This is the steepest route up or down Kilimanjaro, thus those few people who use this route do use this route to descend rather than ascending. The route also offers scenery. Umbwe route is usually recommended for descending only. Hardly anyone climbs it. It is extremely steep and offers incredible views of Kibo, the Great Western Breach (a huge stone mass protruding from Kibo) and the Baranco.
This route is usually done in 5 or 6 days but 7 or 8 are recommended. 7 DAYS /6 NIGHTS
Day 1:
Arrive at Kilimanjaro International Airport, transfer to the hotel in Moshi
Day 2:
Breakfast, leave for Umbwe route. We will pass through banana and coffee plantations (4600 ft) on the way to Umbwe. Lunch and Dinner will be served at Bivouac (9300 ft) or Bivouac II (12,600 ft).
Day 3:
Breakfast, leave the camp for Baranco camp. On the way we pass through heather and open moorlands. Lunch and Dinner will be served
Day 4 :
From Baranco camp, we can go west to Lava tower hut and the summit via the Great Western Breach and Arrow Glacier camp.
Day 5:
Wake up at midnight for a last ascending moment to the summit via Kibo crater and on to Uhuru Peak. Thereafter, we can descend the same trail or Mweka route. Breakfast, dinner and lunch will be served.
Day 6:
Breakfast, prepared for the town tour till lunch hours, back to the hotel for the departure preparation.
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Moshi, Tanzania