8 days Lemosho route Trekking Kilimanjaro

Moshi, Tanzania

8 days Lemosho route Trekking Kilimanjaro
Moshi, Tanzania


Duration: 8 days
Group size: 10 - 100

About this trip

This route is considered as the most scenic trail on Kilimanjaro, granting panoramic vistas on various sides of the mountain. As one of the newer routes, Lemosho is a superb choice for your climb. Due to its ideal balance of low crowds Lemosho Is preferred as the best route, beautiful scenery and a high summit success, it specializes in guiding on the Lemosho route. Most of our clients climb Kilimanjaro using this route and they consistently report that they loved it. Thus, Lemosho is highly recommended. 

The Lemosho route approaches Mount Kilimanjaro from the west, beginning with a long drive from Moshi to Londorossi Gate. From there, the first two days are spent trekking through the rain forest to Shira Ridge. The Lemosho route crosses the entire Shira Plateau from west to east in a pleasant, relatively flat hike. Crowds are low until the route joins the Machame route near Lava Tower. Then the route travers’s underneath Kilimanjaro's Southern Ice Field on a path known as the Southern Circuit before summiting from Barafu. Descent is made via the Mweka route. 

What’s included

  • o Park fees,
  • o Camp fees
  • o Rescue fees
  • o Transportation to & fr
  • o Professional mountain
  • o 3 meals daily while on

What’s not included

  • o Both National and Inte
  • o Medical insurance
  • o Tips to mountain crew
  • o Items of a personal na

Available Packages

Trip Price
$2,050
Deposit: $205

Itinerary

Day 1
Londorossi Gate to Forest Camp

Elevation (ft): 7,800ft to 9,500ft

Distance: 6 km

Hiking Time:3-4 hours

Habitat: Rain Forest

Full board at Forest camp Know as {Big tree Camp}.

We depart from Moshi for Londorossi Gate, which takes about 4 hours, where you will complete entry formalities. Then drive to the Lemosho trailhead (another hour to reach the trailhead). Upon arrival at trailhead, we eat lunch, and then commence through undisturbed forest which winds to the first camp site which is Forest camp Know as Big tree Camp.