CLIMB KILIMANJARO IN 2025/2026 – THE ULTIMATE CHALLENGE AWAITS YOU!
Why Climb Kilimanjaro with us?
Machame (“Whiskey”) Route is also known as the “Whiskey” route, the Machame route is nowthe most popular route on the mountain. Compared with Marangu, the days on Machame are longer and the walks are steeper. The Machame route is considered a difficult route, and is better suited for more adventurous folks and those with some hiking or backpacking experience. The minimum number of days required for this route is six days, although seven days is recommended. The Machame route is scenically beautiful and varied. However, due to the heavy crowds, it loses some of its splendor.
Arrive at the Kilimanjaro International Airport. You will be met by our guide at the Airport and transferred to the hotel in Moshi.
Accommodation: Panama Garden Resort
Room plan: Double Occupancy
Meal Plan: Bed and Breakfast.
A one-hour drive from Moshi lays the gate to the Machame route, where you will complete park formalities, meet your crew of porters and start to climb! The first section of the route climbs steadily and involves real jungle bashing through magnificent forest.
This path is less well trodden and is often wet and muddy underfoot. Camping at Machame Hut (3100m).
Trekking Time: 4-6 hours
Distance: 9 km
Altitude Gain: 1210 m.
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner.
Accommodation: Machame Camp
Room plan: Double Occupancy (2 people will share 1 tent)
The route continues on up through the forest until reaching the steep ascent on the Shira Plateau,where there are rewarding views of the mountain. Looking back, you will be able to see Mt. Meru rising high above Arusha town. Camping at Shira Caves (3840 m).
Trekking Time: 4-6 hours
Distance: 5 km
Altitude Gain: 740 m.
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner.
Accommodation: Shira Caves
Room plan: Double Occupancy (2 people will share 1 tent)
Walking now on high moorland, the landscape changes the entire character of the trek. You will traverse the southwest side of Kilimanjaro, passing underneath the Lava Tower and the final section of the Western Breach, finally reaching Barranco Camp (3900 m). The day has been spent at altitude (up to 4600 m), but you will have followed the mountaineering code of ‘walk high, sleep low’ to avoid altitude sickness by aiding your bodies in acclimatization.
Trekking Time: 6 – 7 hours
Distance: 10 km
Altitude Gain: 60 m.
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner.
Accommodation: Barranco Camp
Room plan: Double Occupancy (2 people will share 1 tent)
Start the day by descending into the start of the Great Barranco, a huge ravine. Then exit steeply, up what has been termed the Breakfast Wall, which divides you from the southeastern slopes of Kibo. It is a climb over rocks, although not technical. Passing underneath the Heim and Kersten glaciers, head towards the Karanga Valley (4000 m) for overnight.
Trekking Time: 4-5 hours
Distance: 5 km
Altitude Gain: 100 m.
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner.
Accommodation: Karanga Valley
Room plan: Double Occupancy (2 people will share 1 tent)
The day is characterized by a short hike on terrain formed by scree. Walk through arid land towards Barafu Camp (4600 m) where you have the entire afternoon to rest before ascending
towards the summit.
Trekking Time: 2-4 hours
Distance: 4 km
Altitude Gain: 600 m.
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner.
Accommodation: Barafu Camp
Room plan: Double Occupancy (2 people will share 1 tent)
We avoid walking too long in the heat of the sun today by starting around midnight, walking steeply upwards to the summit glaciers. You will be climbing scree for 5 to 6 hours but you gain incredible height over a short distance. The views are spectacular. You should be on the crater rim at Stella Point (5750 m) as the first rays of the sun emerge. Spectacular ice cliffs within the crater surround you and the views to Mawenzi peak and beyond are breathtaking. Another hour’s walk takes you to your goal, the summit of Uhuru (5896 m), the highest point; Uhuru means freedom in Swahili.
Trekking Time: 6-8 hours
Distance: 7 km
Altitude Gain: 1296 m.
After a quick celebration and photos at the top, you will begin the descent by returning to Stella Point and then descending on scree slope back to Barafu Camp for breakfast and a short rest before finally heading down to Millennium Camp (3000 m) for a well-earned rest. On the descent, you will have fabulous views of the plains and Mawenzi peak.
Trekking Time: 6-8 hours
Distance: 12 km
Altitude Loss: 289m.
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner.
Accommodation: Millennium Camp
Room plan: Double Occupancy (2 people will share 1 tent)
A gentle trek takes you down through the rainforest to the Mweka Gate (1640 m), where park formalities will be completed, you will be met by our vehicles, and receive your certificate of
ascent courtesy of the Kilimanjaro National Park Authority. Thereafter, drive back to Moshi where you can treat yourself to a well-earned shower and a cold beer or two.
Trekking Time: 4-5 hours
Distance: 10 km
Altitude Loss: 1360m.
Meal Plan: Breakfast and Lunch
Accommodation: Panama Garden Resort
Room plan: Double Occupancy
We will transfer you from the hotel to Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO) where you will fly back home. If you will have more time you can extend your tour to wildlife safari in northern circuit to Serengeti and Ngorongoro or Zanzibar, but additional cost will be required.
Meal Plan: Breakfast,
All our Kilimanjaro Prices are in US Dollar
On Kilimanjaro National Park
We offer the Kilimanjaro climb as a Private Climb or Group Climb.
Below are the 7 days Machame route Group Climb Price
For 7 days, Machame route with 2 nights at a hotel (1 night before the climb and 1 night after the climb)
For a Group Climb, the price will be $2650 per adult sharing (Double Occupancy)
For a Group Climb, the price will be $2060 per child sharing (Double Occupancy).
Below are the 7 days Machame route Private Climb Price
For 7 days, Machame route with 2 nights at a hotel (1 night before the climb and 1 night after the climb)
For a Private Climb, the price will be $3200 per adult sharing(Double Occupancy).
For a Private Climb, the price will be $2610 per child sharing (Double Occupancy).
Single supplement during the climb (single room and single tent) will cost $250 per person extra for both private climb and group join the climb.
ETHICAL KILIMANJARO CLIMBS
We are doing ethical climbs and responsible Trekking; we believe the tourism the industry has an obligation and a great opportunity to protect the world‟s natural
habitats, cultural heritage sites, and communities. We actively promote environmental sustainability and social responsibility.
We are not doing cheap Climb, cheap climb means we are doing tourism while exploiting our Porters who are the ones who make Kilimanjaro trek possible for the vast majority of climbers, and who do all the heavy lifting. Fair and ethical treatment of our porters (crew) is one of the important priorities of Eco-Africa Climbing when we do climb. We are proud to be a Partner of the Kilimanjaro Porters Assistance Project (KPAP). Please contact ([email protected]) to confirm this.
KPAP raises public awareness regarding the proper treatment of porters on Kilimanjaro and assists climbing companies with implementing procedures that
ensure fair and ethical treatment of their porters. Every of our climb is audited by KPAP to ensure crewmembers are provided proper salaries, tips procedure, food, equipment and sleeping conditions.