Kilimanjaro Climb Rongai Route

What's Included

• Meals
  7 breakfasts, 6 lunches, 5 dinners.

* All breakfasts, 6 lunches, 5 dinners
* All accommodation 
* All transport and listed activities
* Tour leader throughout
* Flights from London (if booking incl. flights)
* Kilimanjaro Park Fee

What's Not Included

• Visas or vaccinations

• Travel insurance

• Single accommodation (available on request - includes single tent)

Food

All breakfasts, 6 lunches and 5 dinners included.  All meals during the
climb are included. Please allow about GBP40 (USD65) for the meals not
included, while in hotels.

On trek the emphasis is on a varied and well-balanced diet with a greater
amount of fresh fruit and soup to maximise the daily intake of fluids.

Vegetarians are well catered for but please inform us before departure of any
special dietary requests. Please note that in Tanzania the availability of
certain specialised products for restricted diets, e.g. gluten-free or
dairy-free, is minimal or non-existent and we strongly recommend you bring
these specialised dietary items from home.

The menu has a high liquid and carbohydrate content; the two important
elements for successful
climbing. At higher altitudes, stimulants (such as coffee) and less
digestible foods (such as meat) are
not recommended. Our evening meal at the highest camp on Kilimanjaro is a
meatless stew as our
experience shows this to be the ideal preparation for the summit day. At
mealtimes a
selection of hot drinks are available. Soup is served twice daily.

*Daily Meals*

Bed Tea - tea or coffee served in your tent.
Breakfast  - consists of seasonal fresh fruit (mango/banana/watermelon),
porridge, cooked eggs,
sausage, bacon and toast.
Energy snacks are provided for the daily walk such as biscuits, bananas, and
chocolate bars.
Lunch  -  either a packed lunch on longer days or, more usually, a hot
lunch served in camp by a small
team who have raced ahead of the clients. A hot lunch typically consists of
soup, bread or pancakes,
cheese, tuna, jam, peanut butter, pasta salad and cake.
Afternoon tea  -  served in late afternoon. It is an opportunity to drink
lots of hot drinks and snack on peanuts or popcorn.
Dinner  -  the main meal of the day and always consists of three courses;
soup and bread, followed by the main dish, which could be rice, potatoes or
pasta with fish, meat or vegetables, and is followed by a dessert often of
fruit.
Summit snacks - Whilst we provide enough food for the climb, we recommend
that you bring some of your favourite snacks, and keep them for the summit
day. This is because the summit day is a long and tough climb and having your
favourite snacks can give you a very welcome boost.

*Water*

Whilst the water we provide on Kilimanjaro is suitable for drinking you may
wish to be extra safe and treat it with your own water purification tablets.
Biox Aqua drops or tablets are the best available alternative for sale in the
UK as they kill giardia and cryptosporidium.

Accommodation

On this adventure, we spend five nights camping in three-person tents and two nights in a comfortable hotel.



Marangu: Kilimanjaro Mountain Resort (nights 1 and 7)







Before and after the trek, we stay at the comfortable Kilimanjaro Mountain Resort. Close to Kilimanjaro National Park, it is tucked deep in the banana and coffee plantations of Kyalla village. It has two restaurants, plus a bar serving the refreshing Kilimanjaro Lager and banana wine. There is also a swimming pool to enjoy when you return from Kilimanjaro.



Kilimanjaro: Full-service camping (nights 2-6)







Although conditions are basic on the mountain, the camping we experience is one of the best available on the Rongai Route. We sleep in Vango Halo Pro 300 tents regardless of whether you have made a twin-share or single supplement booking. These are spacious three-person tents that are ideal for the conditions on Kilimanjaro. Our camp life is about as comfortable as it gets on Kili, with a communal mess tent, where we gather as a group and eat breakfast and dinner, and a private toilet tent. We also ensure there is a bowl of hot washing water for you in the morning and again after the walk at an agreed time in the afternoon. The only exception is the highest camp where there is no water source.



Worth knowing



The campsites on Kilimanjaro are designated by the national park and are mainly stone/dirt. They are not all level and can be crowded in peak season.

We always ensure there is a bowl of hot washing water for you in the morning and again after the walk at an agreed time in the afternoon. The only exception is the highest camp where there is no water source.

Handwashing water, treated with Dettol, is available along with soap before all meals, and everyone is strongly advised to make use of it.

The toilet tent has toilet paper within it, but we recommend you bring your own toilet paper and wet wipes.

All camping equipment is provided except for sleeping bags, sleeping mats and pillows.