10 Days Lemosho Route climbing Kilimanjaro

Day 1 : Airport Transfer to the Hotel in Moshi

You will be picked up from Kilimanjaro Airport by Taste Of Afrika Safaris Guide and drive to your Accommodation in Moshi town. We will gather in the evening for a pre–climbing briefing and climbing equipment check. We will also confirm that you have the appropriate mandatory medical coverage and travel insurance as well.

Lemosho Mti Mbubwa Camp

Morning transfer to the west of Mount Kilimanjaro, after completing the necessary registration formalities at Londorossi National Park Gate, we will drive through varied farmland with open views over the plains to reach the Lemosho Route road head. We often have our lunch in the glades before starting to walk. It is an easy day of walking up a small path through beautiful and lush forest. This area has a variety of wildlife including African Buffalo. Stay overnight at Mti Mkubwa Campsite (8,700 ft). It takes about 2–3 hours walk.

Day 3 Shira One Camp

After breakfast, we soon leave the forest behind and enter the moorland zone of Giant Heather. The trail climbs steadily with wide views to reach the rim of the Shira Plateau. There tangible sense of the wilderness especially if afternoon mists come in. You will camp in the center of the plateau at Shira One Campsite (11,000ft). It takes about 6 to 7 hours walk.

Day 4 Shira Two Camp

After breakfast, proceed with an easy day to help acclimatization and to explore the volcanic rock formations of Shira Plateau. We walk to the summit of Shira Cathedral before reaching the next camp of Shira Hut (12,600 ft). This campsite has stunning views close to the glaciated dome of Kibo and the jagged rim of the Shira Plateau. The views from here of Mount floating on the clouds are simply unforgettable. It takes about 4 to 5hours walk.

Day 5 Barranco Camp

After breakfast, you will start with a morning of gentle ascent and panoramic views, leaving the moorland plateau behind to walk on lava ridges beneath the glaciers of the Western Breach. After lunch near the Lava Tower (14,900 ft), we descent the bottom of the Barranco Valley to campsite at Barranco Camp (12,790 ft), sheltered by towering cliffs and with extensive views of the plains far below. It takes about 7 to 9 hours walk

Day 6 Karanga Valley Camp

A steep climbing up the Barranco Wall leads us to an undulating trail on the south–eastern flank of Kibo with superb vistas of the Southern Ice fields. The terrain changes to scree

with pockets of lush vegetation in sheltered hollows and there is only a short distance to Karanga Campsite (13,100 ft), the last water point on the way to the Kilimanjaro summit. It takes 4 to 5 hours walk.

Day 7 Barafu Camp

After breakfast, we follow an easy path on compacted scree with wide views that gains altitude unrelentingly to reach Barafu Hut (14,800 ft) for lunch. There is a short acclimatization walk to the plateau at the bottom of the southern valley. The remainder of the day is spent resting in preparation for the early morning final ascent. It takes about 3–5 hours walk.

Day 8 Uhuru Peak to Mweka Camp

Wake up and then start our ascent by tonight around 1:00am so that we can be up on the crater rim by sunrise. The steep climb over loose volcanic scree has some well-graded zig-zags and a slow but steady pace will take us to Stella Point (18,800 ft), in about five or six hours. We will rest at Uhuru Peak for a short time in order to enjoy the sunrise over Mawenzi Peak. For those who are still feeling strong can make the two hours round trip from here along the crater rim to Uhuru Peak (19,345 ft), passing close to the spectacular glaciers and ice cliffs that still occupy most of the summit area. The descent to Barafu Camp is surprisingly fast and after some refreshment, we continue to descent to reach our final campsite, Mweka Camp (12,500 ft). it takes about 11 to15 hours walk.

Day 9 Mweka Gate and the Drive Back to Moshi

After breakfast, proceed with a sustained descend on a well-constructed path takes us through a lovely tropical forest alive with birdsong and boasting lush undergrowth with considerable botanical interest. Our route winds down to Mweka National Park Gate (5,400 ft) and on through coffee and banana farms to Mweka Village where you will be transferred to Park View Inn or similar hotel for your overnight.

Day 10 Airport Transfer or Depart for the Safari

Our driver from MJ Safaris will bring you to the airport from where you will take your flight back home or for another destinatikon like Zanzibar. If you’ve booked safari with us, we’ll make sure to drop you off at the recommended hotel and we give you the briefing about your safari departure.

This marks the end of our 10 Days Lemosho Route package for climbing Mount Kilimanjaro.