Northern Circuit

The longest route, and the highest chance of standing on the summit

The Northern Circuit is the newest and longest route on Kilimanjaro. It follows Lemosho as far as the Shira Plateau, then instead of turning south it swings around the quiet northern slopes, ground almost nobody else walks, before approaching the summit from the east.

Nine days is a lot of time to give a mountain, and that is exactly the point: more days at altitude before summit night than any other route, which is why it has the highest success rate on Kilimanjaro. It is the route to choose if reaching the top matters more than the cost of getting there.

  • 9 days
  • Uhuru Peak
  • Challenging, but the best paced

From $3,165 per person, 5 sharing

  1. Londorossi Gate to Mti Mkubwa (Big Tree) Camp
  2. Mti Mkubwa to Shira 1 Camp
  3. Shira 1 to Shira 2 Camp
  4. Shira 2 to Lava Tower to Moir Hut
  5. Moir Hut to Buffalo Camp
  6. Buffalo Camp to Third Cave
  7. Third Cave to School Hut
  8. Summit day: School Hut to Uhuru Peak to Millennium Camp
  9. Millennium Camp to Mweka Gate

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