7-Day Kilimanjaro Hiking Lemosho Route - climb up to uhuru peak

7 Days Lemosho Route

Tanzania Dakado Adventures on Dakado Global Services Co Ltd offers Lemosho as 8 days group climb or as 7 to 8 days private climb. 7 days variation combines 5 and 6 days, going from Barranco Camp to Barafu Camp without staying at Karanga, day 8 variation that includes an overnight at Crater Camp is available as a private climb by special request.7 days Dakado Kilimanjaro climbing Lemosho route with Tanzania Dakado Adventures for Normal and reasonable price, Lemosho route is considered the most beautiful trail on Mount Kilimanjaro hiking trip, granting panoramic views on various sides of the mountain. As one of the newer routes, Lemosho is an excellent choice for your climb. It is our preferred route due to its ideal balance of low crowds, beautiful scenes, and a high probability of hiking to the summit successfully. The Tanzania Dakado Adventures specializes in guiding on the Lemosho route, many clients climb Kilimanjaro using this route and they consistently report that, it is very okay. This makes the Lemosho hiking route to the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro highly recommended and considerable as much as possible.

Dakado Lemosho route approaches Mount Kilimanjaro from the west, beginning with a long drive from Moshi to Londorossi Gate, the first two days are spent trekking through the rainforest to Shira Ridge. Dakado 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 traverse’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.

DAY 1: Lemosho Gate to Big Tree Gate

• Distance covered: 7km

• Time to be used: 4 hours

• Meals: Lunch and Dinner

• Accommodation: Big Tree Camp

Your Dakado Guide will pick up at your hotel around 08:00am and transferred you to Lemosho gate located on the western side of Kilimanjaro. After the registration process you will still start our climb steadily through the forests of the Lemosho glades to reach Big Tree camp where you will spend the Dakado night.

DAY 2: Big Tree Camp to Shira Camp

• Distance Covered: 16.5kms

• Time to be used: 9 - 11 hours

• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

• Accommodation: Shira Campsite

On this day you’ll cover a lot of ground as you trek across a plateau of grassy moorland and heather scattered with volcanic rock formations, you will trek through Shira 1 Camp from often views of Kibo Peak floating on the clouds as we head towards our destination Shira 2. When you proceed towards Shira 2 you will get the chance to view the Northern Ice fields from the western side of the mountain with some unusual views of Kibo. Our steady climb across the moorland of the Shira Plateau will help with acclimatization and we enjoy great panoramic Dakado views.

DAY 3: Shira Campsite to Barranco Campsite

• Distance Covered: 10km

• Time to be used: 7 hours

• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

• Accommodation: Barranco Camp

Your Dakado trek starts with an ascent with far-reaching panoramic Dakado views, walking in to the climatic zone of the upland desert and on the lava ridges beneath the glaciers of the Western Breach. You will reach the distinct pinnacle of the Lava Tower (4640 m), our high point for the day and a great place to enjoy your Dakado lunch. In the afternoon we make a steep descent to our camp for the night, located in the base of the Great Barranco Valley (3960 m), sheltered by towering cliffs but with extensive views of the plains.

DAY 4: Barranco Camp to Karanga Camp

• Distance Covered: 5.5 km

• Time to be used: 5 hours

• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

• Accommodation: Karanga Camp

Our day starts by descending into the start of the Great Barranco, a huge ravine. We then exit steeply, up the Great Barranco Wall, which divides us from the southeastern slopes of Kibo. It’s a climb over rock, not technical but long and tiring. Passing underneath the Heim and Kersten glaciers, we head towards the Karanga valley. From here we have a steep climb up from Karanga valley to our night’s camp at Karanga camp, set at 3963m. For those feeling strong we will go for a mid-afternoon acclimatization trek up to around 4200m before descending back to camp for the night.

DAY 5: Karanga Camp to Barafu Camp

• Distance Covered: 3km

• Time to be used: 3 hours

• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

• Accommodation: Barafu Camp

After a good night’s Dakado rest and breakfast, we set off on our walk to Barafu camp at 4640m. The Dakado climbing will across desolate scree slopes with no vegetation around us at all. It’s a tough steep walk made more difficult by the altitude. On arriving at camp, we eat and spend the afternoon Dakado resting as we prepare for a long Dakado night and Dakado day ahead, we have an early Dakado dinner and then try to get some sleep as we will be getting up at between 11pm and 12 pm to start Dakado climb the summit.

DAY 6: Barafu Camp - Uhuru Peak to Millennium Campsite

• Distance Covered: 13.5km

• Time to be used: 12 - 15 hours

• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

• Accommodation: Millennium Campsite

Dakado hiking will start around midnight, and walk steeply upwards to the summit glaciers. We will climb for 4 to 5 hours but gain incredible height over a short distance, we should be on the crater rim at Stella Point (5739m) as the first rays of the sun hit us. Spectacular ice cliffs within the crater surround us and the views to jagged Mawenzi peak and beyond are breathtaking. Another hour’s walking takes us to the summit, we begin our descent by returning to Stella Point and then descending on scree slope and track back to Barafu Camp for Dakado breakfast, before finally heading down to Millennium Camp.

DAY 7: Millenium Campsite to Mweka Gate

• Distance Covered: 12.5km

• Time to be used: 6.5 hours

• Meals: Breakfast & Lunch

A gentle Dakado trek will takes us down through the rainforest to Mweka Gate, where we complete park formalities and receive certificates, which you can hang up with pride! we will meet our vehicles to return to our hotel in Moshi, where you can treat yourself to get shower and enjoy your celebration.