Kilimanjaro Londorosi Route 7 Days

Arrive at Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO), where you will meet our representative, and transfer to your hotel in Moshi town. The hotel will provide all the essentials for a classic stay: cosy rooms, hot water, polite staff, a swimming pool, and Internet access. In the evening there will be a briefing with our guides, who will also make sure you are ready to begin the climb.

Today it will be one of your beautiful and very shot hike about 1-2 hours including lunch stop to cover distance of 4km, we will be in the moorland zone and clear mountain streams with its open tussock grassland,lava flows, heather shrub lands, valley bottoms on the west side of the Shira plateaus where you will enjoying the sun and walking slowly more breaks for acclimatize until we arrive at our camp for overnight. 7

Today we will hike for about 4-6 hours to cover the distance of 9km also we will cross the middle of Shira plateau a world heritage site to our picnic lunch at Fishers Point. After lunch, we will walk for 1-2 hours hiking through the moorland zone and arriving at our beautiful overnight camp located at the base of the massive lava flow.

Today we will keep walking in the alpine desert for 9km about 6-8 hours, We will start by climbing over steep hills and very few rocks, then a steady uphill climb to Lava Tower (150m high volcanic plug that just out the side of the mountain) and stop for lunch around noon. From this point, some people might start to feel mild headaches due to altitude change. From the lava tower, we will descend about 2 hours through a dust and rock trail overnight at Barranco camp.

Today is a short day for 4-6 hours to cover the distance of 6km and we will start by scrambling up the great Baranco wall for about 1-2 hours. In this wall, some sections will be steep forcing you to use your hands to reach and manoeuvre yourself around rock boulders like rock climbing, Although is not as challenging as rock climbing. At the top of the wall, you can see Baranco Valley and the campsite where you spend a night before also you will walk up and down to Karanga Valley which is the last water point to the mountain and on top of the ridge it will be our campsite where we will have hot lunch and overnight.

Today we will have another walk of 4km for 3-5 hours on a steep uphill with a lot of boulders and shattered rock crossing the upper alpine desert. We will go through a steep ridge until we reach a rocky section more scrambling for about an hour and a half. Our next camp will be on a large rocky with steep faces and we will have dinner and sleep earlier because we have to wake up at midnight for the summit.

We will wake up around 11:00 pm have some tea and snacks dress up warm for the summit. We will start our summit around midnight by starting with steep rocks for about 2-3 hours and then we will start crossing the zigzag area and keep moving to the crater rim and finally Stella point 5756m around 6 am. At Stella Point, we will meet with other hikers from other routes and join them heading to Uhuru Peak and we will be able to see sunrise on our way or at the summit. Once we arrive at the summit we will stay for 10-15 minutes for pictures and view then descend via the same trail for about 3 hours to Barafu camp for resting, brunch and descend to Mweka hut.

Today after breakfast you will meet your Eastland adventures Kilimanjaro crew for group pictures and Kilimanjaro songs afterward we will start descending via rain forest for about 3-4 hours to cover the distance of 10km, Also if you are lucky we can see blue monkeys, black and white Colobus monkeys and other wildlife. At Mweka gate we will sign out in the Kilimanjaro National Park log book and our guide will collect certificates for those who manage successful summits then drive to your hotel in Moshi for a hot shower and Kilimanjaro beer.

This is an option for people who want to sleep in the crater camp and it also offers more acclimatization and time to explore the Kilimanjaro summit, glaciers and ash pit, also it’s a bit expensive compared to other normal routes. Please contact us for more information if you are interested in this itinerary.

Rest in the hotel and transfer to the airport.

Note: Hotel check-out is at 11:00 AM. In case you need a late check-out because of an evening flight, there is the option to extend your hotel stay for an extra fee.