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Mount
Kilimanjaro
At an altitude of 5895
m (19340 feet), Africa's summit, Mount Kilimanjaro,
is the dream of all non-technical climbers. The mountain
can be climbed throughout the year. However,
it is
highly recommended to avoid the two rain seasons
(March
to mid-June and October to the beginning of December)
when the trails are slippery. The best months to
tackle the mountain are January and February and
from August to October.
Here are the programs
we offer:
Marangu Trail
Marangu Trail is the most popular and touristy
trail up Mount Kilimanjaro, so much so that it has
been
nicknamed The Coca-Cola Trail. Paradoxically,
it's also difficult because of its steepness. The
chances
of reaching the summit by this trail are only 55%
because a lot of people get overtired by the steep
ascent. We overnight in huts along the way.
We
offer two versions of this trail: a 5-day climb and
a
6-day climb. The 6-day climb gives you a chance
to get acclimatized and enables you to climb more
slowly, which increases your chances of reaching
the summit.
Marangu
Trail 5-day climb
Marangu Trail 6-day climb
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Machame Trail
This route is more difficult than Marangu Trail,
but as the climb takes longer than the typical 5-day
climb up Marangu, there's a better chance of getting
acclimatized and therefore of reaching the
summit. We overnight in tents carried
by our porters.
We offer two versions of this trail:
a 6-day climb
and a 7-day climb.
Machame Trail 6-day climb
Machame Trail 7-day climb
Umbwe
Trail
This route is a bit more difficult than Machame
Trail as the first part of the trail is steep and
not easy to negotiate. Umbwe Trail joins Machame
Trail about two thirds of the
way up. As this is
also a camping route, we overnight in
tents carried
by our porters. We offer only one version
of this
trail: a 6-day climb
Umbwe
Trail 6-day climb
Rongai Trail
This much less crowded trail takes you up the mountain
from the back. The road to get there is quite long,
but once you arrive, you're almost on your own, with
your fellow climbers and the team of guides and porters
taking care of you. On the way down however, we take
the Marangu route. We are still using our tents,
even though Marangu is a hut route. We offer only
one version of this Trail: 6-day climb.
Rongai
6-day climb
We also offer a single-day
initiation up Mount Kilimanjaro:
Full
Day Marangu-Mandara
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