8 days Kilimanjaro Climbing Umbwe Route

After breakfast, transfer to Marangu gate and then to Umbwe Village to start the climb. Climb for four hours through the rainforest to camp at the caves 2,800m above the sea level.

After breakfast, continue ascending along a sharp ridge, giving a distinct high mountain feeling, then onto the Moorland Camp and arrive my mid afternoon. Stay at Barranco hut 3,900m.

A four-hour walk past enormous breach walls to camp at the foot of the Arrow Glacier. A leisurely afternoon and evening, acclimatizing at around 4900m and watching the sunset behind Mount Meru.

Climbing the same seep walls and scrambling up the screen and across the frozen lava on the tottering wall. We camp on the stunning crater rim of Kilimanjaro.

You trek up the highest point in Africa, uhuru peak 5896m descend via Gilman’s point and Kobe hut for dinner and overnight.

After breakfast, descent to the Marangu Park Gate via Mandara. You will be transferred to Arusha for dinner and overnight stay.

After breakfast, depart for Nairobi by morning or afternoon shuttle, where the tour ends.