Day 1 – Machame Gate (1830 m/6000 ft) –

Machame Huts (3030 m/9940 ft)

Walking distance: 5.5 km/3.5 miles
Walking time: 5-7 hours
Altitude gain: 1200 m/3940 ft

First step before my big adventure was to get a big breakfast, my last good coffee and pack all my stuff….

 

 

The first day on Kilimanjaro starts with the transfer from the hotel to the village of Machame and the Machame gate. The drive from Moshi takes about 50 minutes. After a short drive to our gate and a few hours wait.

 

After cheek in I was more than ready to climb Kilimanjaro – Machame route bring it on!!

The Machame route is considered the most scenic route up Kilimanjaro. The rainforest isn’t called rainforest for nothing. This side of the mountain sees a lot of rain, and this climate zone gets 96% of all rain on Kilimanjaro! 

The first few kilometres you are following a four wheel drive track, but that soon becomes a neat, wide footpath.

The forest is beautiful, a real fairytale forest, lush and deep and green, if misty… (that’s why it’s also called “cloud forest”. It’s always in the clouds.)

My guide and assistant guide! Check out my crew here. 

I didn’t take to many photos the first day, I was all in to my trekking and talking to my guides!!

My little shower in the camp! 

I made it through my first day! AWESOME!!

Here is our living room, They treaded us like princesses! 

We got so much food! First snacks, then soup, then fish and potatoes and dessert with coffee and  hot chocolate.

Way to much food! But it was much better then I ever could expected!!

Good night!