6 DAYS KILIMANJARO CLIMBING VIA UMBWE ROUTE.
Umbwe route is a challenging route of Mount Kilimanjaro with the fast ascend to high altitude. The route does not provide necessary acclimatization’s .it is very difficult to success in hiking Kilimanjaro mountain-the roof of Africa. This route needs strong hikers who are quickly acclimatize to altitude. It is located in southern part of Kilimanjaro Mountain, it is short, steeper and direct climb. Mweka route is used as descending route from the top of Mount Kilimanjaro (Uhuru peak 5895)
Day 0: Arrive in Tanzania
After arriving at Kilimanjaro International Airport, you will be picked with our tour guide the hotel in Moshi town. You will meet with our professional and skilled mountain guides for briefing of the whole hiking safari and all necessary equipment for summiting to the top of mountain Kilimanjaro via Umbwe route. The missing gears can be rented in this day.

Day 1: Umbwe Gate to Umbwe Camp
Elevation (ft): 5,249 ft to 9,514 ft
Distance: 11 km
Hiking Time: 5-7 hours
Habitat: Rain Forest
After wake up you will have a breakfast early in the morning, mountain guides they will pick you from the hotel and transferring you to Umbwe gate where you will finish up registration and issuing the permit for hiking Mount Kilimanjaro with all necessary summit gears. You will start ascending to Umbwe camp via dense forest on a steeper slope and mud path. There you can get lunch, dinner and resting overnight.

Day 2: Umbwe Camp to Barranco Camp
Elevation (ft): 9,514 ft to 13,044 ft
Distance: 6 km
Hiking Time: 4-5 hours
Habitat: Heath
After wake up you will have breakfast early in the morning then you will start ascending with tour guides into the heath zone where you will experience quickly changes to sparse vegetation’s, rocky outcrops and giant heathers. Then you will continue climb to Barranco valley, between with there is narrow ridge. Barranco valley offer great view of Kibo peak and Moshi town, you will take a lunch, dinner and resting overnight.

Day 3: Barranco Camp to Karanga Camp
Elevation (ft): 13,044 ft to 13,106 ft
Distance: 5 km 
Hiking Time: 4-5 hours
Habitat: Alpine Desert
After wake up at Barranco camp you will have breakfast then you will continue climb the amazing volcanic rock of about 1200ft barranco wall. After reaching upward you will enjoy ore fantastic view of barafu and Mountain meru. Then you will continue pass cross ridge and valley to Karanga valley camp site. It will be short day for acclimatization.

Day 4: Karanga Camp to Barafu Camp
Elevation (ft): 13,106 ft to 15,331 ft
Distance: 4 km
Hiking Time: 4-5 hours
Habitat: Alpine Desert
After wake up at Karanga campsite you will have breakfast you leave Karanga camp site and hit the junction which connect the Mweka Trail and continue hiking up to Barafu campsite where you can have lunch, dinner, resting , also this cite offer good views of difference angles . at this point you real need to prepare yourself for summiting at Uhuru peak through preparing necessary requirements like warm clothes to protect yu from coldest condition, wind break clothes due to strong wind, head touch because hiking start during the mid-night. 

Day 5: Barafu Camp to Uhuru Point to Mweka Hut
Elevation (ft): 15,331 ft to 19,341 ft to 10,065 ft
Distance: 17 km
Hiking Time: 11-14 hours
Habitat: Arctic
During a mid-night you will be awaked with our professional mountain guides and get ready for summit, you will head in the northern west direction and ascending through heavy screw towards Stella point on the crater rim. At Stella point you will stop for few minutes for resting and continue hiking to Uhuru peak. At Uhuru peak you will spend short time for taking photos, good views and wonderfully observation of different parts of Africa continent.  There after you will start descending from Uhuru peak vie Mweka route to Mweka hut campsite
                                   
Day 6: Mweka Camp to Moshi
Elevation (ft): 10,065 ft to 5,380 ft
Distance: 10 km
Hiking Time: 3-4 hours
Habitat: Rain Forest
After breakfast you will continue descending down to Mweka gate to receive your summit cirticificate. You will experience change of elevation with wet and muddy, due to this situation hiking stick will help to make you stable our travel agency will travel you from Mweka gate back to the best hotel in Moshi for enjoyable meals, resting and overnight.
Day of departure: Transfer to the Kilimanjaro Airport.

 Our package includes the following.

• Park fees,
• Camp fees
• Rescue fees
• Transportation to & from the mountain gate
• Professional mountain guides, cooks and porters
• 3 meals daily while on the mountain

Our package includes the following

• Both National and International flights
• Medical insurance
• Tips to mountain crew
• Items of a personal nature

Tanzania is the best Tourism destination in Africa possessing variety of attractions especially natural attractions such as wildlife resources in various protected areas and different geological features like Kilimanjaro Mountain which is the highest mountain in Africa. Winners Expeditions is one of the  tourist company which tend to offer successfully services to all visitors. So you are most welcome to visit Tanzania with Winners Expeditions.