8 days -
Mount kilimanjaro climbing lemosho route + 2 nights budget accommodation stay
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price from
$2,350
per adult
min person:
1
days: 8
Includes
- Complimentary meet and greet on arrival at Kilimanjaro Airport
- One arrival & one departure private transfer
- Breakfast and dinner as included on the first and last night at the accommodation
- Arusha Hostel accommodation – 2Nights
- Accommodation includes storage facilities for excess luggage during hike.
- Return transfers between the hotel to the start / finish point of a climb
- All Kilimanjaro National Park gate fees, camping / hut fees and climbing permits
- Kilimanjaro National Park rescue fees (Kilimanjaro Rescue Team)
- Chief guide carries a Pulse Oximeter, used to take blood-oxygen level readings.
- Emergency oxygen (for use in emergencies only – not as summiting aid)
- Complete First Aid kit (for use in emergencies only)
- Qualified mountain guide, assistant guides, porters and cook
- Salaries paid to the mountain support crew is much higher than the recommended KINAPA (Kilimanjaro National Park Authority) payment.
- Breakfast, lunch and dinner, as well as hot drinks on the mountain
- Lunch is prepared fresh at the lunch stop – except day 1 picnic lunch
- Camping equipment.
- Porter to carry your duffel bag, with maximum weight of 15kg / 32 lbs, from one camp to the next camp
- Kilimanjaro National Park certificate for your successful summit attempt.
- Complimentary 3 liters of mineral water.
- Our exclusive, printable Dahlia Kilimanjaro altitude sickness survival guide
- Complimentary Flying doctors’ membership (Emergency Helicopter evacuation to Nairobi)
Excludes
- Flights and airport taxes
- Items of a personal nature
- (Entry visa for Tanzania (US$50 per passport holder for most nationalities / US $ 100 per visa for USA passport holders)
- Health requirements (Yellow Fever – only compulsory if you travel to Tanzania via a Yellow Fever infected country, Meningitis & Hepatitis A remains optional, but comes recommended)
- Optional but highly recommended travel and medical insurance.
- Personal hiking/trekking gear – you could rent some of the gear in Tanzania.
- Snacks, personal medicine and water purifying tablets.
- Meals and drinks not specified.
- Compulsory Tips for guides from group, porters and cook. (Guide $20/day, assistant guide $15/day, Chef $.10/day, each porter $.5/day)
Itinerary
Day: 1
Kilimanjaro airport – arusha
Upon your arrival at kilimanjaro airport, our driver will be waiting for you. He will take you to arusha at dahlia africa hostel. The rest of the day or night is for you to relax and prepare for your upcoming trip. Our kilimanjaro team will meet you at your accomodation to brief you on your upcoming trek and check your equipment.
Day: 2
Arusha – starting point lemosho (2,385m) – big tree camp (2,780m)
In the morning you will be taken to londorossi gate (2,250m). Upon completion of all the entry formalities and a final 15 km drive on a bumpy road you will reach your starting point at the edge of the rainforest. You will enjoy lunch before you set out on the trail through the rainforest. Todays walk is quite short, thus giving you time to enjoy the lush scenery which will drastically change over the course of your trek. You might even catch a glimpse of the thumbless colobus monkeys sitting in the branches above you. Your dinner and overnight awaits you at the beautiful big tree camp.
Day: 3
Big tree camp (2,780m) – shira camp 1 (3,500m)
As you walk along the thin trail through the rainforest, you will notice the vegetation becoming scarcer and scarcer until you finally reach moorland filled with lobelia and erica plants. Ascending through rolling hills, you will reach shira camp 1 in about 3 to 4 hours. Looking over the shira plateau from your camp you will be able to see the unmistakable snow-capped summit of kibo. A hearty evening meal and a last glimpse at the starry sky will bring the day to a close.
Day: 4
Shira camp 1 (3,500m) – shira camp 2 (3,900m)
Today you will cross shira ridge with its rocky ground, low grasses and shrubs. As the terrain is much flatter than the day before, your hike will seem more leisurely and you will enjoy fantastic views of the great rift valley and mount meru. Beautiful and distinctive giant lobelias still dot the moor landscape. Walking on ground where lava used to flow you will reach shira camp 2, where you will have your evening meal and overnight stay.
Day: 5
Shira camp 2 (3,900m) – lava tower (4,640m) – barranco camp (3,960m)
After breakfast you will start your ascent to lava tower through a boulder-strewn terrain. In the distance you will see kibo encouraging you to continue uphill. Reaching lava tower, you will rest and allow your body to get used to the higher altitude, after which you continue downwards to barranco camp. This method of climbing high but sleeping low allows your body to acclimatize to the differing altitudes and gives you a good idea on how your body react to changes in altitude. Along the way the scenery changes once more and soon you are surrounded by giant senecios and smaller lobelias. After 6 to 7 hours you will reach the beautiful and green barranco camp, which offers great views of the surrounding snow-capped mountains. After dinner you will settle in for the night.
Day: 6
Barranco camp (3,960m) – karanga camp (4,035m)
The famous barranco wall, which is probably the steepest part of the entire route, awaits you after breakfast. Although no technical climbing is necessary, some spots do require you to use your hands for a better grip and to pull yourself up. Your guide will be close by to help you if necessary. After you have pulled yourself around the kissing rock you will make your way along the mountain ridge and through the karanga valley. You will also pass the last water spot as you finally reach karanga camp. After a well-deserved meal, it is off to bed.
Day: 7
Karanga camp (4,035m) – barafu camp (4,640m)
Today you will make your way to barafu camp. The landscape is very dry and the ground cracks like glass under your boots. As you make your way through the afro-alpine desert to the rocky barafu camp, a sense of excitement sweeps over you as your final stretch is only a few hours away. The barafu camp with its rocky scenery allows for a stunning view of mawenzi peak and the summit path ahead. After an early dinner and last minute preparation for tomorrow, you will go to bed.
Day: 8
Barafu camp (4,640m) – uhuru peak (5,895m) – mweka camp (3,080m)
At around midnight you will be awoken with some hot tea and biscuits in order to get you ready for todays ascents. You will ascend in a north-westerly direction through heavy scree toward stella point, arriving there in about 5 to 7 hours. At stella point (5,730m) you may rest if necessary before taking on another 1 to 2 hour stretch along the crater rim to uhuru peak the highlight of your trip. A breath-taking view awaits you as you stand on the highest mountain in africa. After taking as much pictures as your camera will allow, you will leave behind the glistening glaciers and snowy peak and make your way back down to barafu camp. Here you will have time to catch your breath before heading further down to mweka camp, an approximate 3 hour walk. A scrumptious dinner and a peaceful nights sleep awaits you
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