The Umbwe Route is the most direct ascent route and the most strenuous of all Kilimanjaro routes. It is one of the least climbed routes on Kilimanjaro, which makes it appealing. The first two days you hardly see any climbers until the trail merges with the Machame Route. The trek starts through the thick forest on the southern slopes of the mountain. It rapidly gains height and affords you little time to acclimatize properly. That’s why we highly recommend climbing this route in 7 days and allowing enough time to acclimatize before the final push. On this route we start our summit ascent at midnight

Day 1

You will be picked up from Kilimanjaro Airport and transferred to a hotel in Arusha/Moshi town then followed by briefing from your mountain Guide and rest on BB accomodation plan.

Days 2: Climbing from Kilimanjaro Umbwe gate to Forest Caves (3,000m).

After breakfast, you will be picked from your hotel by a 4×4 vehicel to Umbwe mountain gate(1,400m) here you will start your climbing and with porters carrying our equipment, you set off up a good track and into dense jungle to reach a campsite at Forest Caves (approx 4-6 hours).

Days 3: Climbing from Forest Caves to Baranco Camp (3,900m).

On this day you will continue through forest with a good chance of seeing Colobus Monkeys before rearing up on to a steep, narrow ridge with deep valleys on either side. At 3,000m, you emerge on to high moorland and the entire character of the trek changes. Baraco Camp is reached in mid-afternoon (5-6 hours).

Days 4: Trekking from Baranco Camp to Karanga Camp (13,300ft / 4,050m).

On this day, you will have a challenge to overcome the Baranco Wall, which is 600 ft high and takes you to an altitude of 4,244m. From the top, the receding Heim Glacier on Kilimanjaro’s south face is clearly visible. Your route continues eastwards underneath the Decken and Rebman Glaciers to Karanga valley Camp.

Days 5: Trekking from Karanga Camp to Barafu Camp (15,090ft / 4,650m).

The steady trek from Karanga valley Camp, takes 3-4 hours to Barafu Camp (4,650m), from where you will make your summit attempt in the early hours of a new day..

Days 6: Climbing from Barafu Hut to Uhuru Peak (19,340 ft / 5,896m) to Millennium Camp.

After tea and snacks around midnight, you will start an ascent on the steepest and most demanding part of the mountain. You will be heading to Stella Point on the Crater Rim by sunrise after about 5-6 hours. From Stella Point, it takes another hour to reach Kibo Peak – the highest point on the crater rim and the true summit of Africa. You descend to Millennium Camp (3,820m). This is by far the toughest day of the trek and normally takes between 11 and 14 hours.

Days 7: Descending from Millennium camp to Mweka Gate.

After breakfast, you will have a 3-5 hours walk down to Mweka Gate, where you will be awarded the Kilimanjaro Certificates and then Cerebrate with the whole climbing team and picked by our vehicle to your hotel in Moshi/Arusha town.

The prices includes:

• 2 nights accommodation at a Hotel in town,
• Accommodation in Camps,
• Government taxes,
• Appropriate number of Professional, experienced, mountain Guides,Cooks,Porters.
• All Park fees and Rescue fees.
• Meals on the Mountain- B,L,D(breakfast,lunch,dinner),
• Arrival and Departure transfers,
• Enough portions of fresh, healthy, nutritious food,
• Clean, purified drinking water:
• Fair and ethical treatment of porters:
• Crisis management and safety procedures,
• Quality and waterproof Sleeping Mattress, tents.

The price does not include:

• Tanzania Visa per person,
• Snacks, personal medicine and water purifying tablets,
• Optional but highly recommended travel and medical insurance,
• Healthy requirements for Tanzania travel (Yellow fiver..),
• International flights,
• Personal Items (e.g. laundry, telephone, beverages, etc.)
• Optional Tours (short safari after your climb etc)
• Tips and any items of personal nature.