8 Days mt Kilimanjaro climbing – Lemosho Route

Day 1:
Moshi/Arusha

on your arrival, you will be met at the airport and be transferred to a hotel in Arusha or Moshi where you will spend the night. This day will allow you ttime to regenerate (jet lag effect) and meet with your guides for the climb as they give you a detailed climb orientation and gear check.

Overnight: Town Hotel (BB)

Day 2:
Arusha/Moshi – Londorosi – Mti Mkubwa (2,800m)

You will be picked fom the hotel and be transferred to Kilimanjaro National Park Londorosi Gate where you will check in. The route is located on the western side of Kilimanjaro. Your trek today will be short with a little walking through the mountain rain forest. The flora and fauna are richer here than the other popular routes through the rain forest up to our first camp at Mti Mkubwa (Big Tree).

Meals and overnight: Mti Mkubwa

Day 3:
Mti Mkubwa –Shira camp (3,505m)

After breakfast you will leave the camp, and start the climb through a little rain forest then to the heather and moorland zone. A couple hours after lunch you cross into the Shira Caldera, a high altitude desert plateau, very different from the rain forest and less vegetation. Shira peak is the third of Kilimanjaro volcanic cones, and is filled with lava flow from Kibo Peak. Weather and volcanic action have decimated the crater rim. While here, you get your first close views of Kibo - the summit of Kilimanjaro.

Meals and overnight: shira Plateau.

Day 4:
Shira – Moir Camp (4,160m)

After breakfast, you will hike towards East across the Shira Plateau still on heather and moorland passing the Shira Cathedral towards Moir camp, tucked away at the end of a huge gorge, at the foot of a giant lava flow. You will enjoy a hot lunch at Fisher Camp, which is only a couple hours to our destination.

Meals and overnight: Moir Camp.

Day 5:
Moir Camp – Barranco Camp (3,950m).

After breakfast, you will start climbing toward Lava Tower lower camp, at 4,556m. here you will stop for lunch as allowing your bodies to acclimatize. You will descend down through the valley and see lots of attractive flowers such as Giant Senecio and Giant lobelia to Barranco Camp, which is beautifully set up on a ridge at the foot of the Barranco Wall. This is where the Machame, Umbwe and Lemosho routes converge, so you will meet other climbers here and the camp may be crowded sometimes.

Meals and overnight: Barranco Camp.

Day 6:
Barranco – Karanga Valley (4,023m.

After breakfast, you will have a fun filled day with a challenge to climb Barranco wall a 500 ft lava flow. It’s not a technical wall, but challenging nonetheless. Once on top of the "wall", the climb becomes easier and extremely beautiful with fantastic views of the crags and crevasses of the jagged peaks of Kibo on your left. Lastly, you will descend into the Karanga Valley then up to the camp. Sunsets here are truly spectacular.

Meals and Overnight: Karanga Valley Camp.

Day 7:
Karanga –Barafu and the Summit (4,633m)

This day will be all slopes and a little uphill to the rocky out crop. Barafu means "ice" in Swahili, and it is extremely windy and cold at this altitude. There is a buzz of excitement in the air, as climbers anticipate our toughest day ahead. The clouds revealing the eroded peak of Mawenzi, painted with colors of the African sun. You will attempt the summit from midnight and this is the toughest day. You slowly go up over the rocky outcrops and through the scree until you reach to the top of the rim to enjoy the sunrise on the top of the roof of Africa, view of the summit is dramatic, the weather and effects of altitude will determine how long you stay here. After summit you will be back to Barafu for lunch then down into Mweka camp for last night on the mountain.

Meals and overnight; Mweka Camp

Day8:
Mweka – Moshi/Arusha After breakfast, you will have a 3-4 hour walk down to the gate, where you will be met by a vehicle for a drive back to your pick up point or a transfer to the airport for your onward flight back home.

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