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Duration : 8 days

Theme : Trek

Difficulty : Difficile

Group : from 1 to 14 participants

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

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Tanzania - Kilimanjaro : Machame route

Eternal snow of Kilimanjaro: who did not dream to see this mountain, highest of Africa and especially to climb it. Several way allow its rise.
We propose to you with this program the Machamé way, called more commonly the whiskey road. This way is under tent, contrary to the Marangu way which is in refuge. Assureemnt the most spectacular way. One does not go down again by the same way. The way skirts the glacier by the line. Unbelevable daily landscapes époustouflants

  • Itinerary
  • Map
  • Budget
  • Organisation

STEP 1 - Moshi : reception airport by our team. Hotel transfer to Moshi. Dinner on your own

STEP 2 - Machame Hut 3000 m : Road (approximately 1h) towards to Machame gate. 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 under the stars. 5 to 6 hours of walk. Bivouac.

STEP 3 - 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. It is necessary to find a place flat for its tent. Altitude makes it possible to be the top of the layer of clouds. 5 hours of walk. Bivouac.

STEP 4 - Baranco Hut 3900 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 5 - Barafu 4500 m : 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. To dine and with the bed on very good hour bus tomorrow it will be necessary to very early rise! 6 to 7 hours of walk. Bivouac.

STEP 6 - Uhuru Peak 5895 / Mwéka Hut : 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 7 - Mwéka gate/ Moshi : Descent on Mweka Spoils through the forest, attention the legs are stiff. After a few hours of walk, it is the end. Given from the diploma in Mweka spoils. The vehicle takes us along to the hotel to Moshi. Dinner .

STEP 8 - Moshi : Free day with Moshi. Shopping, market. Lunch on your own. Airport transfer in end according to midday for international flight.

Rates in $US p , valid from 01/01/2012 to 31/12 2012
from 665 $
These prices include/understand:
♦ airport Transfers, Material hotel and
mountain ♦ of camp-site (tents domes 2 people + mattress mousse+ meal)
♦ Tent mess adapted to the size of the ♦
group 2 nights hotel in Moshi: 1 in BB + 1 in HB (room bases doubles)
♦ Pension supplements
Tanzanian ♦ Guides and carriers
♦ english speaking team
♦ Présence of a box hyperbare + oxygen bottles.
♦ chemical Toilette
They do not include/understand:
♦ international Flight
♦ Visa
♦ Tips on the spot (to envisage 100$ p: average for 1 group of 6 pax)
♦ Drinks and extra personnel (including mineral water)
♦ To dine day 1, lunches and dinners the day 08
♦ Supplément room tries individual: 105 $
Entries fees : 630 $ (to be only regulated on the spot in Visa card)
* transport drank of it towards the mountain
* team of guides and carriers
* box hyperbare + oxygen bottles
* professional equipment of mountain
* adapted kitchen