This is probably the most beautiful route up Mount Kilimanjaro. The Machame Route, also referred to as the "Whiskey Route" is more a direct and shorter climb than the others. It is ideal if you only have 6 nights to spend on the mountain. All your equipment and supplies are portered and a cook prepares all your meals. Where accommodation on the Marangu route is in huts, the Machame route offers strictly tents only. This makes Machame better suited to the slightly more adventurous hiker, however rewarding him with a scenic splendor such as not seen on the Marangu route.  The additional day on this route allows more time for acclimatization before the summit day. Kilimanjaro's Machame Route has the advantage that, the summit day goes up and down the same trail allowing each member of the group to climb as high as he or she is able before descending with one of the guides. This eliminates the need to sleep in the summit crater, lessening the total number of nights needed for acclimatization.  Machame/Barafu passes though five different environmental zones from the tropical montaine forests on the lower slopes to the barren scree of the summit. Between Barranco camp, night 4, and Barafu camp, night 6, the route traverses under the huge hanging glaciers of Kili's steep southern flanks. the most scenic area found anywhere on the mountain.   Below please find the itinerary for the Machame Route.