Hiking Mt Kilimanjaro 8 days

Lemosho is considered the most beautiful route on Kilimanjaro and grants panoramic vistas on various sides of the mountain. It is our favorite route because it offers a great balance of low traffic, scenic views and a high summit success rate. Thus, Lemosho is highly recommended.

Duration: 8 days
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights

1 Arusha (1400m) – Londorossi Gate (2100m) – Mti Mkubwa camp (2750m)

Mount Kilimanjaro - Depart Arusha/Moshi for Londorossi Gate, which will take about 4 hours. Then we will drive to the Lemosho trailhead (another hour to reach the trailhead). Upon arrival at trailhead, we will have lunch and then commence through undisturbed forest which winds…

What's Included
  • Private transportation
  • Use of camping equipment
  • Lunch
  • Dinner
  • Breakfast
  • All fees and/or taxes
  • Portage
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Johannap904
Dec 10, 2023
Lemosho route with the best crew! - The hike to Kilimanjaro with the Safari Soles crew was simply incredible! I chose the Lemosho route and completed it in 6 days. Everything was perfectly prepared! My guide Emanuel Mkumbo looked after my wellbeing and safety, pushed me in challenging situations, listened to my needs and we had a lot of fun and good stories to tell! The cook, Vino, prepared the best meals and Isa always checked that I had everything I needed. Part of my things were carefully transported by the porters and the whole team was sharing happiness once I returned safety from the peak! I can definitely recommend Safari Sole and my crew!
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Abdelilahsaid
Apr 1, 2023
Best team to go on top of Africa - It's a lifetime experience to do Kili and to succeed thanks to a team that help us fulfilling this. Thanks to Bryson for making it so easy for us, for both, Kilimanjaro and Safaris. Thanks also to Franky (best guide ever) and all his team that were so kind and so generous, always the smile on their faces. Lemosho route is wonderful, each day is different with a lot of sceneries and views. We recommend them 1000%. Abdelilah & Smahane
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Agn9839aw
Aug 14, 2022
The best Kilimanjaro/safari company operating in Tanzania - My husband and I spent two weeks in mainland Tanzania with Safari Soles (first, climbing Kilimanjaro and then on safari in the Serengeti) and we confidently concluded that we had found that this was the best company operating in Tanzania. The company is run by Bryson, who is a young local Tanzanian. All of Bryson's employees spoke incredibly highly of him and his professionalism, describing him as a man who never cuts corners. This was exactly accurate with our impression of him. In the lead up to the trip and during, he was always available, friendly, impressively efficient and easy to communicate with, and patiently answered every one of my questions. He organised exactly the trip we wanted - the activities, perfect dates, to our budget, etc. First, we spent 8 days taking the Lemosho route up Kilimanjaro with Gasto (guide), Justin (assistant guide) and their team of porters. The group knew each other very well, since many of them have worked together for ten years, and their cohesion was evident. They felt like a family and we were made to feel very much a part of that family. Every person we passed on the mountain seemed to know and would greet Gasto, evidencing how respected he is as a guide and also how experienced he is. When he became a guide ten years ago, he was the youngest guide on the mountain. He knows every leaf, every symptom of altitude sickness, every corner of Kilimanjaro. Within a day, he had sussed out our strengths and weaknesses and would tailor our daily schedules to reflect this. The porters always got us the best spots in the campsites, everyone on the team was flawlessly professional and punctual, the food was excellent, the kit we borrowed top quality and the friendliness of the team was wonderful. Making it to the summit was amazing but we will cherish the memory of every member of our team who we spent those 8 days with as much as getting to the top of Africa! Next, we spent four days on a camping safari in central and northern Serengeti, and Ngorongoro Crater, with Isaack (guide) and Dennis (chef). They were a fantastic pair who also seemed to know every other guide or ranger we passed! Dennis was a magician, cooking up the most delicious meals in such basic conditions. My jaw dropped when he brought us fantastic freshly baked bread for dinner! Dennis could absolutely be working for a top restaurant in Arusha. Isaack was super friendly and endlessly knowledgeable about the parks and animals, and managed to not only show us a heap of different animals but some amazing scenes - like a lion and hyena showdown over a killed buffalo! The Safari Soles guides have a great relationship with each other so, since there were two different SS jeeps in the Serengeti at the same time, Isaack and the other guide often worked together, giving each other tips on what they'd found that day etc. So you benefit from the eyes of not just your guide but their other fantastic guides too! It was really important for us to book with a Tanzanian company, not an international one. This was a once-in-a-lifetime trip for us that we'd saved for and we wanted the money we spent to go entirely to Tanzania and the local people. Bryson has gathered a team of the very best guides, porters, chefs in Tanzania. You can't go wrong by booking with him and I am confident that, like us, you'll be grateful every day of your trip for finding Safari Soles!
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Pioneer563266
Oct 3, 2021
The most incredible experience ever - So my name is Inês, I’m from Portugal. Me and my boyfriend Pedro just arrived from a 7 days Lemosho route, in Kilimanjaro that turned into a 6 days route because we have this amazing team with us. We were super lucky with the Safari Soles team that we had, they were all great, super experienced with Kilimanjaro and they all did so much for us, it’s literally impossible to do it without them. But we would like to make a special thanks to our guide, which is the best guide EVER. Our guide was William, one of the nicest person we have ever met. Really kind human being, funny and he was looking for us the entire time, helping us, motivating us to get to our goal, he was a really rafiki (friend, in Tanzanian language). It was the most incredible experience we had in our lifes, is hard, but it’s amazing when you reach the top. So a huuuuge asante sana (thank you so much) to Safari Soles and to William and ALL his team for helping us reach our goal.
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Isomene
Jun 16, 2021
Amazing climb with excellent guides ! - WoW ! I just climbed the Kilimanjaro. It was a breathtaking and life lasting experience ! I am a quite experienced hiker but realized very quickly I could have never done it without excellent mountain guides. I highly advise you to choose your guides well ! I highly recommend our head guide William +255 762 665 619 He knows Kilimanjaro like his pocket. He is very kind and did everything possible to get us to the summit to make our dreams come true ! He carried our bags when we were too exhausted, helped us and closely watched us on difficult passages, briefed and motivated us daily and finally pushed us safely to the summit. A huge thank you to him ! I also highly recommend our assistant guide Bervine +255 766 563 529 He is a graduated botanist and takes time to explain to you many plants and animals. What an amazing chance to have had this storytelling botanist with us ! He also was very kind and pushed us to the summit. A huge thank you to him ! I am also very happy because I am reassured that our porters were well paid which is often not the case if you book cheap packages. This was very important to me. Please also consider safety as cheap companies do not carry oxygen tanks which can be life saving. It is therefore very dangerous to climb without.
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199salimm
Dec 21, 2020
Great experience with Safari Soles Tours - My friends and I completed a 7 day hike on Mount Kilimanjaro going up on Lemosho route and descent through Mweka. Each of the trekking day was different and had varied memories. Mount Kilimanjaro itself is grandeur and Lemosho route is definitely very scenic, more than we had anticipated. The key to a successful ascent of Mt Kilimanjaro is to take it laid-back during the first days and ensuring that you acclimatize to the altitude before attempting the final hike to the summit. Upon hitting Uhuru Peak, it is quite a sense of great achievement standing on top the mountain. It is for sure a an amazing experience watching the sun rise over the African skies and with amazing views. We used the service of Safari Soles Tours directly and Bryson made all the arrangements for us. Everything was delivered as planned and at reasonable cost. Our guide was an excellent choice and an expert in helping out alongside the team of porters and cook. The cook and porters were all very good and well organized, the food was good, warm and plentiful with fresh fruits. Everything was on time and the guide adjusted hiking tempo to our abilities and frequent photo stops. He knew well what he was doing. The hike itself, landscape and nature, is of course exceptional. Without the help of our guide, we wouldn’t have succeeded in reaching the summit. Bryson was an excellent planner and made all efforts in providing all the information we needed beforehand. Everything was as per the details provided and trust me that they know the mountain very well, providing you with the right info and the potential problems and solutions. For us, using Safari Soles Tours was a great experience.
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Mc20192019
Aug 8, 2019
Spot on! - This route provides the basis for a high probability for reaching the summit. It can be flexed between six to eight days depending upon your level of fitness.
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