8 Days Lemosho Route Kilimanjaro Trek
TREKKING ITINERARY
Day 1: Lemosho Gate to Mti Mkumbwa (2,650 m/8,692 ft)
- Hike time: 3hrs
- Elevation Change: + 650 M/+2,132
- Estimation distance: 10 km
- Final Elevation: 2,650 m/8,694 ft
After a 1 1/2-hour drive from Moshi check in is at the Lemosho Gate. Day 1 is fairly easy with a 3/4-hour climb to Miti Mkubwa Camp.
Day 2: Mti Mkubwa (2,650 m/8,692 ft) to Shira One Camp (3,609 m/11,841 ft.)
- Hike time: 5 – 6 hrs
- Elevation change: + 950 M/+3116
- Estimation distance: 12 km
- Final Elevation: 3609 m/11,841 ft
A few hours walk will see the end of the forest and the beginning of a climb through heather forest to the edge of the Shira Caldera. Destination is the scenic Shira One Camp
Day 3: Shira One Camp (3,609 m/11,841 ft.) to Shira Two Camp (3,849 m/12,628 ft.)
- Hike time: 5 – 6 hrs
- Elevation change: + 240 M/+787 ft
- Elevation distance: 5 km
- Final elevation: 3849 m/12,628 ft.
Today is spent on a gentle hike across the Shira Plateau with possible side trips to Shira Cathedral. Camp is at the first high camp of Shira Two.
NOTE: From Shira Two Camp the trail links with Machame Route.
Day 4: Shira Two Camp (3,849 m/12,628 ft.) to Barranco Hut (3,948 m/12,956 ft.)
- Hike time: 5 hrs
- Elevation change: +100 M/+328 ft
- Estimated distance: 6 km
- Final elevation: 3948 m/12,956 ft.
The real work of climbing Kilimanjaro begins here. Today the main feature is a slow climb to Lava Camp followed by a descent to the beautiful Barranco Camp. This is the Climb-High-Sleep-Low principal of altitude adjustment.
Day 5: Barranco Hut (3,900 m/12,800 ft) to Karanga Valley (3,963 m/13,000 ft)
- Hike time: 3.5 hrs
- Elevation change: +100 m/+328 ft
- Estimated distance: 4km/2.5 miles
- Final elevation: 3,963 m/13,000 ft
After a climb of the Great Barranco Wall we continue around the southern circuit train until we reach another scenic location of Karanga Camp.
Day 6: Karanga Valley (3,963 m/13,000 ft) to Barafu Hut (4,600 m/15,091 ft)
- Hike time: 3.5 hrs
- Elevation change: +600 m/+1,968 ft
- Estimated distance: 4km/2.5 miles
- Final elevation: 4,600 m/15,091 ft
The trail from Karanga to Barafu reaches the bleak high desert of Kilimanjaro. Barafu Camp is a basic camp geared towards the business of reaching the summit.
Day 7: Barafu Camp (4,600m/15,091 ft) to The Summit (5,896 m/19,343 ft) and then to Mweka Camp (3,100 m/10,170 ft)
- Summit time: 7 hrs
- Elevation change: +1,300 m/+4,265 ft
- Estimated distance: 5km/3.2 miles
- Final elevation: 5,896 m/19,343 ft
- Descent time: 5 hrs
- Elevation change: -2,800 m/-9,186 ft
- Estimated distance: 12km/7.5 miles
- Final elevation: 3,100 m, 10,170 ft
This is a midnight ‘Alpine Summit’ to make sure we reach the summit by dawn, in time to return to Mweka Camp for the sake of improved
Day 8: Mweka Hut (3,100 m/10,170 ft) to Mweka Gate (1,828 m/6,000 ft)
- Descent time: 4 hrs
- Elevation change: -1,250 m/-4,101 ft
- Estimated distance: 10km/6.21
- Final elevation: 1,828 m/6,000 ft
Today is a short walk towards Mweka Gate and pickup. It is a short day with arrival at the Gate at about 12:00 noon. checkout and return to Kilimanjaro Wonders Hotel in Moshi town.