Kilimanjaro
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Pick your route
There are 7 routes. Each route has its own beauty and peculiarity. Here below a few key information on each route to allow you to choose the one that best fit your skill set and expectations. Please contact us for a personalized advice to maximize your chances of success to the summit.
Mount Kilimanjaro climbing routs
| Route/days | Duration | Huts | Guide only | Side | Difficulty | Popularity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marangu | 5-6 days |  | | South |  | |
| Rongai | 5-6 days |  | | North | | |
| Umbwe | 6 days | | | South | | |
| Machame | 6-7 days | | | South | | |
| Londorosi/Lemsho | 5-6 days | | | West | | |
| Northern Circuit | 9 days | | | West | | |
| Shira Route | 6-7 days | | | West | | |
| Packages offered | Guide only | Comfort tour | Deluxe tour |
|---|---|---|---|
| Park fees1 | | | |
| Government Climbing Taxes | | | |
| Climbing permits | | | |
| First aid kit2 | | | |
| Emergency oxigen | | | |
| Hyperbaric Bag | | | |
| Pulse oximeter | | | |
| Emergency rescue fees | | | |
| Personal summit certificate signed by the national park | | | |
| Private car from and to hotel | | | |
| certified mountain guide3 | | | |
| Food porter4 | | | |
| Luggage porter5 | | | |
| Cooker6 | | | |
| 3 meals per day7 | | | |
| Purified wated | | | |
| Hot drinks at every meal | | | |
| Tent (for camping tours) | | | |
| Sleeping pads | | | |
| Sleeping bags | | | |
| Luxury gears dedicated personal porter8 | | | |
| Solo supplement included (if applicable) | | | |
| Welcome packet: Detailed Itinerary, Invoice, Equipment List, personalized Fitness Training Program, Kilimanjaro Journal, Warm Summit Camp. | | | |
| Personal trekking coordinator to assit throughout your preparation | | | |
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Pick your level of comfort
To fit each budget we offer 3 different level of comfort. Depending if you are on a budget or you are looking for luxury service, we can make sure you will get the best experience.
Please make sure you inform us of any food allergy or special requirements.
1 Park fees must include entrance visitor fees + local support team fees + camping/hut fees Additional fees for Filming, cycling, paragliding can be found here.
2 First aid kit include disinfection tools and bendage, antibiotics, painkillers, diamox
3 it is not possible to hike Kilimanjaro with no guide according with the park regulations.
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4 One food porter will be assigned to each tourist. He/she will not be carring water.
Every porter can carry a max of 20kg beyond their poersonal belonging.
Guide only tour EXCLUDE food. Visitors are required to buy resupply for a max of 1 kg of resupply per day of climb. Excess food will have to be carried by the visitor.
5 For guide only tour the visitor is required to carry his/her own backpack. Gears will be checked and tested the day before departure.
For compfort and deluxe tours the porter will be carrying
- visitor luggage (each porter can carry max 20kg each beyond personal belonging)
- tent and camping gears
- water to the last campsite where there is no natural water
6 For guide only tour the visitors will be required to cook their own food. Gas resupply will be checked before departure to make sure it is enough.
7 For meals details please contact us
8 Luxury tour include
- Portable Private chemical toilets for campsites
- Luxury tent and sleepin bag for maximum confort
- Dedicated porter per tourist to carry water and personal belonging
DELUXE PACK
Example 7 DAYS MACHAME ROUTE.
Picking up the Airport by our staff driver, will be driving to your hotel in Arusha/Moshi after a short rest over long journey, our mountain guide will give a shor brief about your next day and check up on you hiking equipment.
Accomodation, Hotel, Meals, dinner.
After breakfast at your hotel, our staff will be there picking you direct to the entrance gate ready for your climb.
Start: Machame gate 1856m
Arrival and accomodation: Machame hut/camp 2836m
Hiking time: Hiking times 7hrs and Distance approximately 11km
Included meals: Meals, breakfast, lunch and dinner
Habitat: Habitat, montane forest.
After breakfast at your hotel, our staff will be there picking you direct to the entrance gate ready for your climb.
Start: Machame camp 2836m
Arrival and accomodation: Shira cave camp 3856
Hiking time: Approx 5hrs, distance 4.5km
Included meals: breakfast, lunch and dinner
Habitat: Habitat moorland zone.
After breakfast at your hotel, our staff will be there picking you direct to the entrance gate ready for your climb.
Start: Shira cave camp 3856m
Arrival and accomodation: Baranco 3995m via Lava Tower 4600m, will pass Lava Tower to have hot lunch and part of acclimatisation.
Hiking time: Approx 7hrs, distance 7km
Included meals: breakfast, lunch and dinner
Habitat: Habitat alpine zone
After breakfast at your hotel, our staff will be there picking you direct to the entrance gate ready for your climb.
Start: Baranco camp 3995m
Arrival and accomodation: Karanga camp 3995m
Hiking time: Approx 4hrs, distance 3.5km
Included meals: breakfast, lunch and dinner
Habitat: Habitat alpine zone
After lunch at Karanga camp, you will continue your climb towards Barafu camp. After dinner, your guide/guides will give a deep brief about your midnight summit. After the briefing, you will go to sleep and get ready for the midnight ascent. Hiking time from Barafu camp to Uhuru Peak 5895m is 6–7 hours, and back from Uhuru Peak to Barafu camp is 3 to 4 hours. After arriving back at Barafu, you will have time to rest before/after breakfast, then descend to Mweka camp 3100m for overnight.
Start: Karanga camp 3995m
Arrival and accommodation: Barafu camp 4673m
Hiking time: Approx 3–4hrs to Barafu, 6–7hrs to Uhuru Peak, 3–4hrs return to Barafu
Included meals: Lunch, early dinner
Habitat: Alpine desert – arctic desert
After your breakfast at Barafu camp, you will descend down to Mweka camp via High Camp.
Start: Barafu camp 4673m
Arrival and accommodation: Mweka camp 3100m
Hiking time: Approx 4hrs
Included meals: Dinner, overnight, breakfast
Habitat: Alpine desert, rainforest/montane forest zone
After your breakfast at Mweka camp 3100m, you will meet your crew for celebration and tipping time. After that, you will descend down to Mweka gate through montane forest, exploring the nature and monkeys — black and white colobus monkey and blue monkey. At the gate, your guides will check out and process the summit certificate for those who reached Stella Point 5756m / Uhuru Peak 5895m. Your driver will be at the gate ready to pick you up and drive you to your hotel in Moshi or Arusha.
Start: Mweka camp 3100m
Arrival: Mweka gate 1640m
Hiking time: Approx 3–4hrs
Included meals: Breakfast
Habitat: Montane forest