All Pristine Trails guides have extensive climbing experience, each trekking at least 20 times per year over many years.
Lead guides are all Wilderness First Responder certified, the highest level of Western industry first aid training available to mountain guides, making them exceedingly skilled in handling emergencies, with a focus on treating and preventing acute mountain sickness caused by the increase in altitude as you hike to the summit. During each low season, we invest in re-certification and extra training in additional health, safety and group management principles.
Upgrade to a large walk-in tent, with sleeping cots, bringing you off the ground for a more comfortable sleep.
Kilimanjaro Wonders Hotel is one of the first truly 4-star boutique hotels in Moshi which provides great ambience and facilities. Located 4 km from the town of Moshi, 45 km from Kilimanjaro National Park and 40 km from the Kilimanjaro International Airport, Kilimanjaro Wonders Hotel is ideally located for all those who visit Moshi town for adventure seeking or for business travel.
Meals: Breakfast
The first section of the route climbs steadily and involves real jungle-bashing through magnificent forest. This path is less well-trodden and is often wet and muddy underfoot. Upon reaching the Machame Hut camp, you will settle in for your first night on the mountain and enjoy some hot tea and snacks before dinner.
Trekking Time: 4-6 hours | Distance: 10.75 km / 6.7 mi | Altitude Change: +1210 m / +3,969 ft
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
The route continues on up through the forest until reaching the steep ascent on the Shira Plateau, where there are rewarding views of the mountain. Looking back, you will be able to see Mt. Meru rising high above Arusha town.
Trekking Time: 4-6 hours | Distance: 5 km / 3.1 mi | Altitude Change: +818 m / +2,684 ft
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Walking now on high moorland, the landscape changes the entire character of the trek. Traverse the southwest side of Kilimanjaro, passing underneath the Lava Tower and the final section of the Western Breach to reach Barranco camp. The day has been spent at altitude, but you will have followed the mountaineering code of ‘walk high, sleep low’ to avoid altitude sickness by aiding your bodies in acclimatization.
Trekking Time: 6-7 hours | Distance: 10.2 km / 6.3 mi | Altitude Change: +788 m / +2,585 ft; -641 m / -2,103 ft
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Start the day by descending into the start of the Great Barranco, a huge ravine. Then exit steeply, up what has been termed the Breakfast Wall, which divides you from the southeastern slopes of Kibo. It is a climb over rocks, although not technical. Passing underneath the Heim and Kersten glaciers, head towards the Karanga Valley for overnight.
Trekking Time: 4-5 hours | Distance: 5 km / 3.1 mi | Altitude Change: +48 m / +158 ft
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
The day is characterized by a short hike on terrain formed by scree. Walk through arid, lunar land towards Barafu Camp where you have the entire afternoon to rest before your assault on the summit begins at midnight.
Trekking Time: 2-4 hours | Distance: 3.5 km / 2.2 mi | Altitude Change: +628 m / +2,060 ft
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
We avoid walking too long in the heat of the sun today by starting around midnight, walking steeply upwards to the summit glaciers. You will be climbing scree for 5 to 6 hours but you gain incredible height over a short distance. The views are spectacular. You should be on the crater rim at Stella Point as the first rays of the sun emerge. Spectacular ice cliffs within the crater surround you and the views to Mawenzi peak and beyond are breathtaking. Another hour’s walk takes you to your goal, the summit of Uhuru, the highest point in Africa. You made it!
Trekking Time: 6-8 hours | Distance: 5 km / 3.1 mi | Altitude Change: +1233 m / +4,046 ft
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
After a quick celebration and photos at the top, you will begin the descent by returning to Stella Point and then descending on scree slope back to Barafu Camp for breakfast and a short rest before finally heading down to Mweka Hut for a well-earned rest. On the descent, you will have fabulous views of the plains and Mawenzi peak.
Trekking Time: 6-8 hours | Distance: 11.5 km / 7.1 mi | Altitude Change: -2789 m / -9,151 ft
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
A gentle trek takes you down through the rainforest to the Mweka Gate, where park formalities will be completed and you will be met by our vehicles to return you to the Pristine Trails office.
Trekking Time: 2-4 hours | Distance: 9 km / 5.6 mi | Altitude Change: -1473 m / -4,832 ft
Meals: Breakfast
Kilimanjaro Wonders Hotel is one of the first truly 4-star boutique hotels in Moshi which provides great ambience and facilities. Located 4 km from the town of Moshi, 45 km from Kilimanjaro National Park and 40 km from the Kilimanjaro International Airport, Kilimanjaro Wonders Hotel is ideally located for all those who visit Moshi town for adventure seeking or for business travel.
Meals: Breakfast
Kilimanjaro Region, Tanzania 
