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Every itinerary is built around enough nights on the mountain for your body to keep up. Where a shorter version exists, we say who it suits — and who it does not.
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Duration: 9 days · Northern Circuit route
9 Days Northern Circuit Route
From US$3,150Challenging but well paced
7 routes, one summit
Which route is which
- Lemosho Route The best-balanced route on the mountain: a long, gradual western approach with the acclimatisation profile most first-time climbers should want.
- Marangu Route The only route with hut accommodation, and the only one that ascends and descends the same path. Choose it for the huts, not for the acclimatisation.
- Umbwe Route The steepest and most direct line on the mountain. Genuinely demanding, poorly suited to acclimatisation, and not a route we would suggest for a first Kilimanjaro climb.
- Machame Route The most popular route on Kilimanjaro, and deservedly so — but popular means busy, and six days is short for the altitude it covers.
- Rongai Route The only approach from the north, the driest option in the wetter months, and consistently the quietest of the mainstream routes.
- Shira Route Lemosho’s older sibling, and the reason Lemosho exists. It drives you to roughly 3,400 m and starts you there, which suits climbers who arrive already acclimatised and nobody else.
- Northern Circuit Route The longest route on Kilimanjaro and the strongest acclimatisation profile available. If you have nine days, this is the most conservative way up.
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Next group departures
Book a place rather than the whole trip. Every one is planned around its summit date — a full moon, or a day worth standing on the roof of Africa for — and the start date is counted backwards from there.
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International Mountain Day
Summit 11 December 2026
Start 5 Dec · gate 12 Dec
8 days · Lemosho
Available US$2,9998 Days Lemosho Route -
International Mountain Day
Summit 11 December 2026
Start 6 Dec · gate 12 Dec
7 days · Machame
Available US$2,6257 Days Machame Route -
Full Moon
Summit 24 December 2026
Start 18 Dec · gate 25 Dec
8 days · Lemosho
Available US$2,9998 Days Lemosho Route -
Full Moon
Summit 24 December 2026
Start 19 Dec · gate 25 Dec
7 days · Machame
Available US$2,6257 Days Machame Route