THE PLAN
Your itinerary
Time in Tanzania: allow 9 days including arrival and departure around the 7-day mountain route.
Day 1Arrive, meet your group and prepare
Transfer from Kilimanjaro Airport to Moshi. Meet your mountain team, check equipment and discuss your group’s goal, walking experience, tent-sharing and individual needs before departure.
Day 2Machame Gate to Machame Camp
Transfer to Machame Gate, complete registration and begin the guided forest ascent.
Day 3Machame to Shira Camp
Continue into the moorland with your mountain crew and the agreed daily walking plan.
Day 4Shira via Lava Tower to Barranco
Follow the planned acclimatisation route towards Barranco. Your guide manages pace and checks how the group is feeling.
Day 5Barranco to Karanga
Climb the Barranco Wall with your guide and continue to Karanga. Conditions and group needs shape the day.
Day 6Karanga to Barafu
Continue to Barafu and prepare for the planned summit attempt. Review equipment and safety decisions with the crew.
Day 7Summit attempt and descent
Attempt Uhuru Peak when your guide considers conditions and the group suitable, then descend to the agreed lower camp. Reaching the summit is never guaranteed.
Day 8Return via Mweka Gate
Descend to Mweka Gate and transfer to your Moshi hotel. Rest after the seven mountain days.
Day 9Departure or a revised onward plan
Transfer to Kilimanjaro Airport, or request extra recovery days, a safari or Zanzibar in a separate quote.
YOUR TRIP ARRANGEMENTS
What’s included
The itinerary below is the starting plan. Your written quote confirms the services for your dates and group.
Planned inclusions
- Licensed mountain guiding arrangements, porters and cook as specified in the quote
- Six nights in mountain tents on the seven-day Machame route
- Mountain meals, drinking water and applicable route, camping and rescue fees
- Before-trek briefing, equipment check and the quoted safety arrangements
- Two Moshi hotel nights, before and after the trek
- Kilimanjaro Airport transfers and route-gate transport in the final itinerary
- Group preparation briefing, agreed tent-sharing arrangements and daily route briefings with your mountain guide
Not included
- International flights, visa and personal insurance
- Personal hiking clothing, boots and equipment unless specifically quoted
- Tips, drinks and activities not listed in the final quote
- Extra recovery nights, safari or island extensions
GOOD TO KNOW
Practical details
Eight nights: 6 mountain camping nights and 2 Moshi hotel nights. This private men’s journey has seven Machame mountain days plus arrival and departure. Share each traveller’s experience, equipment, tent-sharing, food and access needs before confirming. The quoted crew and safety arrangements guide the day’s decisions; a summit is not guaranteed. The supplied photo illustrates David’s mountain experience and does not depict this departure’s participants. Charity contributions, school visits and unlisted activities are not included.
Tell me about food preferences, walking pace and access needs when you enquire. We’ll agree any changes to the route and price before you confirm.
Read the Tanzania planning guide ↗PLAN WITH DAVID
Make this trip yours.
Share your available days and previous walking experience. We’ll discuss the route, equipment, arrival nights and guide arrangements.
Request my itinerary & quote ↗
