9 Days October Full Moon Summit Day Package

Overview

Days Summary.

• Day 1: 22^nd October. arrival in Tanzania.
• Day 2: 23^rd October.  resting, hydrating and briefing, with time to pick up rental items and buy any snacks in town.
• Day 3: 24^th October.  Moshi to Machame gate and hike to Machame Camp.
• Day 4: 25^th October. Machame Camp to Shira Camp
• Day 5: 26^th October. Shira Camp to Barranco Camp
• Day 6: 27^th October.  Barranco Camp to Karanga Valley Camp.
• Day 7: 28^th October. (FULL MOON) Karanga Valley to Barandu Camp.
• Day 8: 29^th October. Summit day (FULL MOON) Baradu Camp to Uhuru Peak and descend via Barafu down to Millennium Camp or Mweka Camp.
• Day 9: 30^th October. (FULL MOON) Descend to Mweka Gate and transfer back to hotel.

Itinerary

Day 1

Arrive into Tanzania. fly into Kilimanjaro airport either direct or via Kenya. Overnight in Moshi Town Hotel.

Day 2: Day in Moshi

• Elevation 900m

The day is spent in Moshi, meet the BEYOND ALPINE TREKKERS staffs and have time for hiring equipment’s or relaxing in the hotel. This is a good day to hydrate fully for the start the next day.

Day 3: Transport To Machame Gate

• Elevation: 900m-1790m-2980m
• Distance: 10kms –
• Time: 5hrs
• Transport to Machame Gate, (1hour up to 1790m)

Registration sometimes can take a few hours or so for this process). Trek to Machame Camp through beautiful montane forest on good path. Camp overnight at the edge of the forest.

Day 4: Machame Camp To Shira Plateau.

• Elevation: 2980m-3840m
• Distance: 7kms
• Time: 6-7hrs.

Uphill through thinning forest and onto a huge Volcanic plateau. Camping is more exposed here with great views of the summit massif.

Day 5: Shira Camp to Barranco Camp.

• Elevation: 3849-3950m
• Distance: 10kms
• Time: 7-8hrs.

Traversing two Valleys skirting the base of the summit massif. High desert environment with amazing rock formations, quite exposed to the

weather, dropping into the Barranco Valley Breach. This day ascends a maximum of 700 meters but the net height gain is only about 100

meters.

Day 6: Barranco Camp to Karanga Valley.

• Elevation: 3950m-3950m
• Distance: 4kms
• Time: 5hrs

Starting with a scramble over the Barranco wall and over a further two Valleys to get to this open campsite with great views of the Heim

Glacier. Another up and down day but no net gain in height which is all good for acclimatization.

Day 7: Karanga Valley to Barafu Camp.

• Elevation: 3950m-4550m
• Distance: 4km
• Time: 4-5hrs.

Heading upwards towards the open rock and colder temperatures. Barafu means ‘ICE’ in Swahili and the camping is amongst the rocks. Early

dinner.

Day 8: Summit Day

• Elevation: 4550m-5895m-2800m
• Distance: 18kms
• Time: 7hrs up, 6hrs down

Night time ascent on rock and scree, snow and ice. it is an exhilarating feeling stepping out into the cold under the Full moon and starlight as

we crunch up the frozen scree To the crater rim and the summit. Expect cold temperatures with wind-chill. The final slope the crater rim and

Stella point has loose the scree and is very slow. From Stella Point it is a further 45 minutes up the escarpment to the summit of Uhuru.

Descend in sunlight to Barafu for early lunch, and then walk down to millennium Camp, normally arriving midafternoon.

Day 9: Millennium to Mweka Gate.

• Elevation: 2800m-900m
• Distance: 11kms
• Time :  4-6hrs

Descent through the lush forest to Mweka Gate where you sign out and pick up the summit certificate. Since your Legs will be very tired! Meet

our driver at the gate for transport back to the hotel, arriving normally at about 2pm. The gate is where tips are handed out and you say

kwaheri (good bye) to the mountain staff, but it can still be done at the hotel. A hot shower and an afternoon relaxing.

Photos

Price

$2,400 P/P.

Discount of $75 per person on All August Booking

Discount of $50 per person on all September bookings