Game Searchers Safaris

SHIRA ROUTE 8 DAYS & 7 NIGHTS (6 DAYS ON TREK)

Day 1 :You arrive at your hotel. Dinner and overnight stay. Day 2 :Transfer from your hotel to the Kilimanjaro National Park Gate at Londorossi. Commence trek. Overnight at campsite in forest (9,000ft/2800m). Day 3 :From here you pass through forest and then across the grassy moorland of the Shira Plateau to reach Shira Hut. (12,500ft/3800m). Stay/Camp overnight. Day 4 :You turn eastwards and continue ascending through the dry landscape before dropping again to reach Barranco Hut (13,000ft/3900m). Stay/Camp overnight Day 5 :The path climbs steeply out of the Barranco Valley, crosses the Karanga Valley , then turns north to reach Barafu Hut (15,500ft/4600m). Stay/Camp overnight Day 6 :A long day and and early start to reach the crater rim at Stella Point in time for sunrise. Then to Uhuru Peak (19,340ft/5896m), the highest point in Africa . Afterward descend to Mweka hut. Stay overnight Day 7 :Descend to the Mweka gate, from where you are transferred back to your hotel. Dinner and overnight stay.