Plan your climb
Plan your climb
Five things worth settling before you book anything. Read them in any order — most people start with the calendar.
Best time to climb
Month by month
Two dry seasons, two wet ones, and a summit that is below freezing in all of them. Which months are warm, which are empty, and the two you should avoid.
Packing & gear list
What to bring, what to rent in Arusha
You cross four climate zones in a week. The full list, the weight limit on your duffel, and the five items people most often get wrong.
Altitude & safety
How we manage the real risk
Altitude, not fitness, is what turns climbers back. What we monitor twice a day, the symptoms that end a climb, and why descent is the only cure.
Our crew
Who carries your bag, and on what terms
A Kilimanjaro climb runs on porters. What they carry, what they are paid, where they sleep, and what to tip.
Mount Meru
4,562 m · 3–4 days
Tanzania's second peak and the best acclimatisation climb in the country. Giraffe at the trailhead, a knife-edge crater rim, and Kilimanjaro at sunrise.
