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Kilimanjaro trekking: Umbwe Trail
offered by supplier M08468 (view this supplier profile)
Key Information:
Tour Duration: 5
day(s)
Group Size: 1
- 99
people
Destination(s):
Tanzania
Specialty Categories:
Hiking & Trekking
Season: January - December
Airfare Included: No
Tour Customizable: No
Minimum Per Person Price: 1460 US Dollar (USD)
Maximum Per Person Price: 1610 US Dollar (USD)
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An almost perfectly shaped volcano which rises from the plains, Mt. Kilimanjaro is one of the African continent's most magnificient sights. Snow-capped and not yet extinct, at 5895m it is the highest peak in Africa. From cultivated farmlands on the lower level, it rises through lush rainforest onto alpine meadow and finally across a barren lunar landscape to the snow- and icecapped summit. The rainforest is home to many animals like buffalo, eland, antelope and the black & white colobus monkey.
Your Itinerary
Day 1: Umbwe gate - the Forest Caves, 7-8 hours walk. Collect from your hotel in Arusha after breakfast and transfer to Umbwe gate. Follow the track up through the forest. The track becomes a path and continues through the forest on a ridge between two valleys. In some parts you may have to scramble up steep sections of the path using tree roots for support. Continue through occasional red paint marks on the trees, to reach the forest caves (2850m). Includes: (L), (D);
Day 2: Forest Caves - Barranco Hut, 5 km, 4-5 hours walk. From the caves continue following the path up the ridge. The path leaves the forest and passes through heather, and then open moorland, where the main peaks first come into clear view. You keep right to reach Barranco Hut (3950m). Includes: (B), (L), (D);
Day 3: Barranco Hut - Lava Tower, 3 hours walk. The trek continues by keeping left at the junction of animal bones, and folking right in the valley when you reach the large stream flowing south-west to Lava Tower Hut (4600m). Includes: (B), (L), (D);
Day 4: Lava Tower - Arrow Glacier, 4 hours walk. Keep right (east) and continue up steeply over the Lava Tower across to the west. The path becomes increasingly steep until you reach a flat platform at the base of western breach, the site of Arrow Glacier Hut (4800m). Includes: (B), (L), (D);
Day 5: Arrow Glacier - Uhuru Peak - Mweka Camp, 14 km, 4-5 hours walk. You start this day very early in the morning, to see the sunrise at the crater rim and to avoid the mist. The snow on the ascent will still be frozen. From the peak (5896m) you descend steeply downhill through patchy giant heather to reach Mweka Hut (3100m). Includes: (B), (L), (D);
Day 6: Mweka Camp - Mweka Gate, 14 km, 5-7 hours walk. Descend steeply through the forest on narrow path, along the crest of broad ridge between two river valleys to Mweka gate. Transfer to your overnight hotel in Arusha. Includes: (B), (L);
Notes:
Airfare is not included in the tour price.
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