8 Days Lemosho Route
8 Days Hiking Kilimanjaro via lemosho route description
Description
The Lemosho Route is widely praised for its scenic beauty, gradual acclimatization profile, and high summit success rate. While I didn’t find a specific itinerary from Extraordinary Safari, I can walk you through a typical 8-day Lemosho trek and what to expect from reputable operators offering similar experiences
Tour Itinerary
Day 0: Arrival Day
You will be picked up at the Kilimanjaro International Airport and transferred to your hotel in Moshi town; you will meet your guide from extraordinary safaris who will brief you on your upcoming trek and do an equipment check to make sure you have all the necessary mountain gear. The missing gear can be rented on this day.
Day 1: Moshi -Lemosho Gate
You will be picked up at your hotel at around 8:00am and transfer to the gate. (Lemosho gate) located on the western side of Kilimanjaro.After registration process you will still start our hiking staedily via the forest of the lemosho glades to reach big tree camp “Mti-Mkubwa for camping and for overnight.
Day 2:Mti-Mkubwa -Shira 1
Today you will trek accross a plateau of grass moorland and heather scattered with volcanic rock formations. Our destination for today is shira 1 camp from where there are often views of kibo peak floating on the clouds.We gain a reasonable amount of altitude today and parts of the route are fairly steep.
Day 3:Shira 1-Shira 2 camp
Toady you will have a chance to view the northern ice fields from the western side of the mountain with some unsual views of kibo.Our steady hike across the moorlands of the shira plateau will help with acclimatization and we enjoy great panoramic views .In the afternoon you will take acclimatization walk then head back to the camp for dinner.
Day 4:Shira Camp-Baranco camp
Your trek starts with an ascent with far reaching panoramic views ,walking into the climatic zone of the upland desert and on the lava ridges beneath the glaciers of the western breach. You will reach the district pinnacle of the lava tower, our high point for the day and great place to enjoy your lunch. In the afternoon we make a steep descent to our camp for the night, located in the base of the Great Barranco Valley (3960 m), sheltered by towering cliffs but with extensive views of the plains below.
Day 5: Barranco-Karanga camp
Our day starts by descending into the start of the Great Barranco, a huge ravine. We then exit steeply, up the Great Barranco Wall, which divides us from the southeastern slopes of Kibo. It’s a climb over rock, not technical but long and tiring. Passing underneath the Heim and Kersten glaciers, we head towards the Karanga valley. From here we have a steep climb up from Karanga valley to our night’s camp at Karanga camp, set at 3963m. For those feeling strong we will go for a mid-afternoon acclimatization trek up to around 4200m before descending back to camp for the night.
Day 6:Karanga-Barafu Camp
After a good night’s rest and breakfast, we set off on our walk to Barafu camp at 4640m. The climb will take us across desolate scree slopes with no vegetation around us at all. It’s a tough steep walk made more difficult by the altitude. On arriving at camp we eat and spend the afternoon resting as we prepare for a long night and day ahead. It is important to keep hydrated and warm. We have an early dinner and then try to get some sleep as we will be getting up at between 11pm and 12pm to start the climb to the summit.
Day 7:Barafu camp-Uhuru camp-Millennium
We start off at around midnight, and walk steeply upwards to the summit glaciers. We will be climbing scree for 4 to 5 hours but gain incredible height over a short distance. The views are spectacular. We should be on the crater rim at Stella Point (5739m) as the first rays of the sun hit us. Spectacular ice cliffs within the crater surround us and the views to jagged Mawenzi peak and beyond are breathtaking. Another hour’s walking takes us to the summit, Uhuru Peak (5895m). We begin our descent by returning to Stella Point and then descending on scree slope and track back to Barafu Camp for breakfast, before finally heading down to Millennium Camp for a long well-earned rest.
Day 8:Mweka camp-Mweka gate
A gentle trek takes us down through the rainforest to Mweka Gate, where we complete park formalities and receive certificates, which you can hang up with pride! We are then met by our vehicles and return to the hotel in Moshi, where you can treat yourself to a hot welcome shower.
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