A Mahiri African Tours representative will pick you up and greet you at the Kilimanjaro airport on arrival. You will be transferred to your accommodations for the night in Moshi, where you will have a briefing about the trek and a review of your equipment and trekking gear.

We will drive to the Londorossi gate entrance. Here your guides will finalize registration, and all the bags the porters will be carrying will be weighed. You will have lunch here before starting the trek. Today's trek will be through the rainforest along the Umbwe River until reaching Umbwe Camp. for the night.

This will not be an easy first day with already having a significant increase in altitude, so we recommend keeping your pace slow during the trek and drinking a significant amount of water, both will help with your ability to acclimatize better.

Elevation: approx 1,600m - 2,950m Hiking time: 5-7 hrs
Hiking distance: 11kms

Today you will leave the rainforest behind and reach the moorland zone. you will also ascend a few ridges along the trek before arriving at Barranco Camp for lunch. The rest of the day you can relax.

Elevation: approx 2,950m - 3,950m Hiking time: 4-6 hrs
Hiking distance: 6 km

The day will begin early with the trek up the famous Barranco Wall, we recommend getting up early to be one of the first groups to be on the wall. Then you will continue through numerous ascents and descents on the trail. After reaching the camp you can participate in a small acclimatization hike towards Barafu Camp if you are up for it.

Elevation: approx. 3,950 m to 4,040 m Distance: 5km
Hiking Time: 4-5 hrs

Today you will trek to Barafu camp, which is the final camp and resting spot before a night summit to Uhuru Peak. Once at Barafu Camp you can choose to hike towards Kosova Camp for acclimatization before descending back down to Barafu Camp for dinner and an early night sleep. This will help your body acclimatize better for summit night. Tonight you will sleep right after dinner, as your summit attempt will start at midnight.

Elevation: approx. 4,040 m to 4,640 m Distance: 6km
Hiking Time: 4-5 hrs

Today is your summit night, with a very early start to the day. The trek will start at about midnight as you walk towards the summit, making this your most difficult day on the mountain, Between the significant elevation gain to the summit and the significant descent after the summit.

The high altitude makes this a very challenging summit night. This will be your most difficult day, but your guides will be there to assist you along the way. The lack of oxygen the closer you get will be challenging to deal with and you will need to focus on your breathing. When walking along the crater rim towards Uhuru peak you will be able to see the glaciers that cover Kibo up close

After reaching the summit, the amount of time spent here will depend on the weather and your health status at the current time. You will then descend back down to Barafu camp for lunch. and a quick rest. After this, you will pack up your belongings and then continue your descent down to Mweka Camp. This camp is the final stop of the day, where you will then relax for the night and have a delicious dinner as you will be exhausted from the long day.

It is important that while you descend from the summit to go slowly and make sure you are watching your footing as you will get tired. The descent is commonplace for injuries to occur from falling and losing your footing if moving too fast.

Elevation: approx. 4640m - 5895 m (Uhuru peak) - 3,100m Distance: 18 km
Hiking Time: 14 hrs

Today is your final day on the mountain, as you leave camp and head towards Mweka Gate. You will walk through the beautiful forest before arriving at the gate. At the gate, if you were successful in submitting to Uhuru Peak you will receive your summit certificate. Your driver will be waiting for you here and will drive you back to your accommodations for the night.

Elevation:approx. 3,100m - 1,700m Distance: 9km
Hiking Time: 3-4 kms

Day 8: Departure

Today we will have a driver take you to the airport for your departure flight. If you choose to continue on another tour after your climb we will take care of that for you to ensure it will be a seamless transition to your next tour.