Mount Kilimanjaro is a dormant volcanic peak in Kilimanjaro region, Tanzania. It has three volcanic cones: Kibo, Mawenzi and Shira. It is the highest mountain in Africa and the highest single free-standing mountain in the world at 5,895 metres above sea level and about 4,900 metres above its plateau base.
A free-standing, snow-covered dormant volcano, majestic Kilimanjaro is the highest mountain in Africa. Located in northeast Tanzania, it can be seen from far into Kenya and Amboseli National Park.
TREK SUMMARY
Country Visits & How Long Will You Be Gone:
Country: Tanzania
Trek Duration: 8 days (7 nights)
Start & End Point: Your trip will start in Kilimanjaro town and end in Kilimanjaro town
From: $3,400 per Person
THE ADVENTURE BEGINS
DAY 1 | MOSHI - MOUNT KILIMANJARO BASE CAMP
Distance: 4.8km; Altitude Gained: 396m
Following a fairly lengthy drive we arrive at the strange fortified village of Londorossi, where we register, pay the park fees – and where the porters have their luggage weighed to ensure that they are not carrying more than the specified maximum. We then drive on to the start of the trek, on the edge of the forest.
The whole of the first day’s trek is spent in some of the most pristine and beautiful to be found anywhere on the mountain. Given the rather isolated nature of this route, which sees relatively few tourists, encounters with wildlife on this trail are greater than on most other routes. We will also see some of Kilimanjaro’s more unusual flora, including the beautiful red impatiens Kilimanjarii, one of the great emblems of the mountain.
Our first day ends at Mti Mkubwa, the Big Tree Camp (2785m), where, as with every night on the trek, you will arrive to find your tent already erected and a snack awaiting. A full dinner follows before we settle down to sleep to the sounds of the forest, with monkeys calling and the noisy turaco bird in this most blissful of locations, underneath the spreading branches of a beautiful old podocarpus tree.
THE ADVENTURE CONTINUES
DAY 2 | MTI MKUBWA - SHIRA ONE CAMPSITE
Distance: 7.19km; Altitude Gained: 719m
This second day, the most varied on the trek, starts off with a continuation of yesterday’s march through the forest. Before long, however, we leave the trees behind to enter the grasses and wild