Elevation: 1.800m to 3.000m –Distance 11 km –Trekking-Time 6 hours –Rainforest At 9am you will be met by the rest of our guides and porters. Following a final cross-check of equipment and supplies, our staff will drive you to the Machame Gate. Anything you do not want to take with you on the mountain can be left at a lock-up in the hotel. Once at the gate, you will be given a packed lunch and after registration with the Kilimanjaro Park office, your climb will begin with ascending into the rainforest. During the day at about halfway up, we will have a break and you can enjoy your packed lunch. We will reach Machame Camp in the late afternoon. After your arrival and registration at Machame Camp, you will be taken to your camp and tent which has already been set up by the porters who ran ahead, where you will be greeted with boiled drinking water and hot washing water. Once you have freshened up and settled in, a hot dinner will be served in the mess-tent.