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7 Days Mt Kilimanjaro Climbing – Umbwe Route

Day 1:

You arrive at your hotel. Dinner and overnight stay.

Day 2:

Transfer from your hotel to Kilimanjaro National Park Gate at Umbwe. From here you trek along a narrow ridge between the Lonzo and Umbwe rivers to reach Bivouac No. 1 (also called Forest Caves) at 9,400ft/2800m. Camp Overnight.

Day 3:

Leaving the forest, the path continues to follow the ridge, passing through heather and open moorlands, to reach Barranco Hut (13,000ft/3900m). Stay/Camp overnight.

Day 4:

The path climbs steeply out of the Barracno Valley, crosses the Karanga Valley, then turns north to reach Barafu Hut (15,500ft/4600m) Dinner and overnight at the Camp

Day 5:

A long day and an early start to reach the crater rim at Stella Point in time for sunrise. Then to Uhuru Peak(19,340ft/5896m), the highest point in Africa. Afterwards descend to Mweka hut. Dinner and overnight.

Day 6:

Descend to Mweka gate, from where you are transferred back to your hotel.
Dinner and overnight.

Day 7:

Breakfast at your hotel and transfer to Arusha lunch and then transfer to Kilimanjaro International Airport for a flight to the next destination.