Seven Days Machame Route

7 Days Machame Route Kilimanjaro Climbing 2025/2026.

$1500-1700 USD

Get quote

Safari summary

This 7-day Machame route is the one of the most top-selling tour packages for a successful summit to climb Mount Kilimanjaro which is among of the Highest free-standing mountain in the world about 5895m above the sea level. The trekkers they normally depart from Moshi town and drive to the Machame route’s gate at an altitude of 1,800 meters (5,905 feet) on the southern base of Mount Kilimanjaro, trekking athwart shira 2 - Lava Tower – Barancco - Karanga to Barafu the base camp towards the summit Uhuru Peak and then descending on the eastern side via Mweka route - gate back to Moshi.
This 7-day Machame route is the challenging route to climb Mount Kilimanjaro, but It offers good acclimatization opportunities and a high success rate around 75%, making it a good choice for climbers of all fitness levels, hence it is so important to be flexible, and sometimes the itinerary may be adjusted depending on the weather conditions and the group's progress. The route begins in the lush rainforest and passes through a variety of landscapes, including alpine meadows, moorlands, and high desert. The final ascent to the summit is challenging, but the rewards are well worth the effort, it is for that reason that Machame route is widely considered to be the most scenic route and providing unique and varied landscapes to pass through on each and every day.
Day-To-Day schedule for 7 days hiking Mt. Kilimanjaro: Day 1: Moshi - Lemosho Gate - Mti Mkubwa, Day 2: to Shira 2 Camp, Day 3: to Lava Tower-Barranco, Day 4: to Karanga Camp, Day 5: to Barafu Camp, Day 6: to Uhuru Peak – Mweka Camp, Day 7: to Gate-Moshi.

About this tour

	Tour type	Set-date, set-itinerary, group
	Main focus	Hiking \| trekking
	Activity level	Strenuous activity
	Best months	All months
	Countries	Tanzania
	Parks	Kilimanjaro Saadani

Fine details

Safari highlights

Hiking | trekking

What’s included?

Accommodation
Meals
Park fees
Private vehicle and driver

What’s not included?

Alcoholic beverages
Internal flights
Premium alcoholic beverages
Spa treatments
Tips and gratuities
Visas

Itinerary

Moshi -Machame Camp | Kilimanjaro

Kilimanjaro

A Short drive from Moshi to machame gate which will take 50 minutes; passing along the beautiful village of machame. After check in formalities at the gate, we will start hiking going through the montane forest, making our way to machame camp

Machame to Shira Camp | Kilimanjaro

Kilimanjaro

Depart from our camp after breakfast and proceed hiking through the forest. We will keep trekking as we soak in the beautiful scenery along the way, making our way through the moorlands. The route will diverge to west side onto a river gorge. Dinner and overnight will be offered at shira campsite.

Shira Camp-Barranco | Kilimanjaro

Kilimanjaro

On this day we will depart from shira plateau and proceed eastwards up a ridge, moving through the intersection towards the peak of kibo. We will keep hiking and change our direction to the south east towards lava tower. Shortly after the tower we approach the second intersection which leads to the arrow glacier . The day offers amazing scenery and ends up at almost the same altitude as when we started which provide the best acclimatization opportunity

Baranco-Karanga Camp | Kilimanjaro

Kilimanjaro

Today we will proceed to acclimatize, in preparation for an upcoming summit push. We will hike the intimidating barranco wall, and from the top we go on a wavering sequence of ridges and valleys before arrival at karanga camp. This is short day to allow enough acclimatization chance.

Karanga - Barafu Camp | Kilimanjaro

Kilimanjaro

After breakfast we proceed hiking and reach the intersection which joins with mweka trail. We will then continue to barafu hut where early dinner will be offered as we prepare for summit. The peaks of kibo and mawenzi can be vividly seen here.

BARAFU-UHURU PEAK | Kilimanjaro

Kilimanjaro

On this day we will push our way to the summit our trek will begin in early hours, this can a bit more physically and mentally challenging compared to the other parts of the trek.

Crater Camp-Mweka Camp | Kilimanja

Kilimanjaro

From Crater Camp, we now make our descent continuing straight down to the Mweka Hut camp site, stopping at Barafu for lunch. The trail is very rocky and can be quite hard on the knees; trekking poles are helpful. Mweka Camp is situated in the upper forest and mist or rain can be expected in the late afternoon. Later in the evening, we enjoy our last dinner on the mountain and a well-earned sleep

Here are the latest 6 tours by Tanzania Safari Radar. See all 59 tours.