Trekking
5,895 metres, and no technical climbing.
Kilimanjaro is the highest mountain in Africa and the highest freestanding mountain on earth. It requires no ropes, no technical skill and no prior mountaineering — only sound acclimatisation, a steady pace and a team that knows when to slow you down. We are based in Moshi, in its shadow.
Route choice matters more than fitness. Lemosho and the Northern Circuit approach from the west with a long, gradual profile and the highest success rates. Machame is scenic and popular but steeper. Marangu is the only route with huts rather than tents, and its short versions have the lowest summit rates on the mountain. Rongai comes from the drier north and suits the wet season. We will talk you out of a route that is too short for you.
Most people who fail on Kilimanjaro fail because they went up too fast, not because they were unfit. Every extra acclimatisation day measurably raises your chance of reaching Uhuru Peak. Our guides carry pulse oximeters and check you twice daily, and they carry emergency oxygen and a stretcher on every climb.
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9 journeys
The route we recommend most often. Eight days on Lemosho gives the best acclimatisation profile on the mountain and, with it, the highest chance of standing on Uhuru Peak.
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The same scenic western approach as our eight-day Lemosho, compressed by one day. Still one of the strongest routes on the mountain if your dates are tight.
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The Whiskey Route: steeper than Lemosho, busier, and widely considered the most scenic way up the mountain. Seven days gives it the acclimatisation it needs.
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Machame without the Karanga rest day. It works, but it asks more of you, and we will say so if we think you should take the seven-day version instead.
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The longest route on Kilimanjaro, circling the quiet northern slopes. More days on the mountain, more acclimatisation, and the highest summit success rate of any route.
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The only route with huts rather than tents, and the only one you ascend and descend by the same path. Six days — with the acclimatisation day at Horombo — not five.
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The only approach from the north, close to the Kenyan border. Drier than the southern routes, much quieter, and the best choice if you are climbing in the rainy months.
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The steepest and most direct way up Kilimanjaro. Spectacular, very quiet, and unforgiving on acclimatisation. We only run it for trekkers with real high-altitude experience.
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Walk on Kilimanjaro without committing a week to it: through the rainforest from Marangu Gate up to Mandara Hut and back.
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