The quietest of the main routes and the best acclimatisation on the mountain. You start on the western side, walk in for two days before meeting the crowds, and cross the Shira Plateau with the summit in front of you the whole way.
$150 deposit holds your seat · Twin-share · single supplement $220
Airport pickup, gear check, and a full briefing with your lead guide.
A long drive round the mountain, then three hours through quiet rainforest.
Six hours out of the forest onto the Shira Plateau, with the summit ahead.
Five hours across the plateau, with an optional afternoon climb of Lent Hill for acclimatisation.
Seven hours up to 4600m then down to sleep low. The key acclimatisation day.
The Barranco Wall, then a short day to rest before the push.
Four hours to summit camp. Early dinner, sleep by seven.
Midnight start, Stella Point at dawn, Uhuru Peak, then down to Millennium.
Three hours to Mweka Gate, certificates, transfer to JRO.
Hotel · Moshi
Full-service tented camps · Lemosho route
Hotel · Moshi
No, it is longer and gentler. The extra day is why the success rate is higher.
Almost none for the first two days. From Barranco onward you join the Machame traffic.
It is four to five hours. We leave early and you still walk that afternoon.
Migration timing, off-season finds, and dispatches from our guides. About one note a month.
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