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Machame route
- Highly recommended, best success rate.
- Allows “walk high, sleep low” for better acclimatization.
- Stunning scenery climbing through five diverse climatic zones.
- Ascent and descent is via different routes.
- Fully catered camping.
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Lemosho Route
- An excellent route to climb Kilimanjaro by with a high success rate.
- Allows climbers to “walk high, sleep low” enabling better acclimatization.
- Remote and spectacular approach with dramatic gorges and views of west Kilimanjaro.
- Fully catered camping.
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Marangu Route
- Shortest route to the summit which means less time to acclimatize.
- Much lower success rate.
- Dormitory style accommodation which can be noisy.
- Less scenic due to ascent and descent on same route.
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Rongai
- Only northern approach route to Mount Kilimanjaro’s summit.
- Offers a true wilderness experience on the early stages of the climb.
- Very tough final summit night.
- Less natural acclimatization with no opportunities to “walk high, sleep low”.
- Fully catered camping.
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Umbwe Route
- Steep, short route with very low success rate.
- Poor acclimatization due to rapid ascent.
- Very remote and quiet for the first two days.
- Fully catered camping.