Trekking to Mount Meru and Kilimanjaro
Holiday Itinerary
Day 1: Rendezvous at the group hotel. Complimentary airport transfers are provided. (Clients arriving earlier transfer to Arusha to wait for transfer). KE group package services begin with evening meal.
Day 2: First day of trek on Mount Meru, through grassland and then climbing gradually into the rainforest, takes us to our overnight stop at the Miriakamba Hut. Optional hike to crater floor.
Day 3: Trek through forest and high grassland to the Saddle Hut (3570m), on a wide col between the slopes of Meru and Little Meru. A short walk to the summit of Little Meru is rewarding for the views.
Day 4: Early start for the walk to Mount Meru's summit (4566m), with the aim of watching sunrise over Kilimanjaro and the African plains. We enjoy the sunshine before descending to Miriakamba Hut.
Day 5: Descend to the park gate and transfer to Momella Lodge in time for lunch. Afternoon game drive in the Arusha National Park.
Day 6: Drive to the Londorossi Gate on Kilimanjaro. We start walking late afternoon through plantation pine forest and heather moorland. Arrive at our camp at Miti Kubwa (Big Tree) late afternoon.
Day 7: Today, we trek across the attractive moorland of the Shira plateau, passing the Shira Hut and setting up camp about an hour beyond the hut. Camp (3800m).
Day 8: Walking across the high plateau, with the option to hike up to the Shira Needle en route, the moorland gives way to rocky alpine desert as we near the Baranco Hut (3950m) and our next camp close to the hut.
Day 9: A short day today, as we take the steep trail that crosses the Baranco Wall, then follow an undulating path on the south side of Uhuru Peak to our camp in the Karanga Valley (4000m). Time to rest and expore, with views of the Southern Icefield.
Day 10: A short day, but involving a steady climb across a rugged volcanic wilderness, with patches of vegetation, including giant lobelias. We overnight at a camp near the Barafu Hut (4600m), with Kibo rising above us to the north.
Day 11: An early start to climb to the crater rim at Stella Point. Following the crater rim we ascend to Uhuru Peak (5894m) to the highest point of all Africa. We descend to Mweka Camp (2950m).
Day 12: Descend through rainforest to the roadhead. Drive to the group hotel in Moshi (day room) where there will be time to freshen up before a late afternoon transfer to the airport, where KE Land Only package services end.
