ARRIVAL AT KILIMANJARO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AND PRIVATE TRANSFER TO YOUR HOTEL IN ARUSHA. TAKE TIME TO RELAX AFTER YOUR JOURNEY, ENJOY THE LUSH GARDENS OF YOUR LODGE OR STROLL THROUGH THE LIVELY MARKETS OF THE CITY. THE EVENING IS FREE TO UNWIND AND PREPARE FOR THE ADVENTURE AHEAD. OVERNIGHT IN A BOUTIQUE LODGE, HB.

TRANSFER TO LONDOROSSI GATE WHERE THE TREK BEGINS. ENTER THE VERDANT RAINFOREST, HOME TO COLOBUS MONKEYS LEAPING THROUGH THE TREES AND TROPICAL BIRDS FILLING THE AIR WITH SONG. THE TRAIL GRADUALLY ASCENDS, LEADING TO A SECLUDED CAMP NESTLED AMONG TOWERING TREES. THE ATMOSPHERE IS MAGICAL, WITH THE SOUNDS OF THE FOREST ACCOMPANYING YOUR FIRST NIGHT ON THE MOUNTAIN. OVERNIGHT IN TENTED CAMP, FB.

TODAY THE LANDSCAPE OPENS UP DRAMATICALLY. LEAVING THE FOREST BEHIND, THE TRAIL CLIMBS THROUGH HEATHLAND AND GIANT ERICAS, WITH SWEEPING VIEWS BACK TOWARDS THE PLAINS BELOW. ARRIVING AT THE SHIRA PLATEAU, YOU STEP INTO A WIDE, OTHERWORLDLY LANDSCAPE WITH PANORAMIC VIEWS OF KIBO’S GLACIERS. THE SKY HERE FEELS ENDLESS, AND THE FIRST SENSE OF TRUE ALTITUDE BEGINS TO BUILD. OVERNIGHT IN TENTED CAMP, FB.

CROSS THE EXPANSIVE SHIRA PLAINS, PASSING VOLCANIC FORMATIONS AND ANCIENT LAVA FLOWS THAT TELL THE GEOLOGICAL STORY OF THE MOUNTAIN. SHORTER WALKS TO NEARBY RIDGES PROVIDE PERFECT OPPORTUNITIES FOR ACCLIMATIZATION, WHILE THE IMMENSE SILENCE OF THE HIGHLANDS SURROUNDS YOU. AS THE SUN SETS, THE SKY TRANSFORMS INTO A TAPESTRY OF STARS. OVERNIGHT IN TENTED CAMP, FB.

TODAY IS A DRAMATIC DAY OF ALTITUDE CHANGE. ASCEND TOWARDS LAVA TOWER, A STRIKING 90-METER VOLCANIC ROCK FORMATION KNOWN AS “SHARK’S TOOTH”. THE AIR THINS AS YOU REACH 4,630 M, GIVING A REAL SENSE OF THE CHALLENGE AHEAD. AFTER LUNCH, DESCEND INTO THE LUSH BARRANCO VALLEY, WHERE GIANT GROVES OF SENECIO PLANTS CREATE A SURREAL, ALMOST PREHISTORIC LANDSCAPE. THIS CONTRAST BETWEEN HARSH ALTITUDE AND GREEN VALLEYS IS UNFORGETTABLE. OVERNIGHT IN TENTED CAMP, FB.

THE DAY BEGINS WITH THE ASCENT OF THE GREAT BARRANCO WALL, A STEEP YET REWARDING CLIMB THAT REVEALS INCREDIBLE VIEWS AT EVERY TURN. CONTINUE THROUGH ALPINE DESERT, WHERE THE LANDSCAPE IS RAW AND MINIMAL, UNTIL REACHING BARAFU CAMP, PERCHED HIGH ON THE RIDGE. FROM HERE, YOU LOOK OUT TOWARDS MAWENZI AND UP TO KIBO, THE FINAL GOAL. THE AIR IS THIN AND THE ANTICIPATION OF THE SUMMIT MAKES THIS NIGHT ELECTRIC. OVERNIGHT IN TENTED CAMP, FB.

ARISE SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT AND BEGIN THE FINAL ASCENT UNDER A SKY FULL OF STARS. THE CLIMB IS SLOW AND DETERMINED, LEADING TO STELLA POINT (5,730 M), WHERE THE FIRST RAYS OF SUNLIGHT PAINT THE HORIZON IN GOLD. A LAST PUSH BRINGS YOU TO UHURU PEAK (5,895 M), THE HIGHEST POINT IN AFRICA. STANDING AT THE ROOFTOP OF THE CONTINENT IS A MOMENT OF PURE TRIUMPH. AFTER CELEBRATION AND PHOTOS, DESCEND BACK THROUGH THE DIFFERENT LANDSCAPES TO MWEKA CAMP FOR A WELL-EARNED REST. OVERNIGHT IN TENTED CAMP, FB.

DESCEND THROUGH THE FOREST TRAILS, WHERE BIRDS AND MONKEYS SIGNAL YOUR RETURN TO LOWER ALTITUDES. AT MWEKA GATE, RECEIVE YOUR CERTIFICATE OF ACHIEVEMENT – A SYMBOL OF ENDURANCE AND SUCCESS. TRANSFER TO MOSHI FOR A RELAXING EVENING, A COMFORTABLE BED, AND A CELEBRATORY MEAL. OVERNIGHT IN BOUTIQUE LODGE, HB.

ENJOY A LEISURELY MORNING IN MOSHI OR ARUSHA, REFLECTING ON YOUR JOURNEY TO THE TOP OF AFRICA. TRANSFER TO THE AIRPORT FOR YOUR OUTBOUND FLIGHT, CARRYING WITH YOU MEMORIES OF CHALLENGE, BEAUTY, AND VICTORY.