Other Routes:
Marangu
/ Machame
/ Rongai /
Shira /Umbwe
/Lemosho
Kilimanjaro:
Umbwe/Western Breach
Price: |
$1000/person ( Minimum 4 People )
Group
prices depend on the number of people (pax)
|
Extra
day on the mountain: $120/person
Low Season: $50 off April 1 - June 15 and November |
| Duration: |
6 days
hiking |
The Umbwe Route is slightly steeper than the Machame Route. Once
at the Barranco Hut, you can continue on with the other Machame
hikers on the South Circuit, but it is usually done in conjunction
with the Western Breach approach. The descent is typically down
the Mweka trail, but you could also opt for the Marangu Route if
the Horombo Hut has availability.
The Western Breach route is reached from the Barranco Hut via the
Lava Tower Camp. The night before summitting is spent at the Arrow
Glacier Camp. The summit path goes straight up a rocky amphitheater.
It is not technical, but there is some scrambling over steep icy
rock. A seasoned mountaineer will find it easy, but a nephrite will
be over their head.
Once at the top of the amphitheater, there are magnificent views
of the crater and glaciers. There is one more fairly short but switchbacked
hill to climb to the summit.
| Moshi |
Booked into accommodation in Moshi
for briefing and overnight. You can start your trek any day
of the year! |
| Day 1
To Umbwe Cave
1800m to 2800m
5900ft to 9200ft
About 5 hours |
Drive from Moshi to the Umbwe Gate.
Commence the climb through the rain forest with packed lunch
on route. Dinner and overnight at the first encampment at 2,800
meters. |
Day 2
To Barranco Hut
2800m to 3900m
9200ft to 12,800ft
About 4 hours |
After breakfast, we leave the glades
of the forest and follow an ascending path on the open moorland
to the Barranco Hut located at 3,900 meters. Dinner and overnight
at the campsite. |
Day 3
Acclimatization Day
3900m / 12,800ft
Variable walking time |
This is an acclimatization day
at Barranco, walking around the greater Barranco and up to
the Breach Wall. Dinner and overnight at the campsite.
Alternatively, you can hike up to the Lava Tower Camp at
3400m. Very few climbers camp there, but it can also be colder. |
Day 4
To Arrow Glacier
3900m to 4850m
12,800ft to 15,900ft
About 3 hours |
Depart from Barranco, ascending
slowly to the Arrow Glacier at 4,850 meters. Dinner and overnight
at the Arrow campsite. |
Day 5
To Summit and Mweka Hut
4850m to 5895m
(and down to 3100m)
15,900ft to 19,300ft
(and down to 10,200ft)
About 11 hours |
Early morning, commence the ascent
to the summit on very steep rocky and heavy scree up to Uhuru
Peak (5, 895 meters), the highest point in Africa. From here
we descend going straight down to the Mweka encampment (lunch
and rest at Barafu Hut) for dinner and overnight. |
Day 6
To Moshi
3100m to 1830m
10,200ft to 6000ft
About 4 hours |
After breakfast, we continue the
descent down to the Mweka Park Gate and then drive back to Moshi. |
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