The Mountains • Tanzania

Kilimanjaro

5,895 mPublished (British survey, 1952), read on its page 12 October 2026

5,887 mFrom the terrain: 5,887 m • 19,314 ft

7 routes to the top and 19 named camps and huts beside them. Bring your own GPX track in the studio and your line prints instead.

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Three of the Eight Styles

Kilimanjaro in Relief on Alpenglow, with the Machame in Blood Red and its camps named. — Relief

Kilimanjaro in Oblique on Morning, with the Machame in Blood Red and its camps named. — Oblique

Kilimanjaro in Survey on Ink, with the Machame in Blood Red and its camps named. — Survey

The routes

Route	Length	Climb	Starts at
Machame mapped route	21.8 km	3,136 m	3,835 m
Mweka mapped route	15.8 km	3,605 m	2,286 m
Lemosho mapped route	27.4 km	3,444 m	3,563 m
Northern Circuit mapped route	32.1 km	3,243 m	3,563 m
Marangu mapped route	17.7 km	2,469 m	3,496 m
Rongai mapped route	29.2 km	3,822 m	2,391 m
Umbwe mapped route	26.2 km	4,733 m	1,669 m

The camps and huts

Camp or hut	Height
Simba (First) Camp	2,638 m
Umbwe Camp	2,894 m
Mweka Camp	3,065 m
Second Cave Camp	3,480 m
Kikeleva Caves Camp	3,674 m
Horombo Huts	3,702 m
Millenium Camp	3,798 m
Shira Cave Camp	3,836 m
Shire Huts	3,888 m
Third cave camp	3,945 m
Barranco Camp	3,970 m
Pofu	3,993 m
Karanga Camp	4,027 m
Moir Huts	4,164 m
Lava Tower Camp	4,632 m
Barafu Camp	4,644 m

Not affiliated with any park, expedition company or federation; no company logos. The drawing is ours, made from the OpenStreetMap survey as of 13 October 2026 (© OpenStreetMap contributors. Open Database License 1.0: https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright), retrieved 13 October 2026.