Mount Kilimanjaro

Summit: Uhuru Peak, 5,895 m
Routes: 7 main routes
Duration: 6–9 days
Gateway: Moshi · JRO airport
Climate zones: Rainforest to arctic summit
Status: One of the Seven Summits

About Kilimanjaro

Kilimanjaro is the highest mountain in Africa and the tallest free-standing mountain in the world. No technical climbing is needed; the challenge is the altitude.

Each day on the mountain feels like a different country. You start in rainforest full of colobus monkeys, climb through heather and giant groundsels in the moorland, cross an alpine desert, and finally reach the glaciers and snow of the summit.

Choosing your route

There are seven main routes, and the right one depends on your fitness, budget and how much time you have. Longer routes give your body more time to acclimatise, which raises your chance of reaching the summit. See our route comparison for details.

Things to do

Summit climbs

Six to nine-day climbs with experienced mountain guides, porters, cooks and quality equipment.

Day hikes

Walk the lower rainforest slopes and visit waterfalls without a full climb.

Materuni waterfalls & coffee

Hike to a waterfall on the mountain's lower slopes, then roast and brew Chagga coffee by hand.

Post-climb recovery

Soak sore legs in the warm, clear water of Chemka Hot Springs.

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Getting there

Fly into Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO). Soke Safari arranges the transfer to your Moshi or Arusha hotel, the pre-climb briefing and kit check, park permits, and the drive to the starting gate.