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Lemosho Route 8 Days

Name: Lemosho Route 8 Days
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Overview

Hiking Adventures Across Kilimanjaro's Diverse Landscapes

This route approaches Mount Kilimanjaro from the west. It offers a chance to visit Shira Plateau (Cathedral peak) and Shira Caldera. Lemosho Route crosses from Shira Ridge to Shira 2 Camp, in a pleasant hike. Climbers encounter low traffic until the route joins the Machame route.

Afterwards, Lemosho follows the same route as Machame Route through Lava Tower, Barranco and Barafu, known as the southern circuit.

The minimum days required for this route is 7 days, but 8 days is recommended as it will give you more chance to acclimatize and reach the summit. Like Machame,this is a scenically spectacular and varied route. Lemosho is highly recommended and it has an abundance of wildlife such as Colobus monkeys,different species of birds and small jackals which come over to forage during dry season from Longido game controlled area.

Day	Overnight Stays In Tents	Hours	Kilometers
1	Londorosi Gate (1950m) – Big tree Camp (2850m)	3-4	9 km
2	Big tree Camp (2850m) – Shira Camp (3500m)	5-7	13 km
3	Shira Camp (3500m) – Shira Camp 2 (3800m)	5-6	7 km
4	Shira Camp 2 (3800m) – Barranco Camp (3950m)	7-8	13 km
5	Barranco Camp (3950m) – Karanga Camp (3900m)	3-4	6 km
6	Karanga Camp (3900m) – Barafu Camp (4620m)	3-4	4 km
7	Barafu Camp (4620) – Uhuru Peak (5895m) – Mweka Camp (3200m)	10-12	15 km
8	Mweka Camp (3200m) – Mweka Gate (1700m)	3-4	9 km

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Inclusion

Trip Included

All park fees (entry, camping, forest department fees, crater camp fees and rescue fees).
Three meals a day (breakfast, lunch and dinner) while on the mountain.
Camping facilities (tents, mattresses, dining tent, kitchen tent, camping chair, lanterns, cooking gas canister, utensils, and table).
Salaries for the team (guide, assistant guide, cook and porters).
Transport from the hotel in Moshi town to the starting point of Lemosho route and back on the final day at Mweka gate back to the
Hotel in Moshi town.
Drinking water.
Two night’s accommodation on a bed and breakfast basis in Moshi town before the climb and after the climb.
Pulse oximeter. A daily medical check up will be done every morning and in the evening by my professional team to see how you are responding to the high altitude.
Emergency oxygen canister.
All applicable government taxes.
Airport transfers to and from Kilimanjaro airport.

exclusion

Trip Excluded

Tips for the team (guides, cook and porters)
Personal mountain climbing gears and equipments.
Alcoholic and soft drinks (sodas)
Meals at the hotel in town
Any additional night(s) in town
Private portable toilet

8 Days Lemosho Route

Scale Kilimanjaro via the Lemosho Route in 8 days—your ultimate adventure with epic views and memorable highs!

Days 1

Moshi to Londorosi Gate to Big Tree Campsite

We will pick you up from your hotel and transport you to Londorosi gate for registration, After registration you will board the vehicle again and drive to Lemosho gate,From this point you will start the trek across undisturbed montane forest decorated with black and white colobus monkeys until you reach the camp where dinner and overnight will take place.

Elevation: 1,200 m to 1,950 m to 2,850 m
Distance: 9 km
Hiking Time: 3-4 hours
Habitat: Montane Forest

This is an acclimatization day 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 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.

Elevation(m): 2850m to 3500m
Distance: 13km
Hiking time: 8 hours
Habitat: Moorland and heather land

Days 2

Big tree campsite to Shira one campsite

Days 3

Shira one campsite to Shira two campsite

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 you will stay for dinner and overnight.

Elevation: 3500m to 3800m
Distance: 7km
Hiking time: 5-6 hours
Habitat: Moorland and rocky

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.

Elevation: 3800m to 3950m
Distance: 13km
Hiking time: 7-8 hours
Habitat: Moorland

Days 4

Shira two campsite to Barranco campsite

Days 5

Barranco campsite to Karanga campsite

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 hills towards the Southern ice field. You will then return to the camp for dinner and overnight.

Elevation: 3950m to 3900m
Distance: 6 km
Hiking time: 4-5 hours
Habitat: Moorland

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 the elevation of 4620 meters then rest until midnight.

Elevation: 3900m to 4620m
Distance: 8 km
Hiking time: 3-4 hours
Habitat: Alpine Desert

Days 6

Karanga campsite to Barafu campsite

Days 7

Barafu hut campsite to Uhuru peak to Mweka hut campsite

Wake up 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 photos. 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.

Elevation: 4620m to 5895m to 3100m
Distance: 15km
Hiking time: 10 – 12 hours
Habitat: Desert and ice

Today is your last day on the mountain. After breakfast, you will descend down to mweka 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 for your certificate presentation and celebration.

Elevation: 3100m to 1700m
Distance: 9km
Descending time: 3-4 hours
Habitat: Montane forest

Days 8

Mweka hut campsite to Mweka gate

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