Kilimanjaro Climbing Lemosho Route 8 Days.

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Itinerary

Day 1: Arrive in Tanzania (Kilimanjaro International Airport).

Stop At: Moshi, Moshi, Kilimanjaro Region
Pickup at Kilimanjaro International Airport and transferred to your hotel in Moshi town, afterward your guide will come to brief you about the trek and do an equipment check to make sure you have all the necessary mountain gear. Then overnight and dinner in the hotel.
Duration: 1 hour

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Accommodation included: Overnight at Hotel

Day 2: Lemosho Glades (2385 m) to Mti Mkubwa Camp (2980 m)

Stop At: Lemosho Route, Lemosho Rte, Tanzania
Your day starts early with a breakfast from the hotel, followed by a 2-hour drive from the hotel (910m) to Londorossi Park Gate (2100m). The guides and porters prepare and pack the supplies and your equipment at the park's gate and registration. You will start trekking through the rainforest until completes this day by entering to our first camp where your tent is setup with your personal belongings inside. Overnight at Mti Mkubwa Camp(2980 m).
Duration: 7 hours

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Accommodation included: Overnight at Campsite

Day 3: Mti Mkubwa Camp (2980m) to Shira I Camp (3500 m)

Stop At: Lemosho Route, Lemosho Rte, Tanzania
Approx. hiking time: 4 hours
Distance covered: 7 km
Habitat: Moorland

After breakfast you will start your trek across a plateau of grassy Mooland and heather scattered with volcanic rock formalities. Today some parts of the route are fairly steep and you will have a good view of KIBO and Shira plateau. Then overnight at Shira I Camp (3500 m)

Duration: 4 hours

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Accommodation included: Overnight at Campsite

Day 4: Shira I Camp (3500 m) to Shira II Camp (3900 m).

Stop At: Lemosho Route, Lemosho Rte, Tanzania
Approx. hiking time: 5 hours
Distance covered: 8 km
Habitat: Moorland

Today is one of shortest days and it is not as steep as other days. You will have a chance to view the northern ice fields form the western side of the mountain with some good views of Kibo. You will have hot lunch at the camp and around 4:00 pm you will take some tea followed by an acclimatization walk; then head back to camp for dinner and overnight.

Duration: 5 hours

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Accommodation included: Overnight at Campsite

Day 5: Shira II Camp (3900m) to Barranco Camp (3900 m)

Stop At: Lemosho Route, Lemosho Rte, Tanzania
Approx. hiking time: 6 hours
Distance covered: 10 km
Habitat: alpine desert

The moorlands soon come to an end. The trek will take us into alpine desert up to lava tower (4600 m) before descending to Baranco Camp (3900 m). This descent to Barranco Camp takes about 3 hours and offers great opportunities to take some beautiful photos of the Western Breach and Barranco wall. The campsite is situated in a valley below the Barranco wall which should provide you a memorable sunset while waiting for dinner and overnight at Barranco Camp (3900 m)

Duration: 6 hours

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Accommodation included: Overnight at Baranco Campsite

Day 6: Barranco Camp(3900 m) to Karanga Camp (4000 m)

Stop At: Lemosho Route, Lemosho Rte, Tanzania
Approx. hiking time: 4 hours
Distance covered: 6 km
Habitat: alpine desert

This is another favorite day whereby after breakfast you will leave the campsite, walk up the Baranco wall (4200 m) that ends up at the fort of the Hein glacier. It will take you 4 hours to reach at Karanga Camp (4000 m).

Duration: 6 hours

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Accommodation included: Overnight at Karanga Campsite

Day 7: Karanga Camp (4000 m) to Barafu Camp (4640m)

Stop At: Lemosho Route, Lemosho Rte, Tanzania
Approx. hiking time: 3 hours
Distance covered: 4 km
Habitat: alpine desert

After breakfast you will start hiking to Barafu Camp (4640 m) on the way you will have a good views of Kibo and Mawenzi peaks. After arriving at the campsite we have lunch and a long rest waiting for long-night and day ahead. Dinner will be early and then try to get some sleep as we will be getting up around midnight to start climbing to the summit

Duration: 3 hours

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Accommodation included: Barafu Campsite

Day 8: Barafu Camp (4640 m) to UHURU PEAK (5895m) then down to Mweka Camp (3100 m)

Stop At: Lemosho Route, Lemosho Rte, Tanzania
Approx. hiking time: 14 hours
Distance covered: 21 km

We will wake up very early, at around 00:00, some light tea with cookies will be ready for you. We will climb scree for 4 to 5 hours but gain incredible height over a short distance. The view is spectacular. We should be on the crater rim at Stella point (5756 m) as the first rays of the sun hit us. Then it will take us 1 hour form Stella point to Uhuru peak (5895 m) were you take some photos for a few minutes before we start descending to Barafu Camp for lunch and some rest, and then walk down to to Mweka Camp (3100 m) for dinner and overnight

Duration: 12 hours

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Accommodation included: Overnight at Mweka Campsite

Day 9: Mweka Camp (3100m) to Mweka Gate (1630m)

Stop At: Lemosho Route, Lemosho Rte, Tanzania
Approx. hiking time: 3 hours
Distance covered: 10 km

Walk down the Mweka montane forest to Mweka Gate for 3 hours, where we complete park formalities and receive certificates, which you can hang up with pride. The vehicle will be ready to drive you back to the hotel for warm shower at Moshi. It’s definitely time to celebrate!

Duration: 3 hours

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Accommodation included: Overnight at Hotel

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