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MOUNT KILIMANJARO - TANZANIA
CLIMB MT KILIMANJARO LEMOSHO ROUTE
Lemosho Glades Route heads up through an unspoilt, remote, seldom-used trail up to the Shira Plateau. The route is one of the few where an armed ranger accompanies groups, as the forests around the
Lemosho Glades have resident wild animals. While the glades used to be teeming
with game, sadly, there is a lot less than there were ten years ago. You will note that on the Lemosho route, you start at a higher altitude than what you end on.
Lemosho Route Itinerary
DAY 1:
Arrive Tanzania and transfer to
the hotel.
Day 2: Lemosho Glades (2200m) to Mkubwa Camp
(2750m): After breakfast, we head out on a 5 hour drive to the
Londorossi Park Gate at 2200m, taking in sights of the east rift valley and
animals en route. After completing park formalities, we drive for a further
11km to the Lemosho Glades at 200m. From here, we trek about 3 hours to the
camp site.
DAY 3:
Mkubwa
Camp (2750m) to Shira Camp 1(3500m): After breaking camp,
we begin the hike up towards Shira Camp 1. located near a stream. We
head through moorland shrub taking in view of Mt Meru in the distance.
DAY 4: Shira (3840m)- Lava Tower
(4630m)-Barranco camp (3950m): After breakfast, you will
quickly leave the moorland scrub behind and enter into a moonscape of
semi-alpine desert, while you hike constantly upwards toward Lava Tower.
At around 4200m, you may start to feel the effects of altitude with
shortness of breath and irritability, assuming it had not taken effect
earlier on the climb. After Lava Tower , your route will head down by
almost 680m to the Barranco camping. This is the day where you will
follow the principle of climb high and sleep low.
DAY 5: Barranco Camp (3860m) to
Barafu Camp (4550m): Early morning, you will head up the
impressive Great Barranco Wall. This will bring you out below Heim
Glacier. The route then heads down through the Karanga Valley over
several ridges and valleys where you will see the magnificent giant
Senecio Kilimanjari plant . You will then join up with your later
descent route where you will head left up the ridge for another hour,
before reaching Barafu Hut. The summit is a further 1345m up.
DAY 6: Barafu camp (4550m)- Uhuru
Peak (5895m)-Mweka (3100m): You will rise around 23h30, and
after some tea and biscuits you will head off “pole pole” into the
night. Heading in a North westerly direction you will ascend through
heavy scree towards Stella Point (5685) on the crater rim. The hike up
is about 6 hours and is for many climbers, the most mentally and
physically challenging part of the entire route. From Stella Point you
will normally encounter snow all the way on your 2-hour ascent to Uhuru
Peak.
Then, you will head back to Barafu, in about 2 hours where
you will have a chance to rest before heading down towards Mweka hut
(3100m). The camp is situated in the upper forest and mist or rain can
be expected in the late afternoon.
DAY 7: Mweka camp (3100m)- Mweka
Gate (1980m): After an early and well-deserved breakfast, it is
a short 3-hour scenic hike back to the Park gate. It is recommended not
to pay your porters any tips until you and all your gear have reached
the gate safely. At Mweka gate you will have to sign your name and
details in a register in order to receive you summit
certificates. Those climbers who reached Stella Point
(5685m) are issued with green certificates and those who reached Uhuru
Peak (5895m) receive gold certificates. From the Mweka Gate you will
continue down into the Mweka village, normally a muddy 3 km (1 hour)
hike. In the Mweka village you will meet up with your team and bus, and
head back to the hotel a long over due hot shower.
DAY 8: After breakfast, transfer to the airport
for you flight home.
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We arrange the climb on dates to suit you,.
Alternately, you can join a fixed departure group as follows (departs
with a minimum of 2 people), each month on the following dates:-
Machame 7 days 4th, 13th, 23rd
Shira 7 days 4th, 13th, 23rd
Rongai 7 days 6th, 15th, 26th
Umbwe 7 days 6th, 15th, 26th
Lemosho 8 days 7th, 17th, 27th
Marangu 7 days 7th, 17th, 27th
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