Team Kilimanjaro Blog

This area of the site aims to stay up to date with developments in Tanzania and on Kilimanjaro, and to respond to queries that arise that the main area of the Team Kilimanjaro website doesn't adequately satisfy.

Having been involved with Kilimanjaro for nearly 21 years and assisted more than 10,000 climbers in summiting Kilimanjaro over the last 16 years, if you feel that there is something that we should be covering in a blog post that is not covered elsewhere on the website, do please reach out to us.

Lysle Turner regularly climbs Kilimanjaro for the Turner Foundation

How Long Does it Take to Walk Up Kilimanjaro?

Thursday, January 9th 2020
Climbing Kilimanjaro, How long to climb Kilimanjaro?

Kilimanjaro has been climbed from the park gates to the summit in a little over just 5 hours, and yet the Royal Geographical Society suggests that trekkers should not spend less than 10 days reaching the summit? So, how long does it usually take and what is safe?

How Difficult is it to Climb Kilimanjaro?

Monday, December 23rd 2019
Climbing Kilimanjaro, How hard is it to climb Kilimanjaro?

While we've assisted people in their 70s, a 5 year old 👇, amputees, and quadriplegics to the summit, and while in theory, pretty much everyone could climb Kilimanjaro, nonetheless, many people have told us that climbing Kilimajaro is the hardest thing they've ever done in their lives - and some of these people have been professional athletes (rugby players).