Your daily routine on Kilimanjaro

Daily Kilimanjaro routineGenerally, you will be woken at 6.00-6.30 a.m. with a hot drink and water for a wash, after which you need to get your personal belongings packed back into your kit bags and get prepared for the day’s trek before you have breakfast at 7.00 – 7.30 a.m. This will then allow your tent to be taken down and packed away by the team. We will aim to start trekking by 8.00 – 8.30 a.m.

Over breakfast, the guides will review with you once more the plan for the day, perform the daily health review and check if anyone has any problems or concerns.

Climbers are never under pressure to rush to meet stringent timings but we do aim to be among the first to leave camp in the morning to ensure we are ahead of the crowds, particularly in high season.

Your porters always leave camp after you, but they will pass you during the day’s trek to ensure they hit the next camp early to secure the best camping spot. It also means that you experience the best of the day’s weather as a cloud can tend to build up in the afternoon. These timings also allow for an acclimatisation excursion in the afternoon at the next camp following our “walk high, sleep low” philosophy.

On arrival into the next camp, you will be provided with hot water for a wash and there will be drinks and snacks before dinner.

After dinner each day your guides will meet you again for a debrief on the day, to discuss any concerns you may have and to explain what is in store for the next day. If you do have any problems at all please do tell your guide. Most problems can be resolved on the mountain but there is not much we can do if you do not tell anybody until you are down.

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Daily routine when climbing Kilimanjaro

Climbers on Kilimanjaro are never under pressure to rush to meet stringent timings and that is even more true on a private climb with us. However, we do aim to be amongst the first to leave camp in the morning to ensure we are ahead of the crowds, particularly in high season.

Our porters always leave camp after us, but they will pass us during the day’s trek to ensure they hit the next camp early to secure the best camping spot. It also means that we experience the best of the day’s weather as a cloud can tend to build up in the afternoon. These timings also allow for an acclimatisation excursion in the afternoon at next camp following our “walk high, sleep low” philosophy.

Generally, you will be woken at 6.00-6.30 a.m. with a hot drink, after which you need to get your personal belongings packed back into your kit bags and get prepared for the day’s trek before you have breakfast at 7.00 – 7.30 a.m. This will then allow your tent to be taken down and packaged away by the team and we will aim to start trekking at around 8.00 – 8.30 a.m.

Over breakfast, the guides will review with you once more the plan for the day and check if anyone has any problems or concerns.

How you break up the days walking is entirely up to you. You will not have to keep up with a group – it is your trek so you decide when you want to stop, how long you want to stop. the only golden rule is slowly: don’t rush!

On arrival into the next camp, you will be provided with hot water for a wash and there will be drinks and snacks before dinner. After dinner each day your porters will meet you for a de-brief on the day, to discuss any concerns you may have and to explain what is in store for the next day.

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