Tanzania
Lodge Safaris
3 Days Ngorongoro Crater
3 Days Manyara, Ngorongoro
4 Days Ngorongoro, Manyara
5 Days Ngorongoro Serengeti
6 Days Serengeti, Manyara
6 Days Manyara, Serengeti
7 Days Best of Tanzania
8 Days Classical Safari.
12 Days Safari & Zanzibar
13 Days Combined Tour
Tanzania & Zanzibar Safari
6 Days Wildlife/Zanzibar Beach
7 Days Ngorongoro/Zanzibar Beach
8 Days Manyara/Zanziabr Beach
8 Days Ngorongoro/Zanzibar
9 Days Manyara/Zanzibar Beach
10 Days Manyara/Zanzibar Beach
20 Days - Wildlife / Zanzibar Beach
Tanzania National Parks
Arusha National Park
Mount kilimanjaro
Katavi National Park
Gombe Stream Park
Lake manyara
Serengeti National Park
Ruaha National Park
Mikumi National Park
Tarangire National Park
Rubondo island
Saadani National Park
Kitulo Plateau
Mahale Mountains
Udzungwa Mountains
Safari & Climbing Tour
12 Days Wildlife Tour & Climbing Marangu Route
13 Days Wildlife Tour & Climbing Marangu Route
14 Days Wildlife Tour & Climbing Machame Route.
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TGHTKI
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Machame
Route Trip
Machame village is served by a tarmac road. There is a park checkpoint
at the start of the route. The walking is strenuous, initially up
narrow, slippery paths through beautiful forest. It provides good access
to the South Western Glaciers and the Western Breach.
Day 1
Machame Gate (1490m) - Machame camp (2980m)
Hiking time: 7h
Distance: Approximately 18kms
Habitat: Montane forest
Your day starts early with a briefing, followed by breakfast and a
45-minute drive from Moshi (910m) to the Machame village (1490m). The
guides and porters prepare and pack the supplies and your equipment in
the village. You will receive a lunch pack and you can also buy mineral
water in the village. Depending on the condition of the road, it is
possible to drive from the village to the Machame gate, but if not, the
muddy 3 km walk will take about 1 hour to complete. After registering at
the gate office, you start your ascent and enter the rain forest almost
immediately. There is a strong possibility of rain in the forest, which
will transform the trail into a very soggy, muddy and slippery
experience. You will have a welcome lunch stop about half way and will
reach the Machame camping area in the late afternoon.
Your porters (arriving at the camp site long before you) will have
erected your tent on your arrival. In the evening the porters will boil
drinking and washing water and the cook will prepare dinner, before you
retire to your tent for the night. Night temperatures can already drop
to freezing point at this campsite.
Day 2
Machame camp (2980m) - Shira camp (3840m)
Hiking time: 6h
Distance: Approximately 9 kms
Habitat: Moorland
You rise early at Machame camp and after breakfast you climb an hour or
so to the top of the forest and then for 2 hours at a gentler gradient
through the moorland zone. After a short lunch and rest, you continue up
a rocky ridge onto the Shira plateau. By now you will be able to see in
an easterly direction, the Western Breach with its stunning glaciers.
You are now due west of Kibo and after a short hike you will reach the
Shira campsite at 3 840m. The porters will boil drinking and washing
water, before serving dinner. The night at this exposed camp will even
be colder than the previous night, with temperatures dropping to well
below freezing.
Day 3
Shira (at 3840m) to Lava Tower (at 4630m) to Barranco camp (at 3950m)
Hiking time: 7h
Distance: Approximately 15 kms
Habitat: Semi-desert
The route now turns east into a semi desert and rocky landscape
surrounding Lava Tower, where you reach an altitude of 4630m after about
a 5 hours walk. Lunch is served in a designated area before ascending
the rocky scree path to Lava Tower (4630m). Definitely the toughest day
so far. It is normally around this point, where for the first time, some
climbers will start to feel symptoms of breathlessness, irritability and
headaches. After lunch you descent again by almost 680m to the Barranco
camping area and after reaching the high altitude of 4600m at Lava
Tower, the true acclimatisation benefit of this day becomes clear. This
descent to Barranco camp takes about 2 hours and offers great
opportunities to take some beautiful photographs of the Western Breach
and Breach Wall. The camp is situated in a valley below the Breach and
Great Barranco Wall, which should provide you with a memorable sunset
while you wait for the preparation of your dinner.
Day 4
Barranco camp (3950m)- Barafu camp (4550m)
Hiking time: 7h
Distance: Approximately 13 kms
Habitat: Alpine desert
 After
spending a night at the Great Barranco Wall (a very imposing sight at
first), you make your way up this awesome looking obstacle, which in the
end normally turns out easier than what you anticipated. Topping out
just below the Heim Glacier, you now appreciate just how beautiful
Kilimanjaro really is. The route then heads down through the Karanga
Valley over intervening ridges and valleys, and then joins up with the
Mweka route. This is the preferred route down from the summit, so
remember it. Turn left up the ridge and after another hour or so, you
reach Barafu Hut.
The last water stop on the route is the Karranga Valley, as there is no
water at Barafu camp. Barafu is the Swahili word for "ice" and it is a
bleak and inhospitable camping area to spend the night. Totally exposed
to the ever-present gales the tents are pitched on a narrow, stony, and
dangerous ridge. Make sure that you familiarise yourself with the
terrain before dark to avoid any accidents. The summit is now a further
1345m up and you will make the final ascent the same night. Prepare your
equipment, ski stick and thermal clothing for your summit attempt. This
should include the replacement of your headlamp and camera batteries and
make sure you have a spare set available as well. To prevent freezing it
will be wise to carry your water in a thermal flask. Go to bed at round
about 19h00 and try to get some precious rest and sleep.
Day 5
(Summit attempt) Barafu camp (4550m) - Uhuru Peak (5895m) - Mweka
(3100m)
Hiking time: 8h to reach Uhuru Peak, 7 - 8h to descend to Mweka
Distance: Approximately 7 kms ascent - 23 kms descent
Habitat: Stone scree and ice-capped summit
You will rise around 23h30, and after some tea and biscuits you shuffle
off into the night. You will head in a northwesterly direction and
ascend through heavy scree towards Stella Point on the crater rim. This
6-hour walk to Stella point is for many climbers, mentally and
physically the most challenging on the route. At Stella Point (5685m)
you will stop for a short rest and will be rewarded with the most
magnificent sunrise you are ever likely to see (weather permitting).
From Stella Point you will normally encounter snow all the way on your
2-hour ascent to Uhuru Peak. The time you will spend on the summit will
depend on the weather conditions. Do not stop here for too long, as it
will be extremely difficult to start again due to cold and fatigue.
Enjoy your accomplishment and a day to remember for the rest of your
live. The walk back to Barafu from the summit, takes about 3 hours. Here
you will have a well earned but short rest and collect the rest of your
gear, beforeSummit Group. heading down to Mweka hut (3100m). The route
is not difficult and will take you down the rock and scree path into the
moorland and eventually into the forest. The camp is situated in the
upper forest and mist or rain can be expected in the late afternoon.
Dinner, and washing water will be prepared.
Day 6
Mweka camp (3100m) - Mweka Gate (1980m)
Hiking time: 3h
Distance: Approximately 15 kms
Habitat: Forest
After an early and well-deserved breakfast, it is a short 3-hour and
scenic hike back to the Park gate. It is strongly recommended not to pay
your porters any tips until you and all your gear have reached the gate
safely. View more tips on climbing Mt Kilimanjaro. At Mweka gate you
sign your name and details in a register. This is also where successful
climbers receive their summit certificates. Those climbers who reached
Stella Point (5685m) are issued with green certificates and those who
reached Uhuru Peak (5895m) receive gold certificates. From the Mweka
Gate you will continue down into the Mweka village, normally a muddy 3
km (1 hour) hike. In the Mweka village you will be served a delicious
hot lunch!! You now drive back to Moshi for a long over due hot shower,
dinner and celebrations!! Overnight in Springlands hotel.
Basically, the above price include:
Guarantee Price, Guarantee Departure.
Free scheduled bus shuttle Nairobi-Arusha- Moshi-Nairobi.
2 nights accommodations in a mid-class hotel (Bed and Breakfast), before
and after the climb.
Accommodation in mountain tents/huts.
Meals (3 meals a day),
All park fees, including mountain rescue fees, and government taxes.
Services of our own trained English-speaking mountain guide, and a
skilled cook, and enough numbers of porters for your luggage,
Transport from your hotel to the mountain, and back to your hotel.
The price does not include:
-Item of personal nature.
-Tips to guide and porters |
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Tanzania
Camping Safaris
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3 Days Ngorongoro Crater
3 Days Manyara, Ngorongoro
4 Days Ngorongoro, Manyara
5 Days Manyara/Serengeti/Crater
6 Days Manyara/Serengeti/Crater
6 Days Crater/Serengeti/Manyara
7 Days Serengeti/Tarangire
8 Days Crater/Serengeti/Manyara
13 Days Ngorongoro/Masai Mara
Serengeti Migration
Safaris
3 Days Serengeti Migration Safari
4 Days Manyara/Serengeti/Crater
5 Days Ngorongoro/ Serengeti
6 Days Ngorongoro/Serengeti
6 Days Manyara/Serengeti/Crater
Mount Kilimanjaro Climbing
Marangu Climbing Route 1
Marangu Climbing Route
Mweka Route Climbing
Umbwe Climbing Route
Machame Climbing Route
Shira Climbing Route
Lemosho Climbing Route
Rongai Climbing Route
Zanzibar Beach Holidays
Stone Town Tour
Spice Tour
Jozani Forest
Prison Island
Chumbe Marine Park
Mangapwani Caves
3 Days Beach Safari Zanzibar
4 Days Beach Safari Zanzibar
5 Days Beach Safari Zanzibar
5 Days Beach Safari Zanzibar
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