UMBWE ROUTE 7 DAYS & 6 NIGHTS (5 DAYS ON TREK)
Day 1
You arrive at your hotel. Dinner and overnight stay
Day 2
Transfer from your hotel to Kilimanjaro National Park Gate at Umbwe. From here you trek along a narrow ridge between the Lonzo and Umbwe rivers to reach Bivouac No. 1 (also called Forest Caves) at 9,400ft/2800m. Camp Overnight.
Day 3
Leaving the forest, the path continues to follow the ridge, passing through heather and open moorlands, to reach Barranco Hut (13,000ft/3900m). Stay/Camp overnight.
Day 4
The path climbs steeply out of the Barracno Valley, crosses the Karanga Valley, then turns north to reach Barafu Hut (15,500ft/4600m).Stay/Camp overnight
Day 5
A long day and an early start to reach the crater rim at Stella Point in time for sunrise. Then to Uhuru Peakl (19,340ft/5896m), the highest point in Africa. Afterwards descend to Mweka hut.
Stay overnight
Day 6
Descend to Mweka gate, from where you are transferred back to your hotel.
Dinner and overnight.
Day 7
Breakfast at your hotel.