8 Days Kilimanjaro Climb Lemosho Route

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• Day 0

Date to be advised. Today has no planned activities and is only an arrival day for you to reach your base lodge in time for a pre-climb briefing (time to be confirmed) with your mountain guide. Arrive at Kilimanjaro International Airport (time to be confirmed) and transfer to Arusha hotel .

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• Day 1

Date to be advised. You will be transferred by road from Arusha (09:00 am) to Londorossi gate. After registration, you continue on the 4x4 track till the trailhead where you begin your trek through the rainforest zone with your guide. The forest is thick and diverse with flora/fauna, and you may experience rain this afternoon which is common in this zone making the path slightly slippery. A short and winding path takes you steadily to the first camp. Overnight: Mti Mkubwa camp(shared)..

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• Day 2

Date to be advised. Today your journey will be long and take you into the Shira Plateau; one of the highest plateaus on earth through the heather and moorland zone and has a steady pace along the Shira ridge. As you lead into the Shira two camp, you can start to see your final destination (Kibo) towering ahead of its western breach. Overnight: Shira 2 camp(Shared)..

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• Day 3

Date to be advised. Your hike today takes you towards to Kibo cone steadily climbing up and over the edges of the alpine desert to your first high altitude at the lava tower (4630m or 15190ft). Today helps you to acclimatize and also is a great indicator see how your body can handle the higher altitude. From the Lava Tower, you begin your steep descent anti-clockwise around Kibo and into the Barranco Valley passing the large flowering mountain cacti (Kilimanjaro Senecios) unique to Kilimanjaro. The day ends around the same elevation as you started on the edge of the heather and moorland. Overnight: Barranco Camp(Shared)..

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• Day 4

Date to be advised. This morning you will leave the camp and ascend the Barranco wall. This is an impressive non-technical scramble and gives a feeling of mountain climbing (without any previous experience or advanced equipment required) and is rewarded with a superb view from the top back into the camp and the Heim glacier on the peak. The remainder of the hike will be through the alpine desert slowly winding around the mountain till the Karanga valley which you descend into and again up till your camp. Karanga Valley is the last water point. Overnight: Karanga Camp(shared)..

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• Day 5

Date to be advised. Today you climb almost casually through the empty landscape of the alpine desert where you keep a slow pace even though the path is not extremely steep. Kibo cone starts to near and you may finally glimpse the Mawenzi peak (Kilimanjaro’s second peak) in the east. The short distance means you have plenty of time at your summit camp to rest and prepare for the summit attempt tonight. Overnight: Barafu Camp(shared)..

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• Day 6

Date to be advised. In the early morning (around 00:00 am) you begin your final ascent to the summit of Uhuru Peak through the Arctic zone. The trek is a steep hike over loose volcanic scree through the dark and cold night and takes a slow pace in a zig-zag pattern towards Stella Point (5685m or 18650ft) which is your first stop on the Kibo crater rim. From here a short (but difficult) hike remains to take you to Uhuru Peak (5895m or 19341ft), the highest point in Africa. You usually don’t spend that long at the peak due to the extreme altitude and will descend back down to the base camp for your breakfast/brunch. After your gear is packed up you continue the descent through the alpine desert, heather, and moorland eventually stopping at Mweka camp in the rainforest zone for a well-deserved rest. Overnight: Mweka Camp(shared)..

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• Day 7

Date to be advised. Your final day on Kilimanjaro is a descent through the southern rain forest until Mweka gate where our vehicle will be waiting to take you back to Moshi town. Usually, the crew will leave you at Mweka gate and it’s a perfect opportunity to say goodbye to your crew who all generally head directly home from the end gate. Drop off at the hotel in Moshi or Arusha.End of our services.