
MACHAME
ROUTE 6 NIGHTS/7 DAYS MT.KILIMAJARO
Day 1.
Depart Nairobi and board shuttle bus to Moshi.Overnight B/B at Moshi
Hotel.overnight at Keys Hotel or Lepard Hotel.
 Day
2. Machame Hut.
Drive to Machame village , The climb starts at the end of the tarmac
road. Walk through shambas (farms) then forest to the Machame
hut(3000m,6hours).
Day 3. Shira Hut.
Continue along the steep ridge going on to rock ridges and through heather.
The route turns west into a river gorge, reaching Shira hut (3800m,5hours).
Day 4. Baranco Hut.
Continue east towards the lava tower. Shortly after this, You descend
to Baranco Hut.(3940m,4hours).
Day 5. Barafu Hut.
A short scramble to the top of the great Baranco and then a traverse
overscree and ridge to the Karanga Valley 4000m,3 hours.. Beneath the
icefalls of the Heim, Kersten and Decken glaciers, After climbing out
the Karanga Valley the trail ascends a ridge to the Barafu Hut. A bleak
location with little vegetation at 4600m,3hours walking.
Day 6. Barafu Hut.
An early start for the ascent to the rim of the Kibo Crater between
the Rebbmann and Ratzel Glaciers 4hours.the last section before the
rim can sometimes be snow- covered and an ice axe or ski-stick is useful
for balance. From here a further hour leads to uhuru peak, from where
there are often fine views of Mt.Meru to the west and the jagged peak
of Mawenzi to the east. Descend to the Barafu hut in the giant heather
zone on the forest edge, those with energy on the summit may wish to
descend to the Reutsh Crater and visit the dramatic ice pinnacles of
the eastern icefields.
Day 7. A three to four hour descend through beautiful forest
brings you to the park gate and your waiting transport back to the Hotel
for overnight.
Day 8. Arusha.
Depart after breakfast , transfer back to Arusha or Moshi
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