Kilimanjaro Climbing - Lemosho route

Day 1: From your hotel in Moshi to Londorosi gate to Big tree campsite

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   4h · Admission ticket included
   Moshi to Londorosi gate to Big tree campsite.
   Elevation: 1,200 m to 1,950 m to 2,850 m
   Distance: 9 km/ starting point to Big tree campsite.
   Hiking Time: 3-4 hours
   Habitat: Montane Forest
   We will pick you up from your hotel and transport you to Londorosi gate for registration. After completing the necessary registration formalities at Londorossi National Park gate, we drive through varied farmland with open views over the plains to reach the Lemosho trailhead. We often have our lunch in the glades before starting to walk. It is an easy day of walking up a small path through the beautiful and lush forest.

Day 2: Big tree campsite to Shira one campsite

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   6h · Admission ticket included
   Big tree campsite to Shira one campsite
   Elevation(m): 2850m to 3500m
   Distance: 13km
   Hiking time: 6-7 hours
   Habitat: Moorland and heather land
   
   This is an acclimatization trek because you will gain over 650m by starting walking across a beautiful valley outside Shira caldera rim (3600m). After few hours you will reach into Shira caldera. A high-altitude desert, Shira is the one among the three peaks which erupted in Kilimanjaro ecosystem. The peak ltaer collapsed and formed a crater which eventually became filled with the lava flow from Kibo peak. Its rim is eroded and blasted away by weather and volcanic action. Camp and overnight at 3500m elevation at the Shira one campsite.

Day 3: Shira one campsite to Shira two campsite

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   4h · Admission ticket included
   Shira one campsite to Shira two campsite
   Elevation: 3500m to 3800m
   Distance: 7km
   Hiking time: 4-5 hours
   Habitat: Moorland and rocky
   
   This day you will trek to east across Shira plateau visiting (Cathedral peak 3850m)for acclimatization. Reaching at this peak you will find spectacular views of Mt. Meru and Kibo Peak. We then continue trekking to Shira two camp where we will stay for dinner and overnight place.

Day 4: Shira two campsite to Barranco campsite

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   6h · Admission ticket included
   Shira two campsite to Barranco campsite
   Elevation: 3800m to 3950m
   Distance: 13km
   Hiking time: 6-7 hours
   Habitat: Moorland
   This is long acclimatization day. You will have an early breakfast then trek east to a junction leading to Lava tower rock 4600m for acclimatization. Afterwards, you will descend down to Barranco campsite for dinner and overnight.

Day 5: Barranco campsite to Karanga campsite

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   4h · Admission ticket included
   Barranco campsite to Karanga campsite
   Elevation: 3950m to 3900m
   Distance: 6 km
   Hiking time: 3-4 hours
   Habitat: Moorland
   Today is short day of trekking. In the morning you will start climbing Barranco wall and reach 4200m for acclimatization and continue crossing ridges and valleys to Karanga campsite for hot lunch. After lunch you will have a bit of rest and get another acclimatization of trekking up the scree slopes towards the Southern ice field. You will then return to the camp for dinner and overnight.

Day 6: Karanga campsite to Barafu campsite

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   3h · Admission ticket included
   Karanga campsite to Barafu campsite
   Elevation: 3900m to 4620m
   Distance: 8 km
   Hiking time: 3-4 hours
   Habitat: Alpine Desert
   Today the trek up to the Barafu ridge campsite is difficult because of altitude. The walk take few hours because of short distance but is steep which required a slow pace to avoid fatigue. You will walk across an alpine desert with strong, cold winds blowing down from Kibo peak and its glaciers. You will have an early dinner at 1700hrs then rest until midnight when we you commence your push for the summit.

Day 7: Barafu hut campsite to Uhuru peak to Mweka hut campsite

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   11h · Admission ticket included
   Elevation: 4620m to 5895m to 3100m
   Distance: 15km
   Hiking time: 10 - 12 hours
   Habitat: Desert and ice
   Wake at midnight to a light breakfast and then prepare for your summit ascent. The goal is to climb before dawn so that you can reach Uhuru Peak shortly before or after sunrise. Departure for the summit is at 12:00AM. switchback up steep scree or possibly snow, and reach Stella Point on the crater rim (5,861 m/18,640 ft) between 4 and 5 AM. At this point you will be having the views of the fabled crater and its icecaps facing you. Then after 1 hour of hiking along the Kibo crater rim near the celebrated snows takes you to Kilimanjaro true summit, Uhuru Peak here you will spend time for taking photo’s. After your summit activities, you will descend back to the Barafu Huts campsite, for lunch, rest, collect your gear, and continue down through moorland and heath zone to Mweka Huts campsite. Dinner and overnight at Mweka hut campsite.

Day 8: Mweka hut campsite to Mweka gate

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   3h · Admission ticket included
   Mweka hut campsite to Mweka gate
   Elevation: 3100m to 1700m
   Distance: 9km
   Descending time: 3-4 hours
   Habitat: Montane forest
   Today is your last day on the mountain. After breakfast, you will descend down to Mweka park gate walking across Montane forest. This descent will take 3-4 hours. At the gate you will sign out and board the vehicle, ready for the transfer back to your hotel.

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• Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
• Not recommended for pregnant travelers
• Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
• Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness