Kilimanjaro · Where you sleep
Kilimanjaro camps, huts and gates
Every gate where a climb starts or ends, every camp where your crew pitches the tents, and the three huts on the Marangu side: with their altitude and the climbs that use them.
Where climbs start and end
Park gates
Tented camps
Camps
- Simba Camp (First Cave)2,625 m · North-east side · on 2 climbs
- Mti Mkubwa (Big Tree) Camp2,825 m · West side · on 4 climbs
- Machame Camp2,850 m · South side · on 1 climb
- Umbwe Cave Camp2,940 m · South side · on 2 climbs
- Mweka Camp3,100 m · South side · on 7 climbs
- Second Cave Camp3,450 m · North-east side · on 2 climbs
- Shira 1 Camp3,500 m · West side · on 4 climbs
- Kikelewa Camp3,600 m · North-east side · on 2 climbs
- Shira 2 Camp3,850 m · West side · on 3 climbs
- Third Cave Camp3,870 m · North side · on 2 climbs
- Barranco Camp3,960 m · South side · on 5 climbs
- Buffalo Camp4,020 m · North side · on 2 climbs
- Karanga Camp4,035 m · South side · on 5 climbs
- Moir Hut4,200 m · North-west side · on 2 climbs
- Mawenzi Tarn Hut4,330 m · East side · on 2 climbs
- Barafu Camp4,673 m · South-east side · on 5 climbs
- School Hut4,750 m · North-east side · on 2 climbs
Marangu side
Huts
On the mountain
Every gate, camp and hut on the map
Approximate positions.
Plan your trip
More planning guides
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- Packing listsSafari and mountain trekking
- Tipping guideGuides, cooks and porters
- How booking worksFive steps to a confirmed trip
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- FAQStraight answers before you book
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