• Lemosho Route - After enjoying breakfast, the day begins with an early pick-up in Moshi, followed by a 2-hour drive through the fertile agricultural region at the mountain’s base. This area features a mix of small hand-tilled plots and large commercial farms, transitioning into plantation forests and eventually indigenous forests.

Upon arrival at the Londrosi gate, there will be a brief stop for registration before continuing to the Morum gate. Once past the park gate, the road ascends steeply along a rugged track, swiftly passing through various vegetation layers. The dense mountain forest with towering trees gradually gives way to the giant heath. Initially, these giants stand ten to fifteen feet tall, but as the elevation increases, they become progressively shorter. By the time the plateau’s final rise is reached, they are only a few feet high.

• Private transportation
• 2 liters of mineral water per person
• Lunch
• Oclaa Adventures T-shirt
• First Aid kit

• Travel Insurence
• Tip after trip for your guide & driver
• All the personal items

The Shira Plateau area of Kilimanjaro offers a fantastic opportunity to get high on a big mountain and to hike around this impressive World Heritage Site as a day trip – it’s a fantastic area and there are some great day hikes – either a more strenuous day hiking up along the ancient rim of the plateau or something more relaxed sticking to the undulating floor – perhaps going as far as the photogenic ‘cone place’ or Shira Needles’ at the Southern end of the plateau.

There is a fair amount of wildlife on the plateau however most of it is elusive and nocturnal but with care the events of the night can be reconstructed from the footprints around the watering points on the streams. There are herds of buffalo but also smaller gazelles and bushbuck, there is the carcase of eland and elephant higher on the mountain proving that these larger animals are occasional visitors.

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