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Duration : 17 days

Theme : Trek

Difficulty : Difficile

Group : from 2 to 14 participants

Season :01/ 01/ 2012 au 31/ 12/ 2012

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  • permits at Machamé Gate

  • Information

  • rain forest between Machamé gate and Machamé Camp

  • campsite

  • wonderful sceneries

  • Kibo in front

  • Porteurs at Kilimanjaro

  • Lobelia during day time

  • just above Baranco Camp

  • porteurs du Kilimanajaro

  • Uhuru Peak

  • véhicules for the groups

  • porteurs in Mt Kenya

  • Irax friend in the mountain

  • Lenana Point :Mt Kenya

Kenya, Tanzania - 3 peaks of Rift Valley

This journey is reserved to the accomplished walkers.
MT Kenya, MT Meru and Kilimanjaro: 3 mythical tops of East Africa.
The 2 first will give you the force and the acclimatization necessary to face highest of the 3: Kilimanjaro.
3 superb races of mountain: endemic vegetations with these areas of the world.

  • Itinerary
  • Map
  • Budget
  • Organisation

STEP 1 - Nairobi : Welcome airport of Nairobi by our team and hotel transfer. Dinner on your own. BB

STEP 2 - Naru Moru : Transfer to the entry of the park of the MT Kenya, via the town of Naru Moru. Meet with the team of guide and porteurs. Rise of the MT Kenya. Naru Moru Spoils: 2400 m Put Station: 3050 Mr. Night at the refuge. Short stage of setting in leg, through the tropical forest, rich in bamboos, rose wood and giant heather and refuge of the buffaloes and elephants

STEP 3 - Teleki Hut 4200 m : Met Station 3050 m / Teleki Hut 4200 m Approximately 7 8 hours of walk. Morning departure. Go through the heathers and appearance of the giant lobélies. Splendid sight on the tops of the MT Kenya. Night at the refuge.

STEP 4 - Shipton Camp 4200 m : Teleki Hut 4200 m / Shipton Camp 4200 m. Impressive stage, so much by the beauty of the landscapes than by the variety of the ground. Passage to Hausberg Collar 4590 Mr. Descent enters the 2 lakes Hausberg and Oblong. Cascade of ice 500 m height, Diamond Couloir. Night at the refuge. 6 H of walk.

STEP 5 - Pointe Lenana / Mt Meru Bands : Shipton Camp 4200 m/ Pointe Lenana 4985 m/ Mt Meru Bandas. Very morning departure (approximately 2h00 of the morning) to admire to raise it sun at the top of the Lenana point. Descent by another slope. Breakfast near Lake Minto' S. Path for the lake Michaelson and night in refuge with Chogoria spoils: (3020 m)). Very long stage with sometimes of mud In the event of bad weather, this stage could be replaced by a return by Naru Moru.

STEP 6 - Nairobi : Mt Meru Bandas / Nairobi : Pick up our vehicles 4x4 for approximately 2 hours of track, through the forest. Very muddy very difficult track sometimes. Lunch at the restaurant. Approximately 4 hours of road for Nairobi. Night in hotel. Dinner on your own BB

STEP 7 - Tanzanie : Morning: departure for Arusha in shuttle. Customs formalities at the border of Namanga. Night in hotel Arusha. Lunch and dinner on yopur own. 280 kms: 6 hours of road

STEP 8 - Mt Meru : MT MERU/ Miriakamba Hut ( 2515m) : transfer for Arusha national park, formalities of obtaining the licence of climbing. Approximately 3 hours of walk to join Miriakamba Hut (2515 m). Stage through the forest, to join a large open plate. Night in refuge

STEP 9 - Saddle Hut 3750 m : SADDLE HUT ( 3570 m) : stage of approximately 5 hours. Made uneven 1000m. The vegetation rarefies and made place with the heather of mountain. Rise of Little Meru (3820 m) in after midday. Night in refuge

STEP 10 - Mt Meru 4566 m / Arusha : MT MERU ( 4566 m) : morning departure for the top, towards 1h30 of the morning. Approximately 4 hours of walk to join the top. Path of rocks and rubble volcanic. Splendid vision at the top of all the tops of the Rift. Descent on Saddle Hut and direct sequence for the exit of the park. Testing day. Recovery by our vehicles and road for Kilimandjaro. Night in hotel, located near the village of Machamé. Dinner and night

STEP 11 - Kilimanjaro / Machame Hut : Road (approximately 1h) towards the Machame door. Appointment with Machame Spoils (1900m) with all the team. Guides and carriers are there with all the material and food. After the formalities, we begin the rise. Stage through the forest. Steps are cut in the roots of the trees. Giant ferns, lichens and sometimes of the monkeys belong to the decoration. The site of Machame Hut (3 000 m) is located in full forest. There are several sites of camp-site. Dinner and night 5 to 6 hours of walk. Bivouac.

STEP 12 - Shira Hut 3800 m : Already, during the breakfast, the guides and the carriers are activated to dismount the camp We leave the forest for the fields of séneçons giant, the brooks and the cascades. The path is directed in the East towards the plate of Shira. The landscape is splendid. The top is, very majestic there. The site of Shira Hut (3 800 m) is located in a large stony plain. We must find a flat place for our tents. Altitude makes it possible to be the top of the layer of clouds. 5 hours of walk. Bivouac.

STEP 13 - Baranco Hut 3950 m : The vegetation is rare. The glacier is right with the top of our heads. We circumvent it. Impressive stage of beauty. We walk on the peaks, replongeons in the faults. The vegetation passes from the desert to abundance. Let us séneçons and lobélies giant pushes everywhere. The site of Barranco Hut (3.900 m) is located at the bottom of an embedded valley. Its access is very broken. The sun lies down on the glacier. Tiredness is felt but the top is rock. It is the day of acclimatization to altitude. It is important for the success of the final rise. 5 to 6 hours of walk. Bivouac.

STEP 14 - Barafu Hut : Passage at the last water point, then it is the zone of the desert of altitude. The path crosses large stone fields and fine gravels, result of old lava flows. We follow a long path on a peak and arrive at the site of Barafu Hut (4 500 m). It is necessary to be a small place on this end of mountain. In front of us, the top! One can see the path which carries out to it. Dinner and night. Go to bed on very good hour bus tomorrow it will be necessary to very early rise! 6 to 7 hours of walk. Bivouac.

STEP 15 - Summet Uhuru 5895 m / Mwéka camp : It is the longest stage and most tiring. Very morning departure, at approximately an hour of the morning, for the top Uhuru Peak. Step by step, we walk in the night. The breath misses. The slope is stiff. Lastly, after 5 hours of rise, we reach Stella Point, with 5.800m. Privileged moments, the crater is offered to you. The sun sets ablaze the sky. Tiredness is forgotten. Last effort to reach Uhuru Peak, the top of Africa (5895m), in approximately 1 hour. The crater of the volcano is superb, the sun rises. Unforgettable moment! All in bottom, Africa. To join Mwéka Hut Dinner and night in bivouac, located in the forest. 6 hours of descent.

STEP 16 - Mwéka gate / Moshi : Descent on Mweka gate through the forest, take care the legs are stiff. After a few hours of walk, it is the end. Given from the diploma in Mweka gate . The vehicle takes us along to the hotel to Moshi. Dinner and night

STEP 17 - Moshi : Free day with Moshi. Visit and shopping. Airport transfer for international flight


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Terrestrial price service per person : in EURO
starting from 1370 €
These price include/understand :
• All transfers
• Transfer in shuttle/drunk Nairobi Arusha 7
• Material of camp-site (tents domes 2 people + mattress car inflating for Kili)
• Lodging hotel, bungalows (like programs)
• nights in refuge for the MT Kenya
• Complete pension of the J2 breakfast to the J17 breakfast (except some meals)
• Driver, guides, carriers and local cooks anglophone
• English speaking guide
• 1 box hyperbare + bottle oxygenates on Kilimanjaro
• chemical toilets on Kilimanjaro

They do not include/understand:
• international flight
. Visas Kenya and Tanzania
• Tips on the spot, p: 60$ for MT Kenya, 130 $ for MT Meru +Kilimanjaro (average for a mini group of 7 people: will have to be adjusted in the event of smaller group))
• Drinks and extra personnel (including mineral water)
• J7 lunches and 17, dinners 6 and 7 (to count approximately 15 $ per meal)
• Supplement room tries individual: 185 €
Entries of the reserves : Total: 1065 $
• 255 $ for the MT Kenya (in cash)
• 265 $ for the MT Meru ( credit card AIMED or Mastercard)
• 630 $ for Kilimanjaro (credit card AIMED or Mastercard)
* transport in the minibus, and Shuttle shuttle towards Tanzania
* bearings of the material by a team of carriers Kenyan and Tanzanian
* 2 different teams: 1 for the MT Kenya, 1 for the MT Meru + Kilimanjaro
* box hyperbare and oxygen bottles on the 3 tops
* English speaking professional guide