Arrive this evening into Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO) where you will be warmly welcomed. A guide will meet you and transfer you to the Moshi Town comfortable lodge. Relax in the open-air lodge, enjoy the breeze as you lounge on the open verandah, or take a swim in the stunning pool.

• Meals Plan: Lunch and Dinner
• Accommodation: Mountain Inn

We’ll start our climbing orientation just after breakfast this morning. The rest of the day is for exploration and adventure. Beautiful views of Kilimanjaro’s peak shine through on clear days. We stroll next door to see the terroir and organic cultivation at Machare Estate tea and coffee farm. Kilimanjaro has a perennial spring like climate, altitude and rich soil. Taste the difference with a proper cupping of many varieties of teas and coffee. After lunch, we’ll stretch our legs on a walk to a nearby waterfall. The meandering trails pass coffee trees and streams under shady glades of magnanimous hardwoods.

• Meals Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

Wake up to a chorus of birds this morning. After a thorough briefing and gear check, you will drive to Londorossi Park Gate. Walk along forest trails, in the tree canopy look for the purple flash of the Hartlaub's Turaco, as well the black and white Colobus monkeys. We camp at Mti Mkubwa (big tree), nestled in verdant forest. You’ll enjoy the cozy setting of camp. 1.Elevation: 1830m/6000ft to 2650m/8700ft 2.Distance: 6km/4mi 3.Hiking Time: 2-3 hours 4.Habitat: Montane Forest

• Meals Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
• Accommodations:Mti Mkubwa Camp

After breakfast, we continue as the trail gradually steepens and enters the giant heather moorland zone. After several streams are crossed we continue over the Shira Ridge. Climbing rolling hills, you will enjoy spectacular views of the forest canopy and plains below. As the air thins and the clouds part, you might just have a stunning view of the snow-streaked Uhuru Peak above (Uhuru means Freedom in Swahili). Arrive at your camp in the heath zone this afternoon. 1.Elevation: 2650m/8700ft to 3500m/11,500ft 2.Distance: 8km/5mi 3.Hiking Time: 4-5 hours 4.Habitat: Moorland

• Meals Plan:Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner
• Accommodations: Shira 1 Camp

As the sun’s rays stretch over the mountain face this morning, take a gentle hike across the plateau leads to Shira 2 camp on moorland meadows by a stream. A variety of hikes are available on the Plateau, making this an excellent acclimatization day. Pass bizarre flora, such as giant groundsels, and a misty, cloud-covered terrain of volcanic rock. Move up the mountain steadily and gradually, heeding your guides’ advice to go “pole, pole,” or slowly, slowly, and eventually arrive at your camp in the moorlands. 1.Elevation: 3500m/11,500ft to 3850m/12,600ft 2. Distance: 8km/5mi 3.Hiking Time: 4-5 hours 4.Habitat: Moorland

• Meals Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner
• Accommodations: Shira 2 Camp

After breakfast, you will trek up the towering Barranco Wall over a narrow switchback to the Karanga Valley and the junction which connects with the Mweka Trail. This will require some scrambling, but ultimately pays off with extraordinary views of glaciers above the clouds and everlasting flowers. With such surroundings, it’s easy to stay motivated and inspired. 1.Elevation: 4000m/13,000ft to 4050m/13,250ft 2.Distance: 5km/3mi 3.Hiking Time: 3-4 hours 4.Habitat: Moorland

• Meals Plan:Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner
• Accommodations:Karanga Valley Camp

Proceed steadily upward over expansive ridgelines in the high alpine desert where the air thins and cools. You have completed the South Circuit, which offers views of the summit from many different angles. Only white-necked ravens and a handful of other birds venture this high, where vegetation is scarce. Camp in this lunar landscape where you may see the hanging glaciers that drape Kilimanjaro summit cone. Temperatures drop and the landscape starts to resemble the surface of the moon as you hike higher up the mountain. Rest up before tomorrow’s daytime summit bid. 1.Elevation: 4050m/13,250ft to 4700m/15,350ft 2.Distance: 4km/2mi 3.Hiking Time: 3-4 hours 4.Habitat: Alpine Desert

• Meals Plan:Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner
• Accommodations:Barafu Camp

A predawn start enables us to take advantage of the best surface conditions (frozen scree and snow) for our trek up to the summit of Kilimanjaro. The angle of climb is steeper today as we tackle the cone of the volcano up to the Crater Rim at the place known as Stella Point. There are tremendous views of the ice cliffs inside the crater and also across to Mawenzi summit and 'the saddle'. Now on easier terrain, we follow the crater rim for a further hour, once at Uhuru Peak you have reached the highest point on Mount Kilimanjaro and the continent of Africa! The descent is invigorating - congratulations! We continue back down to Mweka Camp where we spend our last night on the mountain. 1.-- Elevation: 4700m/15,350ft to 5895m/19,340ft 2.-- Down to 3090m/10,150ft 3.-- Distance: 5km/3mi up / 13km/8mi down 4.-- Hiking Time: 5-7 hours up / 5-6 hours down 5.-- Habitat: Stone scree and ice-capped summit

• Meals Plan:Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner
• Accommodation: Mweka Camp

We trek down for 5 hours through beautiful rainforest to the road head - the final leg of our Kilimanjaro ascent journey. We say fond farewell to our trusty guide, staff and the porters who have helped us during the past week and pick up our certificates of ascent. We transfer to our hotel Moshi - and delight after camping on the mountains slopes. Here we get a well-earned shower and celebration. -- Elevation: 3090m/10,150ft to 1680m/5500ft -- Distance: 10km/6mi -- Hiking Time: 3-4 hours -- Habitat: Forest

• Meals Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
• Accommodation: Mountain Inn

Depending on flight times we have some relaxation time today. We need to vacate our rooms at 1100, but can use the hotel facilities until our transfer to the airport. A single timed transfer is provided. If you’ve opted to go on a safari – well, that’s a new adventure and we’ll be pleased to arrange it for you! Meals Plan: Breakfast