Useful advice, tips and information
The posts in this category have been written with the aim of helping those seeking more in-depth information on a certain topic. For example, parents looking to take their child on Kili, or climbers of more advanced years looking to head to Kili and seeking any useful tidbits that may help them to the summit. Solo trekkers and female climbers are also catered for with posts just for them. Those who are looking to do more than just trek up the mountain – by cycling up it, or round its base, for example, or paragliding off its slopes, will also find posts for them here.
If you want a specific question answered, your best bet is to use the search facility, above. Or, as always, you can just get in touch and I’ll do my best to help.
Taking a group up Kilimanjaro
Advice for organising a group trek on Kilimanjaro Are you planning on climbing Kilimanjaro with a group of friends or family? Are there at least four of you in your group? Have you been [...]
Solo travellers Kilimanjaro: some advice and tips
Coming to Tanzania alone to climb Kilimanjaro? People who have a burning desire to climb Kilimanjaro comes in all shapes and sizes, are all ages and from every country in the world. Their motives [...]
Advice and tips for women on Kilimanjaro
Advice for female trekkers on Kilimanjaro Tips, advice and information for women planning to climb Africa's Highest Mountain Currently just under a half of our climbers in 2020 were women. This figure includes over [...]
Taking children on Kilimanjaro
Should you take your child on Kilimanjaro? Contemplating whether to take your family on Africa's highest mountain? We'll discuss whether you should - and how best to go about it? Last week we received [...]
Older climbers on Kilimanjaro: advice, info and tips
How do senior trekkers fare on Kilimanjaro? Some facts, advice and tips In July 2019 Anne Lorimor, from Phoenix, Arizona, reached the summit of Africa's Highest Mountain aged 89. In doing so she became [...]
LGBT in Tanzania: advice for gay travellers to East Africa
Homophobia in East Africa Can being gay really stop you climbing Kilimanjaro? I was prompted to write this article after being contacted by a gay travel agency from California. This agency was looking to [...]
Maximise your chances of getting to the summit of Kilimanjaro
Top tips for getting to the top of Kilimanjaro There's no doubt about it: getting to the top of Kilimanjaro is largely a matter of luck. After all, the main reason why people fail [...]