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DAY 1
Springlands Hotel, Moshi
Today your flight leaves from Johannesburg
International Airport to Kilimanjaro International Airport. At
Kili you will be met and transferred to Springlands Hotel in
Moshi, where you will spend the evening before departing for
your climb tomorrow. Before you go to bed, you will be briefed
about your impending climb.
DAY
2 Shira
Early in the morning you will be transferred to Londrossi
Park Gate where you will begin your ascent. Today is a tough
day of climbing. You will climb all the way up to Shira
Plateau which is at an altitude of 3,658m. This take you
through the cultivation zone, the forest an into the Moorland.
You will stay at the Shira Plateau campsite, where dinner will
be prepared for you before your evening's rest.
DAY
3 Plats
Cone
Todays
climbing is not very high, but is quite technical taking you
up to Plats Cone (3,962mm). The evening will be spent in a
campsite on the ridge and dinner is prepared for you before
your rest.
DAY
4 Arrow Glacier
After breakfast you will continue east towards Kibo
passing the junction. From here you will veer southeast
towards the lava tower known as Sharks Tooth. Shortly after
the tower, you cross a second junction and continue up to the
Arrow Glacier (4,877m) Here you will rest in the campsite
before tomorrow's ascent to the peak.
DAY
5 SUMMIT: Uhuru Peak, Mweka Escarpment
Early in the morning, you will begin your climb to
Uhuru Peak (5,895m) to watch the sun rise. After reaching the
peak, you will descend back down to the Mweka Escarpment where
you will spend the evening and have dinner at the campsite.
DAY 6 Final descent
After
breakfast you will continue your descent down to the Mweka
Park Gate, where you will collect your certificate and be
transferred back to Springlands Hotel in Moshi for a well
deserved rest. Dinner is provided.
DAY
7 Back home
After breakfast you will be transferred back to
Kilimanjaro International Airport for your journey back home.
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