8 days Kilimanjaro climbing via Lemosho route

The 8 days Lemosho route is considered one of the best routes for climbing Mount Kilimanjaro, known for its scenic beauty and high success rates. The best 8-day itinerary provides ample time for acclimatization, increasing your chances of reaching the summit successfully in 2024 and 2025.

Day-by-day itinerary for the 8 days Kilimanjaro hiking on the Lemosho route

The best 8 days Lemosho route with a detailed day-by-day itinerary: Day 1: Londorossi Gate to Forest Camp, 6 km; Day 2: Forest Camp to Shira Camp, 8 km; Day 3: Shira Camp 1 to Shira 2 to Moir Camp, 14 km; Day 4: Moir Hut to Lava Tower to Barranco Camp, 7 km; Day 5: Barranco Camp to Karanga Camp, 5 km; Day 6: Karanga Camp to Barafu Camp, 4 km; Day 7: Barafu Camp to Summit, down to Mweka Camp; and Day 8: Mweka Camp to Mweka Gate, 10 km.

Day 0: Arrive in Tanzania

The moment you arrive at Kilimanjaro International Airport, you will meet our team, who will pick you up and transfer you to your hotel in Moshi town. You will also meet your guide, who will brief you on your upcoming trek and make some arrangements on equipment to make sure you have all the necessary mountain gear. The missing gear can be rented on this day at 100%.

Day 1: Londorossi Gate to Forest Camp

Elevation: 7,800ft to 9,500ft
Distance: 6 km
Hiking Time: 3-4 hours
Habitat: Montane Forest

After an early breakfast, mountain guides and porters from Winners Expeditions will take you from Moshi town to Londorossi Gate for 4 hours, where you will do registration and issue the permit for entering Kilimanjaro National Park, which takes about 45 minutes. Then you will start your hiking safari, passing through Lemosho trailhead, where you will stop to get lunch and rest. Then you will continue hiking, passing through the most attractive forest with attractive wind conditions, and continue ascending to the Forest Camp Site.

Day 2: Forest Camp to Shira Camp

Elevation: 9,500ft to 11,500ft
Distance: 8 km
Hiking Time: 5-6 hours
Habitat: Moorland

After the early breakfast, you will continue ascending from Forest Camp with Winners Expeditions professional guide and porters, passing through an attractive savannah environment with volcanic rocks, tall grasses, and heather grasses. You will also pass through different streams as well as long, narrow hilltops or watersheds before reaching Shira Camp, where you will have dinner, rest, and enjoy an enjoyable overnight. Shira Camp plateau offers good views of Kibo.

Day 3: Shira Camp 1 to Shira 2 to Moir Camp

Elevation: 11,500ft to 13,800 ft
Distance: 14 km
Hiking Time: 5-7 hours
Habitat: Moorland

After an early breakfast at Shira Camp 1, you will continue ascending to Kobo's glaciered peak across the plateau to Shira Camp 2, where you will pass on Moorland Meadows by stream to Moir Hut. Shira plateau is one of the highest plateaus in the world, so it will take a full day to hike toward Moir camp.

Day 4: Moir Hut to Lava Tower to Barranco Camp

Elevation: 13,800ft to 13,000ft
Distance: 7 km
Hiking Time: 4-6 hours
Habitat: Semi Desert

Early in the morning, after breakfast, you will continue ascending from Moir camp to Lava Tower, where, before reaching Lava Tower, you will pass via junction toward Kibo Peak. At Lava Tower, you will see an amazing tall narrow structure with shark's tooth-like structure. Soon after, you will continue hiking to the second junction that brings us up to the Arrow glaciers. You will continue down to Barranco Camp, where you will have dinner, rest, and enjoy an enjoyable sleep. This day will bring acclimatization.

Day 5: Barranco Camp to Karanga Camp

Elevation: 13,000ft to 13,100ft
Distance: 5 km
Hiking Time: 4-5 hours
Habitat: Alpine Desert

After waking up, you will have breakfast, then continue hiking from Barranco camp via a steep ridge, passing the Barranco wall, to the Karanga Valley camp site for acclimatization, enjoying dinner, and resting during the night.

Day 6: Karanga Camp to Barafu Camp

Elevation: 13,100ft to 15,300ft
Distance: 4 km
Hiking Time: 4-5 hours
Habitat: Alpine Desert

After waking up, you will have breakfast at Karanga camp, then start hiking and hit the junction that connects the Mweka trail, and continue hiking to Barafu camp, where the south circuit will be completed. There, you will enjoy dinner, rest, and prepare for the summit. Barafu camp offers views of the summit from different angles, and two peaks of Mount Kilimanjaro are seen, which are Mawenzi and Kibo.

Day 7: Barafu Camp to Summit, down to Mweka Camp

Elevation: 4700 m to 5895 m and down to 3090 m
Distance: 6 km up and then 13 km down
Hiking Time: 5-7 hours up / 5-6 hours down
Habitat: Arctic

The day of triumph arrives as you embark on the final ascent to the summit. Leave Barafu Camp in the midnight hours and make your way towards Uhuru Peak. Witness the breathtaking sunrise over the African landscape and savor the surreal feeling of standing atop the "Roof of Africa." Descend to Mweka Camp for a well-deserved rest.

Day 8: Mweka Camp to Mweka Gate, drive to Moshi

Distance: 10 km
Hiking Time: 3-4 hours
Habitat: Forest

You will continue descending to Mweka Gate, where you can receive your summiting certificate. Then you will be derived with a travel agency by vehicles from Mweka Gate to the best hotel in Moshi Town for celebrating your win to reach the top of the roof of Africa, enjoying meals, resting, and staying overnight. The next day you will be transferred to Kilimanjaro International Airport to return to your home country.

This package include the following

• Park fees
• Camp fees
• Rescue fees
• Transportation to & from the mountain gate
• Professional mountain guides, cooks and porters
• 3 meals daily while on the mountain

This package not include the following

• Both National and International flights
• Medical insurance
• Tips to mountain crew
• Items of a personal nature
• Laundry Services
• A doctor for the group