He will also supply at least three liters of fresh water daily to each climber. He is a magician that conjures up three-course meals, snacks and warm beverages. He should have years of experience and have been to the summit numerous times. The guide will have a qualification in first aid and the use of oxygen equipment. The porters carry stuff, including your backpack. The crew should have at least one registered guide, a cook and porters. They will make sure you and your supplies get to the top of the mountain and safely down again, with a guide and lots of other crew members to help. A do-it-yourself trip might sound cheaper, but it is really not possible to haul a week’s worth of supplies up the mountain by yourself (backpack, tent, food, water, first aid equipment, etc). (It does not include a sleeping bag.) Note: Marangu is the only route with accommodation in basic A-frame huts on all the other routes you will sleep in tents.īy law you need to be accompanied by a guide to trek to the summit of Kili. Sometimes this is included in the tour price.Īccommodation on the mountain is always included in the tour price and involves huts or tents, sleeping mats, and camping equipment, as well as cooking materials and utensils. Depending on the hotels used by the operator, it should cost between $75 to $100 per room/night. This often includes a night in a lodge in Moshi before and after the trek. Most tour operators will include airport transfers between the hotel where you will stay before and after your Kili trek. This is the base from which most tours to the mountain depart. The closest town to the mountain is Moshi (about 40km/24 miles from JRO).
Round-trip tickets to JRO from Europe cost at least US$900, around US$1200 from Australia, and US$1500 from North America. Some airlines fly direct to Kili, but most have a stopover in elsewhere in Africa (usually Addis Ababa, Nairobi or Dar es Salaam).įlying from the southern hemisphere? You will most likely connect in Johannesburg, South Africa (JNB).
Consider airlines such as KLM, Turkish Airlines and the German airline Condor. The nearest airport to Kili is Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO).įlying from the northern hemisphere? You will most like fly via Europe.
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