Lemosho Route (highly recommended)
Coming in as highly recommended the Lemosho route is among the most recent (new) routes up Kilimanjaro. It is the most scenic trail up Kilimanjaro with beautiful vistas and amazing panoramic views; it also gives a high summit success rate with a moderate traffic during the climb.
The minimum days on this route is 6 but depending on how fit you are, you can either go on 7, 8 and 9 day climb up Lemosho (we highly recommend 8 days to ensure summit success). With this route, you will be approaching Kilimanjaro from the west trekking through the rain forest for two days to Shira Ridge where you’ll then cross the Shira plateau ( west to east) while heading toward Shira camp. Hikers will enjoy the low traffic up to the point when the route meets up with the machame where the traffic increases a little before summiting.
Hikers using the Lemosho route going up, will ultimately use the Mweka route going down similar to those using the machame route
