KILIMANJARO IS CALL YOU AND YOU MUST GO
Why Climb Kilimanjaro with us?
Women worldwide join together for a once in a lifetime trek to scale Africa’s highest freestanding mountain, “Kilimanjaro”, to Celebrate International Women Day and Summit on 8th March 2025. #womenclimbkili is our hashtag.
DAY 1: ARRIVE AT KILIMANJARO AIRPORT
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.
DAY 2: RELAX DAY
This day, after a long flight, you will relax at your hotel and spend the day stroll around, or you can walk to this small town of Moshi with the view of the mountain is as good as it reveals. We will gather in the late afternoon for a pre-climb briefing and an equipment check.
Meal Plan: Breakfast
Accommodation: Panama Garden Resort
Room plan: Double Occupancy
DAY 3: MOSHI-MACHAME CAMP
A one-hour drive from Moshi to 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 trail 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 one tent)
DAY 4: MACHAME HUT – SHIRA CAVES
The route continues up through the forest until reaching the steep ascent on the Shira Plateau, where there are rewarding mountain views. 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 one tent)
DAY 5: SHIRA CAVES – BARRANCO CAMP
Today you will be Walking on the high moorland, and 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 one tent)
DAY 6: BARRANCO CAMP – KARANGA VALLEY
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) 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 one tent)
DAY 7: KARANGA VALLEY – BARAFU CAMP
The day is characterized by a short hike on terrain formed by scree. Walkthrough 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 one tent)
DAY 8: BARAFU CAMP – UHURU PEAK – MILLENNIUM CAMP
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 short 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 one tent)
DAY 9: MILLENNIUM CAMP – MOSHI
A gentle trek takes you down through the rainforest to the Mweka Gate (1640 m), will compete for park formalities, you will be met by our vehicles, and receive your certificate of
ascent courtesy of the Kilimanjaro National Park Authority. After that, 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
DAY 10: CHARITY DAY IN MOSHI
This day all women will visit some projects which Eco-Africa Climbing support.
Meal Plan: Breakfast and Lunch
Accommodation: Panama Garden Resort
Room plan: Double Occupancy
DAY 11: DEPARTURE DAY
For those people who will do the climb only they will have to say goodbye today ,We will transfer you from the hotel to Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO), where you will fly back home.
Meal Plan: Breakfast.
DAY 11: MOSHI to SERENGETI NATIONAL PARK
For those people who extend their trip to the wildlife safari, Today they will start by driving from Moshi to the Serengeti National Park, crossing the Masaai Steppe and the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, entering the Serengeti via Naabi Hill Gate. In the afternoon, will be doing game drives in Serengeti until late afternoon when you drive and check in to Tented Safari Camp for dinner and overnight.
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner.
Accommodation: Embalakai Authentic Tented Camp or Similar Safari Lodge
Room plan: Double Occupancy
DAY 12: SERENGETI NATIONAL PARK FULL DAY
Wake up for a full day of game drives in the Serengeti plains with a picnic lunch taken at one of the designated sites, or if you wish, you can do an early morning game drive then go back to the lodge/tented camp for breakfast, then relax until in the afternoon. You can then go for a sunset game drives in the endless plain.
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner.
Accommodation: Embalakai Authentic Tented Camp or Similar Safari Lodge
Room plan: Double Occupancy
DAY 13: NGORONGORO CRATER
Area After breakfast in the morning, we drive back slowly through the Central Serengeti with game viewing on the way until Naabi Hill Gate where we check out of the Serengeti National Park. We drive down the Ngorongoro Crater walls to the Crater floor where we will spend the better part of the day doing game drives in this 8th wonder of the world also referred to as the Eden of Africa. Here we will get the chance to spot the animals that we might have missed at Serengeti with a little luck you can spot the Big 5 that is; Elephants, Lions, Leopards, Buffaloes, and Rhinos, in a single day’s game drive. Later in the evening, we will drive to Karatu overnight.
Meal Plan: Breakfast,Lunch and Dinner.
Accommodation: Eileen’s Tree Inn or a similar lodge in Karatu
Room plan: Double Occupancy
DAY 14: TARANGIRE NATIONAL PARK THEN DRIVE BACK TO MOSHI
After breakfast, we will drive to Tarangire National Park then we will register at the gate and continue with game drives for the rest of the day as we explore the African wilderness for the last day of our safari. This park is famous for its large populations of elephants and its gigantic age-old baobabs, but it has much more to offer in terms of many animals and birds that are resident to this park. We expect to see lions, cheetahs, warthogs, gazelles, dik-diks, the rare long-necked gerenuks, and many more. Later in the afternoon, we shall drive back to Hotel in Moshi where your safari ends.
Meal Plan: Breakfast and Lunch
Accommodation: Panama Garden Resort
Room plan: Double Occupancy
DAY 15: DEPARTURE DAY
We will transfer you from the hotel to Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO), where you will fly back home. If you have more time, you can extend to Zanzibar but will require an additional cost.
Meal Plan: Breakfast
WHAT INCLUDE ON TREKKING
WHAT NOT INCLUDED ON TREKKING
WHAT INCLUDE ON SAFARI
WHAT NOT INCLUDED ON SAFARI
COST OF ADDITIONAL SERVICES
TIPPING RECOMMENDATION
PRICE/DATES
Price: US $2750 per lady Double Occupancy for the Trekking only.
There will be an extension of 4 days Safari to Serengeti and Ngorongoro Crater for those who will like to do the safari, which cost the US $2100 per lady Double Occupancy.
Price: US $4850 per lady Double Occupancy for both Kilimanjaro Trek and Safari.