DAY 1- Arrival
All adventurers need to sort out their own trips to Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO). From JRO we will organize a private transport to your lodge/hotel. That evening or promptly the following morning you will meet Wild Reality Representative and have a full pre-climb preparation.
Transport: Private transfer (40 km)
- Accommodation
- Luxury: Grand Melia Lodge /Four Points by Sheraton Arusha / Arusha Coffee Lodge
- Mid-range: Ilboru Safari Lodge / Arusha Planet Lodge/ Under the Shades
- Budget: Outpost Lodge / Tulia Boutique Hotel / Summit Lodge Arusha
NB: All Accommodations in Arusha offer Bed and Breakfast only.
DAY 2 – LONDOROSSI GATE TO MTI MKUBWA CAMP
All wheel drive move to Londorossi Park Gate for enrollment. Our doormen plan and pack our provisions and baggage before we start our climb along the woodland trail to Mti Mkubwa (Big Tree) campground at 2895m. We will remain here for the time being.
- Transport: 80 km
- Hiking time: 3 – 4 hours
- Ascent: 535 m
- Max. altitude: 2895 m
- Accommodation: Camping
- Meals included: Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner
DAY 3 – MTI MKUBWA CAMP TO SHIRA 1 CAMP
Our process proceeds with eastwards across the Shira Plateau with breathtaking perspectives on Shira Cathedral. We cross the moorland glade to arrive at Shira 1 Camp for supper and short-term setting up camp at 3500m. At this point we will actually want to see the dazzling icy masses of the Western Breach. It will be colder this evening than the earlier night with temperatures conceivably decreasing underneath freezing.
- Hiking time: 5 – 6 hours
- Ascent: 605 m
- Max. altitude: 3500 m
- Accommodation: Camping
- Meals included: Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner
DAY 4 – SHIRA 1 CAMP TO MOIR HUT
We abandon the backwoods now and the path gets more extreme as it enters the moorland zone. A delicate grade walk takes you across the high height Shira Caldera to Moir Hut with astonishing perspectives on the Arrow icy mass. We will camp here for the night at 4200m.
- Hiking time: 6 – 7 hours
- Ascent: 700 m
- Max. altitude: 4200 m
- Accommodation: Camping
- Meals included: Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner
DAY 5 – MOIR HUT TO BARRANCO CAMP VIA LAVA TOWER
Today we will move up to 4600m to the foundation of Lava Tower for lunch and acclimatization. This will be our hardest day up to this point and you may, interestingly, feel the elevation. After lunch, we will slide in the future by practically 650m to Barranco Camp, following the “walk high, rest low” brilliant rule of acclimatization. Our plunge to Barranco Camp requires around 2 hours and offers extraordinary chances to take a few lovely photos of the Western Endlessly break Wall. The camp is arranged in a valley beneath the Breach and Great Barranco Wall.
- Hiking time: 6 – 7 hours
- Ascent: 400 m
- Descent: 650 m
- Max. altitude: 4600 m
- Accommodation: Camping
- Meals included: Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner
DAY 6 – BARRANCO CAMP TO KARANGA CAMP
A short however fun day, beginning with a scramble to the highest point of the Great Barranco Wall. We then cross over scree to the Karanga Valley (3930m) underneath the icefalls of the Heim, Kersten, and Decken Glaciers. We will remain for the time being at the Karanga camping area.
- Hiking time: 4 hours
- Ascent: 260 m
- Descent: 280 m
- Max. altitude: 4210 m
- Accommodations: Camping
- Meals included: Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner
DAY 7 – KARANGA CAMP TO BARAFU CAMP
We abandon the Karanga camping area to meet the intersection associating with the Mweka plummet trail. From here we go on up to Barafu Camp. You have now finished the Southern Circuit, which offers perspectives on the highest point from a wide range of points. At camp, we can rest, appreciate supper, and get ready for the culmination day. The two pinnacles of Mawenzi and Kibo are to be plainly seen from this position.
- Hiking time: 3 – 4 hours
- Ascent: 670 m
- Max. altitude: 4600 m
- Accommodation: Camping
- Meals included: Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner
DAY 8 – BARAFU CAMP TO SUMMIT TO MWEKA CAMP
You will be woken around 23:30 with tea and bread rolls. We start our journey to the culmination between the Rebman and Ratzel ice sheets through weighty scree up to Stella Point on the cavity edge. This is the most intellectually and genuinely testing part of the trip. At Stella Point (5732m), we will stop for a brief reprieve and ideally be so as to observe the radiant dawn (assuming the rainclouds blow over). We are presently just an hour from the culmination, Uhuru Peak (5895m), the most elevated point on Mount Kilimanjaro and the mainland of Africa. From the highest point, we drop down to the Mweka campground, by means of Barafu for lunch. Journeying shafts will be required for the free scree going down to Mweka Camp (3100m). Later in the evening, we will partake in our keep going supper on the mountain and an all around acquired rest.
- Hiking time: 13 – 16 hours
- Ascent: 1295 m
- Descent: 2795 m
- Max. altitude: 5895 m
- Accommodation: Camping
- Meals included: Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner
DAY 9 – MWEKA CAMP TO MWEKA GATE
On your last day on the journey, withdrawing after breakfast we dive a further 1300m to the Mweka Park Gate to get your highest point declarations from the Park Headquarters. Then Move to your hotel/lodge.
- Transport: 17 km
- Hiking time: 3 – 4 hours
- Descent: 1300 m
- Max. altitude: 3100 m
- Accommodation: Hotel
- Meals included: Breakfast / Lunch