Day
1: Fly
from the UK to Nairobi. Arrive in the evening and transfer to our hotel
Day
2:
Drive from Nairobi to Mt Kenya NP; then into 4wd vehicles to
Bandas Camp
Day
3:
Start trek on Chogoria route through forest and moorland, camp
at Lake Ellis
Day
4:
6 hour trek up through heather moorland to camp at Lake
Michaelson
Day
5:
Trek into the alpine desert, to reach Simba camp at 4600m
after about 5 hrs
Day
6: 4am start, sunrise at Point Lenana (4985m), descend to Old
Moses campsite
Day
7: Descend to Sirimon park gate, drive to Nairobi (stop at the
equator) to hotel
Day
8: Drive from Nairobi, cross into Tanzania at Namanga, to Arusha
and our hotel
Day
9:
Drive to Kilimanjaro NP, Machame route, 6-8 hr trek, camp at
Machame Huts
Day
10: Trek
onto the Shira Plateau through heather moorland, & camp at
Shira Hut
Day
11:
6-8 hour trek towards Kibo, passing the Lava Tower, to
Barranco campsite
Day
12:
Trek 6-7 hrs to ‘summit base camp’, Barafu; afternoon rest,
& early to bed
Day
13:
Leave camp around 1am to reach Uhuru Peak (5895m) around 8-9
am,
descend to Barafu and then to Mweka campsite: a 14-17
hour day
Day
14: 4hr
trek through the forest to park gate & lunch, drive to
Arusha hotel
Day
15:
Drive to Nairobi, to hotel for dayroom, & then the return
flight that evening
Day
16:
Arrive back in the UK early morning
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