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ITINERARY
Machame Track 9 days/6 days on mountain
Day 1:Transfer from airport to hotel (B&B).
Day 2: Relax around the hotel. There are local walks available.
Day 3: Drive to Machame village.
Day 4: Trek to Shira hut at 3800m, 5 hours.
Day 5: Trek to Barranco hut (3940m, 4 hours).
Day 6: Trek to the Barafu Hut at 4600m, (3 hours walking).
Day 7: Summit day
Day 8: Back to Park gate and drive back to the hotel.
Day 9: Depart hotel after breakfast. Transfer to airport or continue on an extension.

We conduct expeditions up Kili all year round. So all you need to do is let us know when your ready to go and we will handle everything else. The optimal time to climb is when the moon is in her full cycle, so keep this in mind.

INCLUSIONS
-Arrival and departure airport transfers. Also, free shuttle bus transfer Nairobi-Moshi-Nairobi if flying to/from Nairobi.
-3 nights accommodation in Moshi on half board.
-Enrolment in the Flying Doctor Service for emergency medical evacuation.
-Accommodation in mountain tents. We use the highest quality expedition tents.
-All meals while on the mountain.
-All park fees, including mountain rescue fees, and government taxes.
-Services of our own trained English-speaking mountain guide, and a skilled cook (serving as porter), and enough porters for your luggage, food, and water.
-Transport from your hotel to the mountain, and back to your hotel.
-Use of radios/phones to increase your safety.
-Average group size, 5 climbers.
-Toilet Tent

CLIMBING OTHER MOUNTAINS
There are many game parks to be visited and mountains to be climbed in East Africa. In Tanzania Mount Meru is a high beautiful volcanic mountain perfect as training before the ascent of Kilimanjaro. We have a combined Mt Meru � Kilimanjaro � Safari package for those with a bit more time. The active volcano Lengai is a sacred mountain to the Masaii. For these you may consider organising the trip as a private group. Our guides are based permanently in Moshi throughout the year. In Kenya, Mount Kenya offers top quality rock and ice climbing in a superb setting. In Uganda, Elgon's caldera provides remote high altitude walking while the Rwenzori are a great, glaciated and mystical mountain range to be explored. Email us if you are interested in any of these options.

SAFARIS AND TRIP EXTENSIONS
Tanzania has some of the best game reserves in all of Africa. We can arrange a Safari for you before or after your climb so that you can appreciate what East Africa really has to offer. Safaris start at $570 per person for a 3 day / 2 nights trip. Download the Dossier above for more details.

Vehicles
For smaller groups we use Toyota Landcruisers or Landrovers with opening roofs. These seat 4-5 persons. You will also have with you a driver/guide.

MOONLIGHT ASCENTS
Almost all nights in the East African mountains (excluding the Rwenzori) are clear and for many mountains such as Kilimanjaro, Mount Kenya, Lengai and Mount Meru a pre-dawn start is crucial. To make the night ascents more pleasant and in some cases beautiful, getting up and walking up by moonlight is the optimal situation.

WHEN TO CLIMB
Even though one can climb throughout the year, January, February and September are the best months, with June, July, August, October and December also being good.

WEATHER CONDITIONS
Equatorial to Arctic conditions are present on Kilimanjaro and Meru. The range begins with the warm, dry plains with average temperatures of 30 c, ascending through a wide belt of wet tropical forest, through zones with generally decreasing temperatures and rainfall, to the summit where there is permanent ice and below freezing temperatures. The temperature at the top of the mountain gets as low as minus 25 degrees Celsius.