7 Day Kilimanjaro Machame climb

Our Kilimanjaro trek via the 7-day Machame Route was an unforgettable experience from start to finish. The admission fee for our group of 12 was included in the tour package. The route itself was breathtaking, with incredible scenery that changed every day—from lush rainforest and dramatic valleys to rocky alpine landscapes and the spectacular summit views above the clouds. What truly made the trip exceptional was the professionalism and kindness of the Shah Tour and guides with special mention of Matheyo. The Matheyo and team was organized, supportive, and attentive throughout the hike. Our guides set a steady, comfortable pace, constantly checked on everyone’s wellbeing, and shared valuable encouragement and knowledge about the mountain. Their experience and calm leadership gave us confidence, especially on the more challenging summit night. The porters and camp crew also deserve enormous appreciation. They worked incredibly hard to make sure we were comfortable, well fed, and prepared each day. The meals were delicious and surprisingly varied for a mountain trek, and the camps were always ready when we arrived. Reaching Uhuru Peak was one of the proudest moments of our lives, and we could not have done it without this amazing team. We highly recommend this company to anyone planning to climb Kilimanjaro on the Machame Route. Their care, expertise, and genuine commitment to their guests made this adventure truly special.

I climbed Mount Kilimanjaro with Joker as the main tour operator and Shah Tours as the local partner. It was truly an unforgettable experience, thanks to the amazing team that supported us throughout the entire trek. Our head guide, Calvin, and our second guide, August, were both incredibly experienced, professional, and motivating. Their knowledge and guidance made me feel safe and confident every step of the way. They did everything they could to help us reach the summit safely and successfully. The entire crew, including the porters and cooks, was outstanding. After seven days together on the mountain, they felt like a second family. Their kindness, encouragement, and dedication made this challenging adventure even more special and memorable. I highly recommend Joker and Shah Tours to anyone planning to climb Mount Kilimanjaro. Thank you for an incredible experience—I will never forget it!

We had a great experience!! From emails at home to pickup, hotel,... Shoutout to our guide Mathayo, he's the best. Amazing work by the porters!! So much respect.

I did a hike with Shah tours and it was absolutely incredible, from day 1 to the last day it was nothing short of amazing. We met with our head guide(Noel) at the hotel the day before, he went over everything from top to bottom of how the experience was going to be, he inspected our gears to make sure we were ready. The next day we met other crew members, including the other guide, Richard. All the crew members were very happy and always smiling all the time. Noel and Richard are passionate about their work and very knowledgeable mountain guides I have ever met. We did a Machame route and since day one you could always tell that we were going to have the best trip throughout. Noel was the informative one, who always explained to us about the routes and how everything is being done at the camp. Richard even though he was sometimes informative one but he was the one who had a good sense of humor, story telling about the chaga and masai tribal wars. Plus he was the honest and a straight forward kinda guy, always tells the real truth no matter how hard it was to hear about it. Noel was a diplomatice guide who always motivates you but doesn't want us(Me and other solo hike who joined the trip) to worry about what comes ahead. Richard was straight forward and always told us what was ahead, what to expect and how to go about it for us to be able to get to the top without any problems. Richard also has a very good english compared to other guides on the mountain including Noel. He is the only Tanzanian person I met on the mountain whom could answer the question and you would get what he is saying straight away compared to other people where you would have to listen careful or ask them to repeat so you can grasp what they are saying. He is the only person whom you can have a conversation and not worrying about explaining it twice since he listens and always understands. So in general both guides were incredible in there on way. The summit night, I didn't have a lot of strength to keep up with my fellow solo hiker, so Richard immediately suggested that we split, that Noel stays with me and he can go ahead with the other hiker, reason behind is every person adapts on their way, and if we limit somebody's pace then at the end they might be affected more and not be able to get to the summit. I agree and it was a good thing since the pressure to keep up with the other hiker dropped and I managed to focus on my breathing, which at the end of the day we both got to the summit, thanks to Richard for the suggestion and for Noel staying by me and setting up a good pace. The food was incredible throughout and always tasty, too bad we were always full and sometimes no appetite at all. Thank you Shah tours for organizing this incredible trip and thank you Richard for the fun moments, incredible conversations and good sense of humor, Noel thank you for setting a good pace for me on the summit night, the chef for the food and the whole crew for carrying all the luggages and managing everything at the camp. When you climb Kilimanjaro with Shah tours, don't forget to ask for Richard, a very good dude you will ever encounter. PS: Richard thank you for the safari hat gift you gave me after the trip on last day.

Amazing experience I have ever experience on the mountain. I met with Richard, my guide a day before the trip, who you can tell is a wonderful, amazing and considerate guy, could ask for more. Since I just finished my business meetings in Arusha and just arrived in Moshi, I needed some rest, and Richard immediately realized that. He did explain the most important details of the trek and inspected my gears real quick and gave me some time to recuperate before my big adventure. The next day, the entire team arrived at the lodge on time, ready for the trip of my life. Richard is so passion by his job and you can tell on how he explains the mountain, culture and the way of life in Tanzania, a true ambassador guide I can say. The overall trekking experience was amazing, the team and how they interacted with each other was wonderful. Richard as their leader, communicated with them smoothly and every was a 10 star experience. Sometimes leaders don't interact with their team members, but how Richard was helping in small matter and the happiness that was always around this team you could always see it around the kitchen tent, was amazing. The food was always there, I don't know why I didn't gain some weight especially to the fact that I was over fed at all times. The information from Richard was clearly and I did like the fact that he was direct and always tells me the truth no matter how hard the answer may be and that motivated me in some way. He clearly knows what he is doing and very good english compared to other guides from different companies, He is someone you can always talk to, and not worrying that he may not understand or have to rephrase it to make it easy for me, which was what other clients were experiencing most of the times and hard to repeat now and then. Couldn't ask for a better guide. I was thinking of skipping a camp on day 4 and head straight to the base camp, since I was feeling energetic, but Richard advised against it, and I was truly happy later on after getting to the base camp the next day and didn't manage to get some sleep, and the summit night was one of the very challenging things I have ever done. If I had forced and skip the camp, I am not sure if I could have made it to the summit, thanks Richard. After the summit, on the way down I decided I can go all the way out and fly the same day. Richard is really a hero, he managed to find a good connection now and then just for me to be able to change my flight, he managed to talked to the office last minute for them to organize everything and take me to the airport. Thanks to Shah tours for their prompt response and organization, I managed to fly out the same day without any problems at all. The whole Kilimanjaro team whom were comfortable and willing to carry all the luggages from the base camp to the gate are one among the amazing human beings I have ever met. So once again thank you Shah tours, Kilimanjaro team and most importantly to Richard for all he did to make sure I was safe throughout this trek. Best guide you will ever encounter and ask for him whenever you are hiking with Shah tours.

Beautiful trip. I didn't know the tour operator and I must say that I was very happy with the way the trekking was organized and not only. Shah Tour accompanied me from the moment I arrived at the airport to the moment I left. The trekking was exceptional, the Guides very prepared and very attentive both from a technical and organizational point of view. The porters all polite helpful and very courteous. The cook cooked for a week without us eating , never the same thing despite being in the mountains and having few resources available. The large tents comfortable and clean. I would recommend everyone to travel with Shah Tours.

We cannot recommend Shah tours enough! We did this 7-days hike as part of our honeymoon. They gave us the best experience in the mountain and did everything to help us get to the summit. They added little stops on different days and more than once other walkers said we were given the VIP treatment in the mountain. On summit day, I struggled with altitude and they were ready to help and even to descend - I learnt a new technique thanks to them. Also, the crew was genuinely pleased to see us doing so well on the walk and they always had a smile to share, which gave the campsite a motivating atmosphere - and they were better equipped than other porters. They were helpful even from before starting the hike, as I had a family emergency and had to move the trip at the very last minute. If you want a great experience going up Kilimanjaro, we highly recommend you to book with them without a doubt.

The trek to Uhuru peak via Machame Route was an unforgettable experience. The crew that accompanied us was extraordinarily great. Our mountain guides Noel and Richard were very empathetic and patient, answering all our questions, preparing us well by giving short briefings every night and motivating us especially throughout harder parts of the trek. They were super caring always asking for our wellbeing and checking on our health regularly (oxygen etc.). We felt very save at all times. They were clearly professional and experienced and their passion for both nature and the hiking/climbing itself was contagious. They put so much effort into planning the daily hikes and especially the summit night, considering our individual abilities and needs, making it a special and enjoyable experience for everyone. Thank you so much! Our chef David was very cordial and cooked 5-star meals in the little kitchen tent, taking into account personal dietary restrictions and preferences, providing surprisingly much fresh and healthy food. Joell served the food graciously and always made sure we had everything we needed and more. He was extraordinarily friendly and effortlessly created a very welcoming atmosphere and even communicated with us in our mother tongue (German). Also the other porters, Matthew, Ladislaus, Said, James, James, Geoffrey, Deus, Maiko and Pascal were super hardworking, helpful and always friendly and full of happiness, spreading so much joy and thereby contributing to the wonderful atmosphere in camp. Thank you to every single one of them! The communication with Shah Tours went very smoothly. They thoroughly answered all the questions that arouse beforehand and actively asked for feedback both written and personally afterwards. They were very open to both positive and negative critique, of which I had very little, my only advice being to revise the packing list provided in advance. All in all it was a unique and special adventure, that I enjoyed greatly. So many unforgettable memories were created throughout the 7 days of the trek. The amazing crew made every day almost as special and pleasant as the outstanding and impressive moment of reaching Uhuru peak. Asante sana!

I went with Shah Tours for my first ever solo adventure in which I climbed Mount Kilimanjaro and it was easily an adventure of a lifetime! Not only did Shah Tours get me to the top, they made me not want to leave Tanzania at all! Our wonderful guides Calvin, Augustin, and Anania brought my summit group to the top, kept us feeling unstoppable and inspired all the way, and went out of their way to make us feel like family. I learned so much from them about the mountain and the local culture! It made the adventure incredibly immersive and worth every millisecond. Along with our guides, our wonderful crew made the experience a beautiful memory I swear never to forget! Every moment spent alongside them made me feel welcome not only to the mountain, but to being a member of the team. To put it simply: Wonderful guides, a lovely crew, fantastic food, and a hell of an adventure! Next time I am exploring Tanzania, I'm doing it with Shah Tours!

A bucket list trip ticked off with Shah Tours. We were taken care of from the moment we landed with transfers and accommodation at the beautiful Chanya lodge where we fuelled up and rested before and after our trek. We completed the Machame 7-day trek. The trek itself was incredible yet challenging and no doubt rewarding - the views on Mount Kilimanjaro were like no other and I will never forget the most beautiful sunrise we saw on our way to summit. We couldn't have done it without the amazing crew that supported us every step of the way and kept the vibes up even when things got tough. The guides were very knowledgeable, the porters showed remarkable strength and our chef Kelvin was super! Being vegetarian we were nervous about what we would eat but we were blown away at every meal. Thank you Shah Tours!

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