Lemosho Glades Route

6 Days

ZRLG - Tanzania

Lemosho Glades Route is an unspoilt, remote, little-used and beautiful way up to the Shira Plateau. It can either be used to gain the Western Breach route or followed by the Kibo South Circuit to gain the easier Barafu Route. The route is one of the few where an armed ranger accompanies groups, as the forests around the Lemosho Glades are rich in buffalo and other big game animals.

Available dates:

Sept 3 - Sep 10, 2005 Sept 17 - Sept 24, 2005 Oct 1 - Oct 8, 2005 Oct 9 - Oct 16, 2005 Oct 22 - Oct 29, 2005 Nov 12 - Nov 19, 2005 Nov 27 - Dec 4, 2005 Dec 10 - Dec 17, 2005 Dec 24 - Dec 31, 2005 Jan 1 - Jan 8, 2006 Jan 14 - Jan 21, 2006 Jan 19 - Feb 5, 2006 Feb 11 - Feb 18, 2006 Feb 25 - Mar 4, 2006 Mar 12 - Mar 19, 2006 Apr 8 - Apr 15, 2006 Apr 16 - Apr 23, 2006 June 17 - June 24, 2006 June 25 - Jul 2, 2006

Costs

$699.00 USD / $859.00 CAD
$20 Single supplement

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Itinerary

Day 1 Drive from Moshi or Arusha to Londorossi Park Gate (2250m, 1.5 hours). From here a forest track requiring a 4WD vehicle leads to Lemosho Glades (2000m, 11km, 45 minutes) and a possible campsite (park fees are not paid to camp here). Walk along beautiful forest trails to Mti Mkubwa (big tree) campsite, (2750m, 3 hours). A fine site, water is quite a long way from the camp but will be brought by porters. The ranger normally neither does nor goes beyond here.

Day 2 The trail gradually steepness and enters the giant heather moorland zone then crosses the Shira Ridge at about 3600m to drop gently down to Shira 1 camp located by a stream on the Shira Plateau (3500m, 5 hours).

Day 3 A gentle walk across the plateau leads to Shira 2 camp on moorland meadows by a stream (3850m, 1.5 hours). A variety of walks are available on the Plateau making this an excellent acclimatization day.

Day 4 The moorlands soon come to an end and the rocky path leads amongst outcrops to the Lava Tower where there are good campsites (4600m, 5 hours). A strong group may want to continue up a steep scree path to the site of the Arrow Glacier hut where there are poor campsites (4800m, 6.5 hours).

Day 5 You From the Arrow Glacier camp steep scree and rocky outcrops requiring scrambling lead up the Western Breach to the crater floor. After snowfalls the route can become icy and in these conditions an ice axe or ski stick and maybe even crampons may be required, (5700m, 4.5 hours). Nowadays there is no much snow falls and It is possible to camp almost anywhere in the crater or in a further 2 hours Uhuru Point can be reached by a variety of routes). Either the Mweka Routes may be used for descent, either the Mweka Hut may be reached in about 6 hours allowing for a short lunch stop and overnight).

Day 6 Descend to the Mweka Park Gates (4 and 3 hours respectively).

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