DAY 1: Hotel - Londrossi Gate - Mti Mkubwa Camp (2,650 m); 3-4 hours walking.

• After breakfast at the hotel in Arusha/Moshi, we drive approximately 2 hours through the rural countryside to the Londrossi Gate. For the necessary park registration formalities at the Londorossi National Park gate, we drive through varied farmland with open views over the plains to reach the Lemosho road head. We start our ascent along the forest trail we camp at Lemosho Mti Mkubwa Camp.

DAY 2: Mti Mkubwa Camp to Shira Camp (3,550 m): 6-7 hours walking.

• We leave the forest behind now, the trail climbs steadily with wide views to reach the rim of the Shira Plateau. A full day trekking with a slow and steady pace up to Shira Camp.

DAY 3: Shira Camp to Barranco Camp (3,900 m.): 5-7 hours walking.

• Today we walk on a gentle ascent and panoramic views. We traverse the southwest side of Kilimanjaro, passing underneath the Lava Tower and the final section of the Western Breach and after hot lunch the bottom of the Lava Tower (4,600 m.) we descend to the bottom of the Great Barranco valley (3,900 m.).

DAY 4: Barranco Camp to Karanga camp (4,000 m): 4-5 hours walking.

• A steep climb up the eastern wall leads us just below the Heim Glacier, where we may have some spectacular views of Kilimanjaro. We then take a steep exit up the Great Barranco Wall, which divides us from the southeastern slopes of Kibo, the trail continues down into the alpine desert of the Karanga Valley, finally, we have a steep climb up to Karanga Camp.

DAY 5: Karanga Camp to Barafu Camp (4,600 m): 3-4 hours walking.

• Today we take the Traverse Route that takes up the Barafu Ridge, we walk up quite slowly to the final camp before your last ascent day to the summit.
  The remainder of the day is spent relaxing in preparation for the final ascent before a very early night.

DAY 6: Barafu Camp to Summit to Mweka Camp (3100 m): 13-15 hours walking.

• Wake up before midnight in the cover of darkness. We begin a steep climb over loose volcanic scree has some well-graded zigzags and a slow but steady pace will take us to the rim of the main crater, Stella Point, at 5735m. We will rest there for a few minutes to enjoy the sunrise over Mawenzi. Those who are still feeling good can continue slowly to make the two hour round trip from here, along with the crater rim to the main peak (5,895 m), which is the highest point in Africa. After a few minutes to appreciate your accomplishment we descend to Barafu is amazingly fast, and we stop at Barafu Camp for some refreshment, we continue to descend to reach Mweka Camp.

DAY 7: Mweka Camp to Mweka Gate: 3-5 hours walking.

• A gentle walk takes us down through the rainforest to Mweka gate successful climbers will receive their summit certificates. After lunch, we drive back to Hotel.