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    6 DAYS Umbwe Route

    6 Days Umbwe Route

    The Umbwe route has a well-deserved reputation of being the most challenging route on Mount Kilimanjaro. Due to the fast ascent to high altitude, this route does not provide the necessary stages for acclimatization. Although the number of people on this trail is very low, the chances of success are also low. Umbwe is considered to be very difficult, taxing route - one that should only be attempted by strong hikers who are confident in their ability to acclimatize quickly to altitude. Approaching from the south, the Umbwe route is a short, steep and direct climb. After reaching Barranco Camp, the trail turns east and traverses underneath Kilimanjaro's Southern Ice Field on a path known as the Southern Circuit before summiting from Barafu. Descent is made via the Mweka route.

    6 Days Umbwe Route Intinerary

    Day 1

    From hotel to Umbwe cave campsite

    Pick up with our vehicle from the hotel, drive to Umbwe gate. Here after completing the gate registration procedures, the trek starts through the rainforest to Umbwe cave campsite where you will find all tents already setup then stop for dinner and overnight. Today you will walk across ridges and valleys into a really thick forest

  • Meals: Lunch & Dinner
  • Distance Covered: 7kms(4-5 hours)
  • Accommodation: Umbwe cave camp
  • Day 2

    Umbwe cave campsite to Barranco hut campsite

    This day after breakfast you will trek through the remaining forest to the moorland and heath zone and you will be enjoying some wonderful views of Barranco valleys and ice cap on top of the mountain. Then you will arrive to barranco camp for dinner and overnight.

  • Meals: Breakast, Lunch & Dinner
  • Distance Covered: 9kms (4-5 hours)
  • Accommodation: Barranco Hut Campsite
  • Day 3

    Marangu Gate to Mandara Hut

    you will be having a short day walk and in the late morning you will start climbing Barranco wall and reach 4200m for acclimatization and continue crossing ridges and valleys to Karanga campsite for hot lunch. After lunch you will have a short rest and get another acclimatization of trekking up the screed slopes towards the Southern ice field then you will return to the camp for dinner and overnight.

  • Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
  • Distance Covered: 6kms (4-5 hours)
  • Accommodation: Karanga camp
  • Day 4

    Karanga Camp to Barafu Camp

    Today trek up to the Barafu ridge campsite is tough because of altitude. The walking hours is few because is steep so it need slowly walk so to avoid fatigue as well as high altitude sickness. You will walk across alpine desert with strong cold wind blowing because there are no trees around as well as getting closer to the Kibo glaciers. You will have lunch and early dinner of around 1700hrs then rest until midnight when you commence you push for the summit.

  • Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
  • Distance Covered: 5km (3-4 hours)
  • Accommodation Barafu Camp
  • Day 5

    Barafu hut campsite to Uhuru peak to Mweka hut campsite

    The day starts around midnight with a light breakfast, and then last preparations for your summit ascent. The goal is to climb before dawn so that you can reach Uhuru Peak shortly before or after sunrise. Leave to the peak at 12:00am, switchback up steep screed or possibly snow, and reach Stella Point on the crater rim at 5,861m between 4 and 5am. At this point, you will have views of the fabled crater and its icecaps facing you and all spectacular all area surrounding you. Then after 1 hour of hiking along the Kibo crater rim near the celebrated snows takes you to Kilimanjaro true summit, Uhuru Peak. Here you will spend some time for taking photos. After your summit activities done, descend back to the Barafu Huts campsite, have lunch, rest, collect your equipment, and continue your walk down through moorland and heath zone to Mweka Huts campsite, then dinner and overnight at Mweka hut campsite.

  • Meals: Lunch & Dinner
  • Distance Covered: 15kms (10-12 hours)
  • Accommodation: Mweka Hut
  • Day 6

    Back to Moshi

    After breakfast, today is your last day on the mountain so you will descend down to Mweka park gate walking across Montana forest this descent will take 3-4 hours. Then here at the gate you will do sign out and get ready to board the vehicle ready for the transfer back to Moshi.

  • Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
  • Distance Covered: 9.1 kms (3-4 hours)
  • Included

    General

  • Guide
  • park Fees
  • Tax
  • Gate Transfer
  • Crew Wages
  • Food

  • Meals and Drinking Water
  • Accommodation

  • Campsites
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    Map from Marangu Gate to Uhuru peak

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