Kilimanjaro 8 Days Lemosho Route Private Tour

What's Included

Meeting and pickup

Itinerary

Day 1
Moshi to Lemosho gate to Mti Mkubwa campsite
1 stop
1
Mount Kilimanjaro
• Elevation: 1,200m to 1,950 m to 2,850 m • Distance: 9km. • Hiking Time: 3-4 hours • Habitat: Montane Forest to moorland and heath vegetation. We will pick you up from your hotel your hotel and transport you to Lemosho gate for registration. After this formality, from this point you will start the trek across undisturbed Montane forest decorated with Black and White Colobus Monkey to the camp where dinner and overnight will take place.
6 hours • Admission ticket included
Day 2
Mti Mkubwa campsite to Shira 1 Campsite
1 stop
2
Mount Kilimanjaro
• Elevation: 2850m to 3500m • Distance: 7km. • Hiking Time:5-6 hours • Habitat: Moorland and Rocky 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 later 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 the Shira 1 campsite.
6 hours • Admission ticket included
Day 3
Shira 1 campsite to Shira Two Campsite
1 stop
3
Mount Kilimanjaro
• Elevation: 3500m to 3800m • Distance: 7km. • Hiking time: 4-5 hours • Habitat: Moorland 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.
5 hours • Admission ticket included
Day 4
Shira two Campsite to Barranco campsite
1 stop
4
Mount Kilimanjaro
• Elevation: 3800m to 3950m • Distance: 13km. • Hiking Time: 7-8 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.
7 hours • Admission ticket included
Day 5
Barranco campsite to Karanga campsite
1 stop
5
Mount Kilimanjaro
• Elevation: 3950m to 3960m • Distance: 6km. • Hiking Time: 5-6 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.
6 hours • Admission ticket included
Day 6
Karanga campsite to Barafu campsite
1 stop
6
Mount Kilimanjaro
• Elevation: 3960m to 4620m • Distance: 3.5km. • Hiking Time: 4-5 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.
5 hours • Admission ticket included
Day 7
Barafu Campsite to Uhuru peak to Mweka hut campsite
1 stop
7
Mount Kilimanjaro
• 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 45 minutes 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.
11 hours • Admission ticket included
Day 8
Mweka hut campsite to Mweka gate
1 stop
8
Mount Kilimanjaro
• Elevation: 3100m to 1700m • Distance: 9km. • Hiking Time: 4-5 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 for your certificate presentation celebration.
5 hours • Admission ticket included

Additional info

• Public transportation options are available nearby
• 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

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