The Machame route is one of the most popular routes up the mountain.
You will traverse the southwestern face of the mountain, starting in the rainforest and into the moorland zone onto the Shira Plateau. The terrain continues to change as you leave the moorland zone onto scree en route to the highest point of the crater, Uhuru Peak. Machame is considered one of the better routes for acclimatization as it follows the mountaineering code of hiking high and sleeping low.