SHIRA ROUTE 8 DAYS & 7 NIGHTS (6 DAYS ON TREK)

Day 1

You arrive at your hotel. Dinner and overnight stay.

Day 2

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

Day 3

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 4

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

Day 5

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 6

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.

Afterward descend to Mweka hut. Stay overnight

Day 7

Descend to the Mweka gate, from where you are transferred back to your hotel. Dinner and overnight stay.

Day 7

Breakfast in hotel.

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