Kilimanjaro & Zanzibar

Day 01 — Arrival & briefing in Moshi

Moshi · approx. 900 m

We meet you at Kilimanjaro International Airport and take you to your hotel in Moshi for the trek briefing, an equipment check and a night’s rest before the climb.

Day 02 — Lemosho Gate → Mti Mkubwa

approx. 2,400 m3–4 hours

Round to the western side of the mountain, through park registration and into the montane rainforest, with colobus and blue monkeys in the canopy.

Day 03 — Mti Mkubwa → Shira 1

approx. 3,500 m5–7 hours

Out of the forest and up into heath and moorland, climbing onto the broad Shira Plateau with its giant vegetation and long views towards Kibo.

Day 04 — Shira → Lava Tower → Barranco

Camp approx. 3,960 m · high point 4,600 m7–8 hours

Across the plateau to Lava Tower at around 4,600 m, then down to Barranco Camp. Climbing high and sleeping low is what makes the rest of the week possible.

Day 05 — Barranco → Karanga

approx. 4,000 m4–5 hours

The Barranco Wall first thing — a scramble, not a technical climb — then a deliberately short afternoon to Karanga so you reach it with something left.

Day 06 — Karanga → Barafu

approx. 4,673 m4–5 hours

A steady climb into bare alpine desert to the high camp, followed by the summit briefing, an early dinner and as much rest as the altitude allows.

Day 07 — Barafu → Uhuru Peak → Mweka

Summit 5,895 m11–14+ hours in total

Up around midnight, slowly through the dark to Stella Point and on to Uhuru Peak at 5,895 m, usually arriving near sunrise. Then the long descent to Mweka Camp.

Day 08 — Mweka Gate → Moshi

3–5 hours

The final descent through rainforest to Mweka Gate, then back to Moshi for a celebratory meal and a proper night’s sleep.

Day 09 — Fly to Zanzibar → Stone Town

A transfer to the airport and a short flight east. Our representative meets you in Zanzibar and takes you to your beach hotel. Depending on the timing, the afternoon goes to Stone Town — carved doors, the Old Fort, the markets and the seafront — and an optional dhow cruise at sunset.

Day 10 — Spice farm, beach → departure

A morning at a spice farm among the cloves, cinnamon, cardamom, nutmeg and vanilla, then the beach for swimming and an afternoon of doing very little, before your transfer to Zanzibar Airport.

Departure Day