Package A-4

6 DAYS - SHIRA ROUTE

You arrive at your hotel. Dinner and overnight stay.

Day 1 - Transfer from your hotel to the Kilimanjaro National Park Gate at Londorossi. Commence trek.Overnight at campsite in forest (9,000ft/2800m).

Day 2 - From here you pass through forest and then across the grassy moorland of the Shira Plateau to reach Shira Hut. (12,500ft/3800m). Stay/Camp overnight.

Day 3 - You turn eastwards and continue ascending through the dry landscape before dropping again to reach Barranco Hut (13,000ft/3900m). Stay/Camp overnight.

Day 4 - The path climbs steeply out of the Barranco Valley , crosses the Karanga Valley , then turns north to reach Barafu Hut (15,500ft/4600m). Stay/Camp overnight.

Day 5 - A long day and and early start to reach the crater rim at Stella Point in time for sunrise. Then to Uhuru Peak (19,340ft/5896m), the highest point in Africa .

Day 6 - Descend to the Mweka gate, from where you are transferred back to your hotel. Dinner and overnight stay.Afterward descend to Mweka hut. Stay overnight.