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Not a blog in the marketing sense. These are the answers we give on the phone, from the people who walk the route and drive the circuit, written out once so you can read them before you ask.

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On the mountain6 October 20263 min readWhat the food is actually like on KilimanjaroThree cooked meals a day, carried up and made on gas at 4,600 metres by someone who has walked further than you have. He…Read it →On the mountain5 October 20263 min readKilimanjaro for beginners: what training actually helpsYou do not need to be an athlete and you do not need mountaineering experience. What you need is specific, and most of i…Read it →On the mountain5 October 20263 min readKilimanjaro with teenagers: the age limit and what changesThe park’s minimum age is ten. Whether a particular ten-year-old should be on the mountain is a different question…Read it →On the mountain3 October 20263 min readThe Rongai route: the dry side of the mountain, and who it suitsEvery other route starts on the south or west. Rongai comes up from the north-east, close to the Kenyan border, and that…Read it →On the mountain3 October 20263 min readThe Northern Circuit: nine days, and the quietest way to the summitThe longest route on Kilimanjaro, the newest, and the one with the highest success rate. It is also the one almost nobod…Read it →On the mountain3 October 20263 min readThe Marangu route, and why we rarely recommend itIt is the oldest route, the only one with huts, and the one most often sold to people who do not know the mountain. Here…Read it →

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On the mountain3 October 20263 min readThe Umbwe route: steep, short, and not a first climbThe hardest way up Kilimanjaro that does not require ropes. Very few operators run it and we run it rarely, for reasons…Read it →On the mountain3 October 20262 min readShira or Lemosho: the same plateau, two different startsThey meet on the second or third day and share every step after that. The difference is entirely in how you arrive on th…Read it →On the mountain2 October 20263 min readWhat happens if you have to turn backNobody wants to read this page before they book, and everybody should. A meaningful number of climbers do not reach Uhur…Read it →On the mountain1 October 20263 min readGroup climb or private climbThe price difference is real and the experience difference is bigger than people expect. Neither one is better; they sui…Read it →

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