Lemosho Route Kilimanjaro

In the morning, you will make your way to the Lemosho Gate. Here you will be registered by the national park authorities and your trek through a dense rainforest begins. Today will be the shortest walk of the entire trek, about 2½ hours, which gives you a small taste of what lies ahead in the coming days. The walk takes you through the dense and unspoiled rainforest, which is very different from the scenery you will have in the next couple of days.

beautiful Big Tree Camp

After breakfast, you continue your trek, which today will be less tiring than the day before. You will cross Shira Ridge which will allow for great views of the Rift Valley and Mt Meru. The ever-changing landscape will again surprise you with different terrain, you will walk on the ground where lava once flowed. You will also pass the big Senecien that can grow to more or less 9 meters in height. Shira Camp 2 will be your destination for the night at (3900m), 400m more than the night before.

Shira Camp 2

Straight after breakfast, you will make your way up the famous Barranco Wall. This is most probably the steepest part of the entire route. Safety is very important to us so please follow the guideline of your guides who will get you to the top safely. Once at the top, you will walk along the mountain ridge, and if the weather allows you will have a great view of the southern glacier of Kibo at the Kibo summit. After 3 – 4 hours you will reach Karanga Camp for your overnight.

Karanga Camp

Your day will begin at 00:00. After hot tea and biscuits, you will start your 5-7 hours walk to Stella Point, the crater rim of Kilimanjaro. Here you will have a short rest if necessary before continuing another 1-2 hours to reach the highlight of the trip Uhuru Peak (5895 m). After taking much-needed pictures you will make your way down back to Barafu Camp for a 1-2 hours rest. Once everyone is well-rested you will continue down to Mweka Gate (3080 m), an approx. 3 hour's walk.

Mweka Gate