Days needed to climb
Route Minimum Recommended
Marangu 5 6
Machame 6 7
Rongai 6 7
Umbwe 6 7
Lemosho 7 8

How many days are needed to climb Kilimanjaro?

The key to successfully summiting Kilimanjaro is good acclimatisation and this cannot be rushed. Although there are minimum days for each of the climbing routes, we recommend wherever possible taking an extra day to allow you to acclimatise. Statistics show that the more days taken the better the chance of success. Our primary concern is that you have a safe, enjoyable and memorable Kilimanjaro climb and the most significant thing you can do to ensure you enjoy the experience is to give yourself time.

As well as improving acclimatisation, adding an extra day to the Machame, Umbwe, and Lemosho routes allows the pre-summit day to be split into two much easier days. This means you will arrive at the base camp before the tough summit night early in the afternoon and then be well rested before you start your ascent in the early hours of the morning.

Climbers sometimes want to minimise the number of days in order to save money or because they have limited time. We will always do our best to meet these demands but if you have got the time and can afford it the cost of an additional day is well worth it. In hindsight the climb that will seem the most expensive will be the one where you do not make it to the summit.

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How many days does it take to climb Kilimanjaro?
Because people want to climb over different durations, we run open groups on all the main routes of lengths ranging from 6 to 9 days.
Our schedule of climbs for 2011 and 2012 by length of climb are as below.

Number of days Climb start date Trip name Climb route
7 30/07/2011 Climb Kilimanjaro 2011 Lemosho route
7 06/08/2011 Kilimanjaro Climb 2011 Machame route
7 13/08/2011 Hike Kilimanjaro 2011 Rongai route
7 20/08/2011 Kilimanjaro Hike 2011 Lemosho route
7 27/08/2011 Climb Mount Kilimanjaro 2011 Machame route
7 03/09/2011 Climb Mt Kilimanjaro 2011 Rongai route
7 17/09/2011 Mt Kilimanjaro Climb 2011 Machame route
7 24/09/2011 Hike Mount Kilimanjaro 2011 Rongai route
7 08/10/2011 Mount Kilimanjaro Hike 2011 Machame route
7 15/10/2011 Mt Kilimanjaro Hike 2011 Rongai route
7 22/10/2011 Kilimanjaro Trek 2011 Lemosho route
7 29/10/2011 Trek Kilimanjaro 2011 Machame route
7 05/11/2011 Trek to kilimanjaro 2011 Rongai route
7 12/11/2011 Climb Kilimanjaro 2011 Lemosho route
7 19/11/2011 Kilimanjaro Climb 2011 Machame route
7 26/11/2011 Hike Kilimanjaro 2011 Rongai route
7 10/12/2011 Climb Mount Kilimanjaro 2011 Machame route
7 17/12/2011 Climb Mt Kilimanjaro 2011 Rongai route
7 31/12/2011 Mt Kilimanjaro Climb 2011 Machame route
7 07/01/2012 Climb Kilimanjaro 2012 Rongai route
7 14/01/2012 Kilimanjaro Climb 2012 Lemosho route
7 21/01/2012 Hike Kilimanjaro 2012 Machame route
7 28/01/2012 Kilimanjaro Hike 2012 Rongai route
7 04/02/2012 Climb Mount Kilimanjaro 2012 Lemosho route
7 11/02/2012 Climb Mt Kilimanjaro 2012 Machame route
7 18/02/2012 Mount Kilimanjaro Climb 2012 Rongai route
7 03/03/2012 Hike Mount Kilimanjaro 2012 Machame route
7 10/03/2012 Hike Mt Kilimanjaro 2012 Rongai route
7 24/03/2012 Mt Kilimanjaro Hike 2012 Machame route
7 31/03/2012 Kilimanjaro Trek 2012 Rongai route
7 07/04/2012 Trek Kilimanjaro 2012 Lemosho route
7 14/04/2012 Trek to kilimanjaro 2012 Machame route
7 21/04/2012 Climb Kilimanjaro 2012 Rongai route
7 28/04/2012 Kilimanjaro Climb 2012 Lemosho route
7 05/05/2012 Hike Kilimanjaro 2012 Machame route
7 12/05/2012 Kilimanjaro Hike 2012 Rongai route
7 26/05/2012 Climb Mt Kilimanjaro 2012 Machame route
7 02/06/2012 Mount Kilimanjaro Climb 2012 Rongai route
7 16/06/2012 Hike Mount Kilimanjaro 2012 Machame route
7 23/06/2012 Hike Mt Kilimanjaro 2012 Rongai route
7 30/06/2012 Mount Kilimanjaro Hike 2012 Lemosho route
7 07/07/2012 Mt Kilimanjaro Hike 2012 Machame route
7 14/07/2012 Kilimanjaro Trek 2012 Rongai route
7 21/07/2012 Trek Kilimanjaro 2012 Lemosho route
7 28/07/2012 Trek to kilimanjaro 2012 Machame route
7 04/08/2012 Climb Kilimanjaro 2012 Rongai route
7 18/08/2012 Hike Kilimanjaro 2012 Machame route
7 25/08/2012 Kilimanjaro Hike 2012 Rongai route
7 08/09/2012 Climb Mt Kilimanjaro 2012 Machame route
7 15/09/2012 Mount Kilimanjaro Climb 2012 Rongai route
7 22/09/2012 Mt Kilimanjaro Climb 2012 Lemosho route
7 29/09/2012 Hike Mount Kilimanjaro 2012 Machame route
7 06/10/2012 Hike Mt Kilimanjaro 2012 Rongai route
7 13/10/2012 Mount Kilimanjaro Hike 2012 Lemosho route
7 20/10/2012 Mt Kilimanjaro Hike 2012 Machame route
7 27/10/2012 Kilimanjaro Trek 2012 Rongai route
7 10/11/2012 Trek to kilimanjaro 2012 Machame route
7 17/11/2012 Climb Kilimanjaro 2012 Rongai route
7 01/12/2012 Hike Kilimanjaro 2012 Machame route
7 08/12/2012 Kilimanjaro Hike 2012 Rongai route
7 15/12/2012 Climb Mount Kilimanjaro 2012 Lemosho route
7 22/12/2012 Climb Mt Kilimanjaro 2012 Machame route
7 29/12/2012 Mount Kilimanjaro Climb 2012 Rongai route
8 10/09/2011 Mount Kilimanjaro Climb 2011 Lemosho route
8 01/10/2011 Hike Mt Kilimanjaro 2011 Lemosho route
8 03/12/2011 Kilimanjaro Hike 2011 Lemosho route
8 24/12/2011 Mount Kilimanjaro Climb 2011 Lemosho route
8 25/02/2012 Mt Kilimanjaro Climb 2012 Lemosho route
8 17/03/2012 Mount Kilimanjaro Hike 2012 Lemosho route
9 19/05/2012 Climb Mount Kilimanjaro 2012 Lemosho route
9 09/06/2012 Mt Kilimanjaro Climb 2012 Lemosho route
9 11/08/2012 Kilimanjaro Climb 2012 Lemosho route
9 01/09/2012 Climb Mount Kilimanjaro 2012 Lemosho route
9 03/11/2012 Trek Kilimanjaro 2012 Lemosho route
9 24/11/2012 Kilimanjaro Climb 2012 Lemosho route
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