As the upper slopes of Kilimanjaro get ever busier and more and more people march to the summit of Africa’s highest mountain, the desire to get a different perspective on the mountain - to step away from the hordes and take a less crowded path - grows ever stronger. Recognising this, several of the more [...]
Marathon-running, horse-riding and getting married on Kilimanjaro: There are plenty of other things you can do with Kilimanjaro apart from climbing it. How about entering the Kilimanjaro Marathon, for example? Taking place in late February or early March, the race is run over the standard 26 miles/42.2km and starts by heading out along the [...]
Kilimanjaro has picked up yet another record. Last month thirty women from across the world played a full ninety-minute football game (that's soccer to our American friends) in the Crater of Mount Kilimanjaro. The game, between Volcano FC and Glacier FC, ended in a nil-nil draw but the result wasn't really the point. The people [...]
Following on from last week's bulletin about cycling on Kilimanjaro, the park authorities, KINAPA, also announced that they have made plans to allow and promote paragliding on Kilimanjaro. For the sum of US$500 (plus the regular park fees), paragliders are allowed to jump from Moir Huts and at various points on the Northern Circuit - the idea [...]
The park authorities of Kilimanjaro, KINAPA, are hoping to promote cycling trips up Kilimanjaro. The news came to light in an interview I did with the boss of KINAPA, Betty Lobooiki, for the next edition of our guidebook. Pedalling to the top of Africa's Highest Mountain is not without precedent. There has, in the past, been the [...]
It finally happened. Earlier this month Dustin Smoot & Stacy M Allee were married on top of Africa's highest mountain, Kilimanjaro. Team Kilimanjaro's Joshua Ruhimbi, one of the most experienced guides operating on the mountain, was there to witness the occasion and guide the participants, as well as help with bringing the bishop to the [...]
It had to happen. In an ingenious publicity stunt, Pizza Hut delivered a pizza to the top of Kilimanjaro in order to celebrate opening a branch in Tanzania, their 100th country. The stunt was carried out by a team of guides and in doing so, they set a record for the highest altitude pizza delivery. [...]
It's the kind of video that could lead you to think that climbing Kilimanjaro is easy. Twenty-two women from eleven different countries set off from Machame Gate with the specific aim of reaching the summit on International Women's Day, 8 March 2016. Nothing too unusual about that, perhaps. However, their travel company, WHOA, which specialises in [...]
A team of eleven teenagers from Moshi's Amani Children's Home (www.amanikids.org) are to tackle the Kilimanjaro Marathon on 28 February 2016. The team will be running on behalf of Amani's sports program. At Amani, many of the children find that sport is something they can really excel at, which in turn gives them the confidence [...]
Next month two intrepid adventurers will be cycling and pushing their mountain bikes to the top of Kilimanjaro - and then riding down it again! Rebecca Rusch and Patrick Sweeney are only the third 'group' of people to be allowed to take their bikes on Africa's highest mountain. The expedition has been organised to raise [...]