What to book before you travel to Kilimanjaro?

Most visits can be booked on the spot. A few sell out days ahead. Here they are, stop by stop, with what you can do without booking underneath. Keep the rest of your time free.

7 activities to book

Kilimanjaro

Days 1-7
Days 1-7Uhuru Peak (5,895 m)A wooden sign on the crater rim, reached at dawn after six to eight hours of climbing from midnight, in deep cold and thin air.included in the climbing packageBook on GetYourGuide →
Days 1-7The Machame routeThe busiest route, about 62 km over six or seven days, from the southern rainforest across Shira and past the Lava Tower.€2500Book on GetYourGuide →
Days 1-7The Marangu routeThe oldest route and the only one with huts instead of tents, at Mandara, Horombo and Kibo, up and down by the same path.€2200Book on GetYourGuide →
Days 1-7The Shira PlateauA collapsed caldera west of Kibo, between 3,500 and 3,900 metres, as flat as a table and covered in giant heather and groundsel.included in the climbing packageBook on GetYourGuide →
Days 1-7The Barranco WallA wall of about 250 metres above Barranco camp, climbed without ropes in an hour and a half, often using your hands.included in the climbing packageBook on GetYourGuide →
Days 1-7Furtwängler GlacierIce in the Kibo crater, the last visible piece of the ice cap, named after Walter Furtwängler, who reached the summit in 1912.€300Book on GetYourGuide →
Days 1-7Materuni waterfallsA Chagga village above Moshi, then a forty-minute walk through banana and coffee plants to a fall of about 80 metres into a cold pool.€20Book on GetYourGuide →

No booking needed: Moshi and Kilimanjaro coffee

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Frequently asked questions

How much do the activities to book in Kilimanjaro cost?

7 activities are paid; 4 have a known price in euros, for about €5020 per person. The others are paid on the spot or in local currency: the price is on each card.

What can you do in Kilimanjaro without booking anything?

One visit on this itinerary needs no ticket or time slot, starting with Moshi and Kilimanjaro coffee. They make up most of your days: booking ahead only concerns a handful of sites with limited places.

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