GPS Waypoints for Kilimanjaro

Kilimanjaro GPS Waypoints are points that you can enter into the memory of your GPS for your Kilimanjaro Climb. The include your stop points which basically translate to your overnight camps/campsites/huts, Kilimanjaro gates and other interesting places along the trail complete with the elevation and position.

https://www.alltrails.com/explore/recording/kilimanjaro-machame-route-to-summit-gps-track?u=m

A good example are the Machame Route waypoints included below for your Kilimanjaro climb, make sure you use the same grid/datum (see your GPS manual).

For more waypoint files the Kilimanjaro routes. You can download and save them to your computer and then uploading them onto your GPS equipment which will outline your trail and overall trip. http://trailblazer-guides.com/waypoint-files/kilimanjaro-africas-highest-mountain.gpx

About the Kilimanjaro waypoints

These Kilimanjaro GPS waypoints were saved in .gdb format using the Mapsource app that comes free of charge with most Garmin units. For those using MacBooks or iMacs from apple, it is unfortunate as they will not be able to make use of this file type.

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We also have a .kmz file of his Machame climb, get it here. This will open automatically in Google Earth if you have it installed (if not, get it here). You can see the Kilimanjaro route visually.

Grid	Lat/Lon hddd mm.mmm’
Datum	WGS 84

Header	Name	Position	Altitude (From the GPS, not accurate)

Machame Route to Rau Gate, Kilimanjaro
			(not accurate)
Header	Name	Position	Altitude
Waypoint	MACHAME START	S3 10.406 E37 14.338	5718 ft
Waypoint	MACHAME HUT	S3 05.721 E37 15.975	9927 ft
Waypoint	LNCH1	S3 04.781 E37 16.943	11891 ft
Waypoint	SHIRA CAMP	S3 04.028 E37 16.576	12355 ft
Waypoint	LNCH2	S3 04.103 E37 19.046	14781 ft
Waypoint	BARRANCO CAMP	S3 05.741 E37 19.777	13066 ft
Waypoint	LNCH3	S3 06.655 E37 21.165	12940 ft
Waypoint	BARAFU CAMP	S3 05.956 E37 22.690	15239 ft
Waypoint	RIM	S3 04.682 E37 21.759	18471 ft
Waypoint	KILIMANJARO SUMMIT	S3 04.585 E37 21.240	19098 ft
Waypoint	RAU CAMP	S3 10.025 E37 24.909	10650 ft
Waypoint	RAU GATE	S3 17.195 E37 25.885	5688 ft

Breach Route variations
Waypoint	Lava Tower	S3 04.075 E37 19.650	15212 ft
Waypoint	Arrrow Glacier Camp	S3 04.344 E37 20.177	15971 ft
Waypoint	Upper Barafu Camp Site	S3 05.560 E37 22.594	16051 ft

Descent to Mweka
Waypoint	Mweka Upper Hut	S3 07.918 E37 22.339	12599 ft
Waypoint	Mweka Hut	S3 09.383 E37 22.027	10204 ft
Waypoint	Mweka Gate	S3 13.176 E37 20.479	5423 ft

Distances and course Machame route

Header	Name	Length	Course	Waypoints

Route	MACHAME START to RAU GATE	35.5 mi	120� true	14 waypoints
Header	Waypoint Name	Distance	Leg Length	Course

Route Waypoint	MACHAME START	0 ft
Route Waypoint	MACHAME HUT	5.7 mi	5.7 mi	19 true
Route Waypoint	LUNCH2	7.3 mi	1.6 mi	46 true
Route Waypoint	SHIRA CAMP	8.2 mi	1.0 mi	334 true
Route Waypoint	LUNCH3	11.1 mi	2.8 mi	92 true
Route Waypoint	BARRANCO CAMP	13.2 mi	2.1 mi	156 true
Route Waypoint	LUNCH4	15.1 mi	1.9 mi	123 true
Route Waypoint	BARAFU CAMP	17.0 mi	1.9 mi	65 true
Route Waypoint	RIM	18.8 mi	1.8 mi	324 true
Route Waypoint	KILIMANJARO SUMMIT	19.4 mi	0.6 mi	281 true
Route Waypoint	RIM	20.0 mi	0.6 mi	101 true
Route Waypoint	BARAFU CAMP	21.8 mi	1.8 mi	144 true
Route Waypoint	RAU CAMP	27.2 mi	5.3 mi	151 true
Route Waypoint	RAU GATE	35.5 mi	8.3 mi	172 true