KILIMANJARO IS CALL YOU AND YOU MUST GO
Climb Kilimanjaro with Eco-Africa Climbing – the best local guide service on Mount Kilimanjaro. We have the best guides on the mountain, with high standards of safety and reliability. We specialize in small group of women climb at a reasonable cost. Not a cheap Kilimanjaro climb, but a great value for everything you need to have a safe, successful experience.
We are among Kilimanjaro’s top local operator. Won’t you join us on 7 days Machame route women only to Kilimanjaro and Safari in 2024/2025/2026?
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
After a long flight, this day you will relax at your hotel and spend the day stroll around or you can walk to this small town of Moshi with 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 of 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)
DAY 4: MACHAME HUT – SHIRA CAVES
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)
DAY 5: SHIRA CAVES – BARRANCO CAMP
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)
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) 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)
DAY 7: KARANGA VALLEY – BARAFU CAMP
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)
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 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)
DAY 9: MILLENNIUM CAMP – MOSHI
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
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
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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.