8 days Kilimanjaro hiking lemosho route tour package
Lemosho Route is the best for acclimatization. The remote is less used and beautiful way up to the Shira Plateau. The route is one of the few where groups may be accompanied on the first day by an armed ranger, as the forests around the Lemosho Glades are inhabited by buffalo, elephant and other wildlife.
8-day machame route itinerary the following:
Our transport driver will be there to meet you when you land at Kilimanjaro Airport. The rest of the day is at your discretion when he transports you to the Tulia hotel. You might wish to unwind at the resort or take a taxi and explore Arusha. Our crew will brief you locally in the evening in advance of the upcoming trekking expedition. This briefing will be done the night before you arrive, depending on your lodging.
7,742 to 9,498 feet above sea level
six kilometres four miles
3–4 hours for the walk
Woodland habitat
Meal Plan: Breakfast, a hot lunch on the go, or a packed lunch, and dinner.
We leave Arusha and travel for roughly 4 hours to Londorossi Gate, where you must fulfil entry procedures. and then make your way to the Lemosho trailhead. We start hiking through untouched woodland to the first camp site as soon as we get at the trailhead.
Elevation : 9,498 ft to 11,500 ft
Distance : 8 km/ 5 miles
Hiking Time : 5-6 hours
Habitat : Heath
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch on route either hot lunch or packed lunch and Dinner
We keep moving down the track that exits the rain forest and enters a savannah of tall grasses, heather, and volcanic rock covered in lichen beards. We reach the Shira Ridge before descending gently to Shira 1 Camp as we ascend through the verdant rolling slopes and cross various streams. Here, across the plateau, we receive our first glimpse of Kibo.
Elevation : 11,500 ft to 13,800 ft
Distance : 11 km/ 7 miles
Hiking Time : 5-7 hours
Habitat : Heath
Meal Plan: Lunch on route either hot lunch or packed lunch
We will spend the entire day of this day of our Kilimanjaro Trekking Lemosho Route exploring the Shira Plateau. A leisurely stroll through moorland meadows leads to Shira 2 Camp. Then we leave the main trail and head off to Moir Hut, a remote location at the foot of Lent Hills. Lent Hills offers a wide range of treks, making this a fantastic chance to acclimatise. One of the highest plateaus in the planet is the Shira Plateau..
Elevation : 13,800 ft to 15,190 ft
Distance : 7 km/4 miles
Hiking Time : 4-5 hours
Habitat : Alpine Desert
We start the day by ascending a ridge before moving southeast in the direction of the 300-foot-tall Lava Tower, a volcanic rock formation. We drop to a height of 13,000 feet before entering the unusual but lovely Senecio Forest. The time spent at a higher altitude is quite helpful for acclimatisation, even when you start and end the day at the same elevation.
Elevation: 13,000ft to 15,000ft
Distance: 9km
Hiking Time: 8-10 hours
Habitat: Alpine Desert
After breakfast, we depart Barranco and make our way to the Karanga Valley campground through a rocky slope, passing the Barranco Wall. After that, we leave Karanga and arrive at the intersection where the Mweka Trail joins. We keep going up to Barafu Hut. You have now finished the South Circuit, which offers a variety of perspectives of the top. We set up camp here, take a nap, eat dinner, and get ready for the summit day. From here, one can see Mawenzi and Kibo, the two summits.
Barafu Camp to Uhuru Peak
Elevation: 15,331 ft to 19,341 ft
Distance: 5 km/3 miles
Hiking Time: 7-8 hours
Habitat: Arctic
Uhuru Peak to Mweka Camp
Elevation: 19,341 ft to 10,065 ft
Distance: 12 km/7 miles
Hiking Time: 4-6 hours
Habitat: Rain Forest
We start our ascent of the summit rather early (about midnight). The hardest part of the walk both psychologically and physically is this. At this altitude and time of day, it can be extremely windy and cold. We climb in the dark for several hours, stopping occasionally for brief rests. You will be rewarded by witnessing the most breathtaking sunrise above Mawenzi Peak close to Stella Point (18,900 feet). The highest peak on Mount Kilimanjaro and the continent of Africa, Uhuru Peak, is finally reached.
We now begin our descent from the summit, going straight down to the Mweka Hut campsite while pausing at Barafu for lunch. Trekking poles are helpful because the terrain is fairly rocky and can be quite taxing on the knees. Due to its location in the upper forest, Mweka Camp may experience late-afternoon mist or rain. We have our final meal on the mountain later in the evening before a well-earned rest.
We continue the descent to Mweka Gate on our final day, where we pick up the summit certificates. It could be muddy and damp at lower altitudes. We go another hour to Mweka Village from the gate. We'll be picked up by a car at Mweka Village and taken back to our Arusha hotel.
After the hike, you have the rest of the day to relax before your trip home. You might visit Arusha town and buy some souvenirs before going to the airport, depending on your flight schedules. Our Kilimanjaro Trekking Lemosho Route will come to a conclusion at this point.
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