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  TANZANIA: LEMOSHO & WESTERN BREACH

TANZANIA - THE LEMOSHO & THE WESTERN BREACH TIMELINE:

DAYS 1 - 2
Tanzania / Arusha National Park
Arrive and transfer to Mountain Village Lodge. Once settled, drive to the park to acclimatize. Welcome dinner and overnight at the lodge.

DAY 3
Lemosho Glades, Mount Kilimanjaro / Forest Camp, Elevation 9,000 feet
Head to the Lemosho Glades, at the foot of the mountain, to register and continue to the trail head; after lunch, begin the ascent. Throughout your climb, we overnight in tents at key altitudes along the mountain. Hikes total from four to nine hours each day, with breaks and lunch on the trail. Overnight at Forest Camp.

DAY 4
Forest Camp / Shira Camp, 12,000 feet
Today the tall grass savannah segues into landscapes created by volcanic lava, caves, and foamy streams. Continue to Shira caldera, a high desert plateau. Overnight at Shira Camp.

DAYS 5 - 6
Moir and arrow Glacier camps,13,900 feet
Behold the view of the Western Breach, Shira's Needle and Cathedral and glaciers. You may see duiker and jackal as you hike the alpine heather zone, up to Moir Camp for overnight. In the morning, the wind picks up and the temperatures drop. To acclimatize, you climb Lava Tower, then trek over to Arrow Glacier and camp for the night.

DAY 7
Crater Camp, 18,500 feet
A unique aspect of Mt. Kilimanjaro is the three craters and their fumaroles that remind you that this is an active volcano. The lava flows that breached the outer crater in several places formed the renowned Western Breach.

DAY 8
Milllenium Camp, 11,482 feet
Climbing out of the crater, you ascend the final thousand feet to Uhuru Peak. At 19,340 feet you are standing on top of Africa's highest point. The descent will end at Millennium Camp with altitude and temperatures noticably different.

DAY 9
Millenium Camp and Mountain Village
Leave the snowcap behind, and hike through familiar alpine and desert landscapes and the Barafu Valley. Eventually, the trail twists through the heather moorland. Overnight at Mweka Camp. On your final day, descend to Mweka Gate, sign out and collect your Certificate of Achievement. Transfer to Mountain Village Lodge to celebrate.
 

"I stood at the top of Mount Kilimanjaro, breathing the thin air of a crystal blue sky. Below me stretched the flat plain of Tanzania, almost overwhelming in its vastness. I looked in vain for the tiny spot, thousands of feet down, where our climb had begun."
 

EXPEDITION GUIDE

Dismass Mariki - The Lemosho & the Western Breach Dismass Mariki is a 30-year-old, licensed guide who has climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro 176 times. He became inspired by the "White Mountain" while in secondary school, and paid for college by working as an assistant guide on the mountain. In 2003, he completed intensive training with Kilimanjaro National Park to become a head guide.

An independent safari leader, Ashby also manages a seasonal camp in southern Loliondo in the Arusha Region of Northern Tanzania. Formerly, he served as a special projects manager for Tanzania Big Game Safaris and as field manager for the Friedkin Conservation Fund, setting up anti-poaching and game-population monitoring projects and educating local people in the benefits of sustainable resource utilization.

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