Mweka Camp
Mweka Camp Elevation / Altitude: 3,050 meters above sea level Located on the Mweka Route, Mweka Camp also known as Mweka Hut Camp is an overnight accommodation site used by climbers who are only descending from the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro. For Mount Kilimanjaro climbers coming down from the mountain, Mweka Camp is usually the last campsite used for […]
Barranco Camp
Altitude / Barranco Camp Elevation: 3950 m.a.m.s.l. Barranco Camp situated at the base of Kilimanjaro’s Barranco Wall is an accommodation campsite used by climbers scaling Mount Kilimanjaro to rest and spend the night via the following routes:- Machame, Umbwe, Shira, and Lemosho routes with an attempt to reach to the summit. Descent doesn’t go through Barranco campsite as […]
Barafu Camp
Altitude / Barafu Camp Elevation: 4645 m.a.m.s.l. Barafu Camp also known as Barafu Hut Camp is the closest campsite and accommodation point near the Uhuru Peak summit. Barafu is a Swahili word meaning Ice. Barafu hut campsite is one of the last camps you come across right before summiting Mount Kilimanjaro, the other camps located near Kibo […]
Shira Camp One/ Shira 1 Camp
Shira Camp One Elevation / Altitude: 3,510 meters The Shira Camp One or Shira 1 campsite is located along the Lemosho Route of Mount Kilimanjaro. It can be used for resting during the day or as an overnight camping area. This is an ascent camp used only by climbers going up the mountain and it is the second […]
Shira 2 Camp
Shira 2 Camp Elevation / Altitude: 3890 meters The Shira 2 is situated along the Shira and Lemosho route. This camping area is the third camp you encounter for both routes and is used for ascent while going up Kilimanjaro Mountain. Shira 2 campsite’s name that it got because of its nearness to the Shira plateau […]
Karanga Camp
Karanga Camp Elevation/Altitude of the Karanga Hut Campsite: 4040 m.a.m.s.l. The Karanga Camp or Karanga Hut Campsite, having got its name from the Karanga Valley which cuts across Kibo’s Southern side cutting through Kilimanjaro national park, the Karanga hut campsite is an overnight resting point used by climbers via the Lemosho, Shira, Umbwe, and Machame routes, climbing towards […]
Mti Mkubwa Camp ( Big Tree Camp or Forest Camp)
Forest / Mti Mkubwa Camp Elevation / Altitude: 2780 Above Sea level Mti Mkubwa camp also known as the big tree camp or the Forest camp, which is the official name of this campsite situated along Mount Kilimanjaro’s Lemosho climbing trail. This campsite is an overnight camping site that got its name from a Swahili word meaning […]
