Joining 6 days Machame route Kilimanjaro hiking tour group 2025, 2026, 2027

About Joining 6 days Machame route Kilimanjaro hiking tour group 2025, 2026, 2027

Joining the Machame route for 6 days 5 nights in 2025, 2026 and 2027 Kilimanjaro hiking tour groups. We offer 6 days Kilimanjaro hiking tour group from Arusha or Moshi via 6 days 5 nights Machame route. Our 6 days Kilimanjaro hike group may start on any date in 2023, 2024, or 2025, from early January, February, March, April, May, or mid-June, and continue through July, August, September, October, and late November or December at a reasonable cost.

The Machame route is more challenging and is better suited for more adventurous people or those who have some high-altitude, hiking, or backpacking experience. Kilimanjaro's Machame route, also known as the "Whiskey" route, is the most popular route on Kilimanjaro. Kilimanjaro hiking tour groups in 2025, 2026 and 2027 take the Machame route for six days of scenic beauty. However, the trail is considered difficult, steep, and challenging, particularly due to its shorter itinerary.

Day 1: Kilimanjaro hiking from Machame Gate to Machame Camp

• Elevation (ft):5,400 - 9,400ft
• Altitude (m):1,790m - 3010m
• Distance covered: 11km
• Time to be used: 5-6 hours
• Habitat: Rain Forest
• Meals: Lunch and Dinner
• Accommodation: Machame camp
You will be picked up at the hotel and driven to the Kilimanjaro entrance gate after breakfast. Your Kilimanjaro hiking tour group will start once everything has been completed, so you may get ready for the climb while your guide is occupied with the registration paperwork. You won't have to wait long to enter the gorgeous mountain rainforest, which is covered in ancient trees, ancient ferns, liana, lichen, and moss that hangs from the branches and carpets the ground. The stunning black and white colobus monkeys can be heard in the treetops, and with any luck, you might even be able to see them.

Day 2: Kilimanjaro hiking from Machame Camp to Shira Camp

• Distance Covered: 5.4km
• Time to be used: 4-6 hours
• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
• Accommodation: Shira Camp
After breakfast, we depart the rain forest's glades and continue on an ascent, crossing a small valley and strolling up a rocky, high ridge covered in heather till the ridge comes to an end. The path now takes a river gorge to the west. It's time to unwind, eat, and spend the night in the Shira camp.

Day 3: Kilimanjaro hiking from Shira Camp to Barranco Camp via Lava Tower to Baranco camp

• Elevation (ft): Shira Cave camp 3,750m to Baraco Camp 3,900m
• Distance: 10 km
• Walking Time: 5 to 6 hours
• Habitat: Moorland
• Accommodation: Barranco Camp
Today's trek includes a gradual ascent and sweeping vistas. After a hearty lunch at the base of the Lava Tower (4,600 m), we drop to the bottom of the Great Barranco valley as we go around the southwest flank of Kilimanjaro, passing beneath the Lava Tower and the last portion of the Western Breach (3,950 m).

Day 4: Kilimanjaro hiking from Barranco Camp to Karanga Camp to Barafu Camp

• Distance Covered: 8.5 km
• Time to be used: 8 hrs
• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
• Accommodation: Kibo Hut
We depart Barranco after breakfast and hike up a rocky ridge, via the Barranco Wall, to the Karanga Valley campground. After that, we leave Karanga and arrive at the intersection where the Mweka Trail joins. We keep ascending to the Barafu Hut. You have now finished the South Circuit, which offers a variety of perspectives of the top. We set up camp here, take a nap, eat dinner, and get ready for the summit day. From here, one can see Mawenzi and Kibo, the two summits.

Day 5: Kilimanjaro hiking from Barafu Camp to Summit to Mweka Camp

• Distance Covered: 16.4km
• Time to be used: 7-8 hours ascent - 4-6 hours descent
• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
• Accommodation: Mweka Hut
We continue to hike up the peak between the Rebmann and Ratzel glaciers quite early in the morning (between midnight and two in the morning). On the crater rim, Stella Point is reached by travelling northwest and climbing through steep scree. The hardest part of the walk both physically and mentally is this section. You will take a brief break at Stella Point (18,600 feet), where you will be rewarded with the most spectacular sunrise you are ever likely to see (weather permitting). On your hour-long journey to the summit from Stella Point, you might run into snow the entire way. You have arrived at Uhuru Peak, the highest peak on both Mount Kilimanjaro and the African continent. The sunrise can be seen from the peak by more rapid hikers.

We now begin our descent from the summit, going straight down to the Mweka Hut campsite while pausing at Barafu for lunch. Due to the loose gravel going down, gaiters and trekking poles are recommended. Due to its location in the upper forest, Mweka Camp may experience late-afternoon mist or rain. We have our final meal on the mountain later in the evening before a well-earned rest.

Day 6: Kilimanjaro hiking from Mweka Camp to Mweka Gate - Back to Moshi

• Distance Covered: 9.1km
• Time to be used: 3 hrs
• Meals: Breakfast & Lunch
A gentle walk takes us down through the rainforest to Mweka gate successful climbers will receive their summit certificates. After lunch we drive back to Moshi to your hotel.