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8 Days Mt Kilimanjaro Climbing Lemosho Route
Lemosho route is the longest and most remote route up Kilimanjaro. The route is an unspoilt and has minimal human traffic. Below is an eight day detailed itinerary.
Day 1: Nairobi – Arusha
Depart Nairobi for Arusha by shuttle bus arriving in time for lunch. The afternoon spent resting and acclimatizing.
Dinner and overnight in an Arusha Hotel.
Day 2: Mti Mkubwa camp (2750m)
After breakfast drive to Londorossi Park Gate (2100m). After park formalities at the gate begin the hike through the
Lemosho Glades where You will have a lunch stop. Afterwards proceed on reaching the Machame camping area late
afternoon, walk to Mti Mkubwa (big tree) campsite, (2750m, 3 hours). Dinner and overnight at the campsite.
Day 3: Shira 2 camp (3840m)
Have an early breakfast and climb an hour or so to the top of the forest and then to the heather moorland zone.
Several streams are crossed. A gentle walk across the plateau leads to Shira camp on moorland meadows next to a
stream (3840m). From this point glaciers are visible. Dinner and overnight at the campsite.
Day 4: Barranco camp (3950m)
The days treck turns east into a semi desert and rocky landscape surrounding Lava Tower, where you reach an altitude
of 4630m after about a 5 hours walk and then to Lava Tower (4630m). After lunch you descent to the Barranco camping area. The descent to Barranco camp takes about 2 hours and offers great opportunities to take some beautiful
photographs of the Western Breach and Breach Wall. Dinner and overnight at the campsite.
Day 5: Barafu camp (4550m)
After breakfast make your way up Great Barranco Wall which is below the Heim GlacierAt this point rhe sceneries are
beautiful. Heads down through the Karanga Valley over intervening ridges and valleys, and then joins up with the
Mweka route and continue to Barafu Hut. Dinner and overnight at the campsite.
Day 6: Summit Attempt
Wake up around midnight and have a cup of tea and some biscuits and ascend through heavy scree towards Stella
Point on the crater rim. Proceed on to uhuru peak reaching the peak as the sun risesAfter taking some pictures start the descend back to Barafu camp for breakfast and then descend again to Mweka hut (3100m). Dinner and overnight at the campsite.
Day 7: Mweka camp (3100m) - Mweka Gate (1980m)
After an early breakfast, descend to mweka gate which will take about three hours. After ksighning in at the gate you
will receive the summit certificates. From the Mweka Gate you will continue down into the Mweka village, normally a
muddy 3 km (1 hour) hike. In the Mweka village you will have lunch and later drive back to Moshi dinner and Overnight
in a hotel.
Day 8: Departure
After breakfast, leave for Nairobi by morning or afternoon shuttle bus. Transfer to a Nairobi Hotel or Jomo Kenyatta
International Airport for your flight back home.
price include:
Free scheduled bus shuttle Nairobi-Arusha- Moshi-Nairobi.
2 nights accommodations in a mid-class hotel (Bed and Breakfast), before and after the climb.
Accommodation in mountain tents/huts.
Meals (3 meals a day)
All park fees, including mountain rescue fees, and government taxes.
Services of our own trained English-speaking mountain guide, a skilled cook, and porters
Transport from your hotel to the mountain, and back to your hotel.
The price does not include:
-Item of personal nature.
-Tips
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Mount Kilimanjaro
Kilimanjaro, with its three volcanic cones, Kibo, Mawenzi, and Shira, is a dormant volcano in Kilimanjaro National Park, Tanzania and the highest mountain in Africa at 5,895 metres or 19,341 feet above sea level. Kilimanjaro is composed of three distinct volcanic cones: Kibo 5,895 m (19,341 ft); Mawenzi 5,149 m (16,893 ft); and Shira 3,962 m (13,000 ft). Uhuru Peak is the highest summit on Kibo's crater rim.
Above 4,000m, a surreal alpine desert supports little life other than a few hardy mosses and lichen. Then, finally, the last vestigial vegetation gives way to a winter wonderland of ice and snow – and the magnificent beauty of the roof of the continent.
About Kilimanjaro National Park
Size: 1668 sq km 641 sq miles).
Location: Northern Tanzania, near the town of Moshi.
Getting there
128 km (80 miles) from Arusha.
About one hour’s drive from Kilimanjaro airport.
What to do
Six usual trekking routes to the summit and other more-demanding mountaineering routes.
Day or overnight hikes on the Shira plateau. Nature trails on the lower reaches.
Trout fishing.
Visit the beautiful Chala crater lake on the mountain’s southeastern slopes.
When to go
Clearest and warmest conditions from December to February, but also dry (and colder) from July-September.
Accommodation
Huts and campsites on the mountain.
Several hotels and campsites outside the park in the village of Marangu and town of Moshi and Arusha.
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