6 Day Private Kilimanjaro Climbing Via Umbwe Route

Overview

Day by day itinerary

1. 1From hotel to Umbwe Cave Campsite.⌄

   Elevation: 1200m to 1700m to 2850m. Distance: 10 km. Hiking time: 4-5 hours. Habitat: Montane forest. Pick up with our vehicle from the hotel, drive to Umbwe gate. Here after completing the gate registration procedures, the trek starts through the rainforest to Umbwe cave campsite where you will find all tents already setup then stop for dinner and overnight. Today you will walk across ridges and valleys into a really thick forest.

   Meals: Breakfast · Lunch · Dinner

   Overnight: Kilimanjaro Campsite

2. 2Umbwe Cave Campsite to Barranco Hut Campsite.⌄

   Elevation: 2850m to 3950m Distance: 9 km Hiking time: 4-5 hours Habitat: Montane forest and heather This day after breakfast you will trek through the remaining forest to the moorland and heath zone and you will be enjoying some wonderful views of Barranco valleys and ice cap on top of the mountain. Then you will arrive to Barranco Camp for dinner and overnight.

   Meals: Breakfast · Lunch · Dinner

   Overnight: Kilimanjaro Campsite

3. 3Barranco Campsite to Karanga Campsite⌄

   Elevation: 3950m to 3900m Distance: 6 km Hiking time: 4-5 hours Habitat: Moorland Today you will be having a short day walk and in the late morning you will start climbing Barranco Wall and reach 4200m for acclimatization and continue crossing ridges and valleys to Karanga campsite for hot lunch. After lunch you will have a short rest and get another acclimatization of trekking up the screed slopes towards the Southern ice field, then you will return to the camp for dinner and overnight.

   Meals: Breakfast · Lunch · Dinner

   Overnight: Kilimanjaro Campsite

4. 4Karanga campsite to Barafu campsite⌄

   Elevation: 3900m to 4620m Distance: 5 km. Hiking time: 3-4 hours Habitat: Alpine Desert Today trek up to the Barafu ridge campsite is tough because of altitude. The walking hours is few because is steep, so it needs slowly walk to avoid fatigue as well as high altitude sickness. You will walk across alpine desert with strong cold wind blowing because there are no trees around as well as getting closer to the Kibo glaciers. You will have lunch and early dinner, then rest until midnight when you start the summit climb

   Meals: Breakfast · Lunch · Dinner

   Overnight: Kilimanjaro Campsite

5. 5Barafu hut campsite to Uhuru peak to Mweka hut campsite⌄

   Elevation: 4620m to 5895m to 3100m Distance: 15km Hiking time; 10 – 12 hours Habitat: Desert and ice The day starts around midnight with a light breakfast, and then last preparations for your summit ascent. The goal is to climb before dawn so that you can reach Uhuru Peak shortly before or after sunrise. Leave to the peak at 12; 00am, switchback up steep scree or possibly snow, and reach Stella Point on the crater rim at 5,861m between 4 and 5am. Then after 1 hour of hiking along the Kibo crater rim near the celebrated snows takes you to Kilimanjaro’s true summit, Uhuru Peak. Here you will spend some time for taking photos. After your summit activities done, descend back to the Barafu Huts campsite, have lunch, rest, collect your equipment, and continue your walk down through moorland and heath zone to Mweka Huts campsite, then dinner and overnight at Mweka hut campsite.

   Meals: Breakfast · Lunch · Dinner

   Overnight: Kilimanjaro Campsite

6. 6Mweka Hut campsite to Mweka Gate⌄

   Elevation: 3100m to 1700m Distance: 9km Descendng time: 3-4 hours Habitat: Montane forest Today is your last day on the mountain so you will descend down to Mweka park gate walking across Montane forest this descent will take 3-4 hours. Then here at the gate you will sign out and get ready to board the vehicle ready for the transfer back to the hotel in Arusha for certificate presentation and a well deserved celebration.