*Elevation: 2850 meters to 3500 meters *Distance: 13 kilometers *Hiking time: 8 hours *Habitat: Moorland and heather land This is an acclimatization trek because you will gain over 650 meters by starting to walk across a beautiful valley outside Shira’s caldera rim (3600 meters). After a few hours, you will reach Shira Caldera. A high-altitude desert, Shira is one of the three peaks which erupted in the Kilimanjaro ecosystem. The peak later collapsed and formed a crater which eventually became filled with the lava flow from Kibo Peak. Its rim is eroded and blasted away by weather and volcanic action. Camp and overnight at 3500 meters elevation at the Shira One Campsite.

Main Destination: Mount Kilimanjaro National Park

Accommodation: Big Tree Campsite,

Meals & Drinks: All Meals Included

*Elevation: 2850 meters to 3500 meters *Distance: 13 kilometers *Hiking time: 8 hours *Habitat: Moorland and heather land This is an acclimatization trek because you will gain over 650 meters by starting to walk across a beautiful valley outside Shira’s caldera rim (3600 meters). After a few hours, you will reach Shira Caldera. A high-altitude desert, Shira is one of the three peaks which erupted in the Kilimanjaro ecosystem. The peak later collapsed and formed a crater which eventually became filled with the lava flow from Kibo Peak. Its rim is eroded and blasted away by weather and volcanic action. Camp and overnight at 3500 meters elevation at the Shira One Campsite.

Main Destination: Mount Kilimanjaro National Park

Accommodation: Shira One Campsite,

Meals & Drinks: All Meals Included

*Elevation: 3500 meters to 3800 meters *Distance: 7 kilometers *Hiking time: 5-6 hours *Habitat: Moorland and rocky This day you will trek to the east across Shira Plateau visiting Cathedral Peak (3850 meters) for acclimatization. Arriving at this peak, you will find spectacular views of Mt. Meru and Kibo Peak. You then continue trekking to Shira Two Camp where you will stay for dinner and overnight place.

Main Destination: Mount Kilimanjaro National Park

Accommodation: Shira Two Campsite,

Meals & Drinks: All Meals Included

*Elevation: 3800 meters to 3950 meters *Distance: 13 kilometers *Hiking time: 7-8 hours *Habitat: Moorland This is a long acclimatization day. You will have an early breakfast, then trek east to a junction leading to Lava Tower Rock 4600 meters for acclimatization. Afterward, you will descend down to Barranco Campsite for dinner and overnight.

Main Destination: Mount Kilimanjaro National Park

Accommodation: Barranco Campsite,

Meals & Drinks: All Meals Included

*Elevation: 3950 meters to 3900 meters *Distance: 6 kilometers *Hiking time: 4-5 hours *Habitat: Moorland Today is a long day walk. In the morning you will start climbing Barranco Wall and reach 4200 meters for acclimatization and continue crossing ridges and valleys to Karanga Campsite for hot lunch. After lunch, you will proceed to Barafu Campsite for dinner and overnight before the midnight ascent to the summit.

Main Destination: Mount Kilimanjaro National Park

Accommodation: Barafu Campsite,

Meals & Drinks: All Meals Included

*Elevation: 4620 meters to 5895 meters to 3650 meters *Distance: 10 kilometers *Hiking time: 7-8 hours *Habitat: Desert and ice After breakfast, you will depart for the summit, switch back up steep scree or possibly snow, and reach Stella Point on the crater rim (5,861 meters / 18,640 ft.). At this point, you will be having views of the fabled crater and its icecaps facing you. Then after 1 hour of hiking along the Kibo’s crater rim near the celebrated snow takes you to Kilimanjaro's true summit, Uhuru Peak. Here you will spend some minutes taking photos. After your summit activities, you will descend down to Crater Camp for your dinner and overnight.

Main Destination: Mount Kilimanjaro National Park

Accommodation: Crater Campsite,

Meals & Drinks: All Meals Included

*Elevation: 5650 meters to 5750 meters to 3100 meters *Distance: 12 kilometers *Hiking time: 7-8 hours *Habitat: Desert, ice, moorland, and forest. After breakfast you will first ascend 100m to the rim of Ash Pit then descend back to the Barafu Huts Campsite, for lunch, and continue down through the moorland and heath zone to Mweka Huts Campsite. Dinner and overnight at Mweka Hut Campsite.

Main Destination: Mount Kilimanjaro National Park

Accommodation: Mweka Hut Campsite,

Meals & Drinks: All Meals Included

*Elevation: 3100 meters to 1700 meters *Distance: 9 kilometers *Descending time: 3-4 hours *Habitat: Montane forest Today is your last day on the mountain. After breakfast, you will descend down to Mweka Gate walking across the montane forest. This descent will take 3-4 hours. At the gate, you will sign out and board the vehicle, ready for the transfer back to your hotel for your certificate presentation and celebration.

Main Destination: Arusha

Accommodation: Ambassador Hotel Arusha,

Meals & Drinks: Breakfast & Lunch Included