8 Days Original Kilimanajaro Climb via Londorosi Route
Arrival Day
Upon your arrival at Kilimanjaro International Airport, you will be picked and transfer the Hotel in Arusha town for overnight and last minutes gears check.
Day 1: Drive from Arusha to Londorossi National Park Gate/Lemosho trail end.
The trip to Kilimanjaro will start from the Hotel after the breakfast, the driver from Neeko tours will pick up from the Hotel and drive you to Londrossi Ntional park Gate which is about 3-4hrs, where you will make a registration and after that you get back to the car for almost 45minute, this will be in a rough road (bumping) where 4wd required. On this day lunch and water will be provided by the chief cook hiking will start from here which will take about 3-4hrs to mti mkubwa campsite where we will destinate. So, the route will be in rain forest zone where you will expect to see back and white colobus monkeys, blue monkeys and tree hyraxes but very rarely.
Day 2: Climbing Kilimanjaro from Mti Mkubwa Camp to Shira 1 Camp
Early Breakfast, you will start a Kilimanjaro hike passing rainforest and into the heather moorland zone towards shira1.Hot lunch will be provided then after clients will get enough time to rest before evening tea while they are waiting for dinner.
Day 3: Climbing Kilimanjaro from Shira 1 via Shira Peak (3800m) to Shira 2.
Early breakfast, you will start hiking alongside the Shira palatium via Shira peak where you will be able to see the Shira cathedral this means you will get more time for acclimatization golden role which says go higher sleep lower then will descend down to Shira 2 camp for hot lunch and resting.
Day 4: Climbing Kilimanjaro from Shira 2 via Lava Tower to Baranco Camp.
Early morning breakfast served from 7:30, then after you start hiking to Lava Tower for hot lunch, on this day you will need to be prepared for cold wind shells as we will be crossing over the desert, while having lunch at this point expect to start feeling mile symptoms of the attitudes which could be headache, nausea, dizziness and diarrhea for some people though is not necessarily, after lunch you will have 2-3hrs hiking down to Baranko camp which also offer you a good night sleep as it’s a part acclimatization.
Day 5: Climbing Kilimanjaro Start from Baranco Camp to Karanga Camp.
Early breakfast at Baranco campsite, then start on the crumbling part where extra care needed before we make to the top. On this part no need of hiking poles, as you need to use them after make to the top of the cliff which is (4200m).The entire wall normally takes 1.1.5hrs from here you start up and down via Karanga Valley which is last water point before Karanga Camp where you will overnight.
Day 6: Karanga Camp to Barafu Base Camp
A bit late breakfast then we start our gently hiking towards Barafu base camp, the hike will take 3-4hrs. On this base camp lunch and dinner need to be served earlier in advance so that you get enough time to rest and prepare before the final assaults. At 11:30pm your porters will awake you for a quick tea, coffee and biscuits before start hiking at the midnight. After spending 5-6hrs we will expect to be at stella point which will be in the crater rim, on this point you will be the first-person all-over Africa to see the sun rise coming from Mawenzi peak side. Then it will take another 1hr and 15minutes to get to the Uhuru peak where you need to have 10-15minutes for taking pictures before you start descending down to Barafu base camp for branch, and few minutes of resting.
Day 7: Kilimanjaro hike from Barafu Base Camp to Mweka Hut.
On this day after a short resting, you will have 5hrs of descending down to Mweka Hut (3100m) where you will have dinner and plenty of oxygen which helps to have a good night sleep.
Day 8: Kilimanjaro hike Mweka hut to Mweka Gate.
Final day on Kilimanjaro you will have a breakfast served earlier which accompanied with tipping celebration for the entire team, then after you will have 3-4hrs crossing down in the rain forest to Mweka where you will sign out and get your certificates. After 5minutes driving we will stop outside of the park for hot lunch then driving all the way back to the Hotel.