6-Day Umbwe Route

• You'll be collected from the airport.
• Accommodation before the tour starts can be arranged for an extra cost.

Moshi-Umbwe Gate- Umbwe Cave

After breakfast, you drive to the Umbwe Gate (1800). Thereafter, you start the ascent through the heavy rainforest to Umbwe cave for about six to seven hours. Dinner and overnight at Umbwe cave (3000m). Distance covered is 11km, and altitude gained is 1200 m. The hike is a steep but short walk.

Main Destination:

Mount Kilimanjaro

Accommodation:

Budget camping

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Umbwe Cave- Baranco Camp

After breakfast, you'll start the ascent with your picnic lunch box to Barranco camp. The walk now is steeper through the ridge of valleys on both sides, but very scenic. Dinner overnight at Barranco camp. (3950m) on the moorland. The distance covered is 6km, altitude gained is 950m.

Main Destination:

Mount Kilimanjaro

Accommodation:

Budget camping

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Baranco Camp-Karanga Camp

You'll have breakfast and climb Barranco walls (4250m) to Karanga camp (4000m. You'll have a hot lunch, rest, and walk around to acclimate. It takes 3-4 hours. You'll have dinner and an overnight stay. The distance covered is 4.25km, and the altitude gained is 60m. The walk is steep here as well, but a very short distance.

Main Destination:

Mount Kilimanjaro

Accommodation:

Budget camping

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Karanga Camp-Barafu Camp

After having breakfast at about 8:30 am, you'll continue hiking to Barafu Camp (4600m) for 3-4 hours. You'll have a hot lunch, rest, early dinner, and sleep for a short hour, then wake up at about 11:00 pm, pack things for the summit, have hot drinks and bites, then start hiking to the summit. It takes about 6-7 hours. The distance covered is 4.86km, and the altitude gained is 1295m.

Main Destination:

Mount Kilimanjaro

Accommodation:

Budget camping

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Barafu Camp-Uhuru Peak-Mweka Camp

Early in the morning, you start hiking to the summit, passing Stella Point (5750m), head to the summit (5895m), and back to Barafu for rest and lunch. You continue descending to Mweka camp for dinner and an overnight stay.
[Barafu –Uhuru 6hrs, Uhuru -Barafu 3hrs, and Barafu- Mweka Camp.
The distance covered is 11.5km, and the altitude lost is 2795m.

Main Destination:

Mount Kilimanjaro

Accommodation:

Budget camping

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Mweka Camp- Mweka Gate

After breakfast, you descend to Mweka Gate (1700m). The walk begins through the rainforest, taking 2 to 3 hours. Distance covered is 9.1km, and altitude lost is 1400m. You meet the vehicle from the office for transfer to the hotel in Moshi for a shower, lunch, and rest. End of climb.

Main Destination:

Mount Kilimanjaro

Accommodation:

No accommodation (End of tour)

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

• Additional accommodation can be arranged for an extra cost.
• You'll be dropped off at the airport.