10-Day Mount Kilimanjaro Trek via Lemosho Route with Chemka Hot Spring

• Pick up from JRO Airport and transfer to the Kilimanjaro White House for a bed and breakfast stay.
• You will meet our guide and chef, who will give you a briefing about hiking Mount Kilimanjaro.

• Your day begins with a 3 to 4-hour drive from Moshi to Lemosho Gate, where you will complete park regulations and other formalities before taking a short walk back up to Londorossi/Lemosho Glade, where the real trek starts.
• Then, you will continue trekking until you reach Mti Mkubwa Camp for your overnight rest.

Accompaniment: Experienced mountain guide/guides, porters, and chef

What to see: Some wildlife animals, such as black and white colobus monkeys, from the gate

Time and distance: 2 to 3 hours of hiking over a distance of 6 km

Walking through: The dense misty rainforest

Meal plan: Lunch & Dinner

Elevation: 2650 m/8695 ft

• This is a relatively short trekking day, taking only 4 to 5 hours. Although the day seems short, it can feel longer because the trail is steep, with some ridges before reaching the Shira Plateau, so you will have plenty of stops for breaks along the way.

Accompaniment: Experienced mountain guide/guides, porters, and chef

What to see: Great views of the valleys, the scenery, and Kibo

Time and distance: 4 to 5 hours of hiking over a distance of 8 km

Walking through: Moorland and valleys

Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Elevation: 3480 m/11420 ft

• On this day, you will enjoy a moderate walk across the Shira Plateau. From here, there are several route options, and your guide has experience with all of them, but the best choice is to walk across the plateau through the Shira Cathedral before reaching Shira 2 Camp.

Accompaniment: Experienced mountain guide/guides, porters, and chef

What to see: Great views of the valleys, the scenery, and the Shira Cathedral

Time and distance: 6 to 8 hours of hiking over a distance of 8 km

Walking through: Shira Cathedral

Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Elevation: 3850 m/12630 ft

• On this day, you will hike steeply up to Lava Tower, a volcanic plug formed during volcanic activity on Kilimanjaro.
• After reaching the volcanic plug of Lava Tower, you will descend into the Barranco Valley. This is considered the best day for acclimatization. On the way, at Shira Hut, you will be at the junction between the Machame Route and the Shira Route.

Accompaniment: Experienced mountain guide/guides, porters, and chef

What to see: Great views of the valleys and the scenery of the Barranco Wall

Time and distance: 6 to 8 hours of hiking over a distance of 9 km

Walking through: Shira Cathedral and the Barranco Wall

Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Elevation: 4640 m/15220 ft to 3986 m/13070 ft

• On this trekking day, you will have a short hike from Barranco to Karanga. You will start the day by climbing the Barranco Wall and then continue over some hills before reaching the Karanga valleys.

Accompaniment: Experienced mountain guide/guides, porters, and chef

What to see: Kibo Peak, the Western Breach, and the southern glaciers

Walking through: Barranco Wall and the valleys leading to Karanga valleys

Time and distance: 4 to 5 hours over a distance of 5 km

Elevation: 13,044 ft to 13,106 ft

Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

• After breakfast at camp, you will leave Karanga and head to the junction that connects with the Mweka Trail.
• From there, you will continue trekking up to Barafu Hut. By this point, you will have completed the South Circuit, and this location offers great views of the summit from many different angles.
• Here, you will make camp, rest, enjoy dinner, and prepare for summit day. The two peaks of Mawenzi and Kibo can be seen from this position.

Accompaniment: Experienced mountain guide/guides, porters, and chef

Walking through: Alpine desert

Time and distance: 4 to 5 hours over a distance of 5 km

Elevation: 13,044 ft to 13,106 ft

What to see: Kibo Peak, the Western Breach, and the southern glaciers

Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

• This is the dream-come-true day, when you will leave at midnight and pass between the Rebmann and Ratzel glaciers.
• You will head in a northwesterly direction and ascend through heavy scree toward Stella Point on the crater rim, where you can stop and rest.
• From Stella Point, you may encounter snow all the way during your 1-hour ascent to the summit of Uhuru Peak. There, you will reach the congratulatory point marking your arrival at the highest peak in Africa, joining the list of successful climbers who have made it to the Roof of Africa, and you will be certified for that.
• After the summit, you will descend all the way down until you reach Mweka Camp.

Walking through: The crater rim

Accompaniments: Mountain guide/guides, porters, and chef

Time and distance: 5 to 7 hours ascending and 5 to 6 hours descending, covering a distance of 5 km up and 13 km down respectively

What to see: The great view at Uhuru Peak

Elevation: 15,350 ft to 19,340 ft up and 10,150 ft down

Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

• This is the last day of your adventure to the Roof of Africa. After breakfast at camp, you will continue descending to Mweka Gate, where our staff will be waiting to pick you up and transfer you back to Moshi town at Kilimanjaro White House Hotel.
• As you descend to the lower elevation, the trail may be wet and muddy, so gaiters are highly recommended.

Walking through: Wet and muddy forest trails

Accompaniments: Mountain guide/guides, chef, and porters

Time and distance: 3 to 4 hours of hiking over a distance of 10 km

What to see: The forest and its features

Elevation: 10,150 ft to 5500 ft

Meal plan: Breakfast

• After breakfast, drive to Chemka Hot Spring for half-day relaxation, then later continue to the airport for your flight back home. This hot spring is a paradisiac oasis amidst the Tanzanian savannah and offers captivating, Bounty-styled views, crystal-clean water, and dense vegetation all around. It is a unique phenomenon and the only place in Tanzania, and most likely in the whole of East Africa, where groundwater actively interacts with geothermal sources, forming a number of small lakes with warm, never-stagnating water whose purity is not inferior to that of the best Dominican or Maldivian resorts.

Note: This day is a compliment to our clients on this trip and depends on the flight schedule written on the flight ticket.