Kilimanjaro Machame Route: 7-Day Acclimatization Trek to Uhuru Peak

The low clouds lift above Moshi as your minibus threads the tea farms toward the Machame Gate—green rows giving way to a steep ribbon of road and the rainforest throat of Kilimanjaro. Porters in bright shirts move with practiced urgency, rigging tents and laying out hot water; the smell of wet earth and eucalyptus presses close. The first day’s climb takes you through a living cathedral of moss and fern, the mountain itself daring you higher as you switchback out of the canopy toward the sharp, dusty silhouette of Shira Plateau.