Kilimanjaro Blog

Climbing Kilimanjaro along the Machame Route: 6 days in pictures

Join us for a photographic climb of Mt Kilimanjaro along the scenic Machame Route. We’ll take you to the Roof of Africa and back. […]

How to climb Kilimanjaro and actually enjoy it

Climbing Kilimanjaro had never been a dream of mine. In my mind, I always compared it to Frodo and Sam’s excruciating journey to Mordor: lots of rocks, lots of walking, lots of walking amongst rocks. [...]

Female footballers set to break record on Kilimanjaro

In June 2017 two international all-women soccer teams will look to play a 90-minute match on a temporary pitch just below the summit of Kilimanjaro. If they succeed, they will break the world record for [...]

By |March 24th, 2017|news|

The amazing story of Kilimanjaro’s frozen leopard

Recent sightings of common leopards crossing paths with snow leopards on the Tibetan Plateau got us thinking about what’s probably the most famous high-elevation spotted cat in the history books. Ernest Hemingway opens his 1936 short [...]

Africa’s tallest tree found on Kilimanjaro

The tallest tree in Africa was recently discovered in a remote valley on Kilimanjaro, reaching a whopping 81,5 metres in height.  The tree, of the Entandrophragma excelsum species, is one of the few giant specimens [...]

By |December 30th, 2016|news|
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Our Kilimanjaro reading list

Any travel experience can be enriched and deepened by reading books about a destination before or even during your own visit. Among other things, this is a good way to pick up tips, gauge other [...]

By |November 21st, 2016|Tips|