8 Day Mt. Kilimanjaro Climbing Umbwe Route

Package Overview

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Day wise Itinerary

• 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.

  • Hotspots Shopping
  • Meals & Drinks Lunch, Dinner
• 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 2,800m above the sea level.

  • Meals & Drinks Breakfast
• 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 3,900m.

  • Meals & Drinks Breakfast
• 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 Mount 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 (3,761 m).
• Day 7 : You trek up the highest point in Africa, Uhuru Peak (5,896m). Descend via Gilman’s point and onto

  After breakfast, descent to the Marangu Park Gate via Mandara. You will be transferred to Arusha for dinner and overnight.

  • Meals & Drinks Breakfast, Dinner
• Day 8 : Arusha - Nairobi

  After breakfast, leave for Nairobi by morning or afternoon shuttle, where the tour ends.

  • Meals & Drinks Breakfast

Price & Rates

Package Start From

• Nairobi, Kenya, Africa

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