Climbing Mount Kilimanjaro

"As wide as all the world, great, high, and unbelievably white in the sun, was the square top of Mount Kilimanjaro" - Ernest Hemingway
 

Climbing Kilimanjaro is on many people’s list of lifetime achievements and around 22,000 climbers set out each year to conquer it, making it the most climbed mountain in the world.

There must be few mountains in the world more alluring than Kilimanjaro. The snowy summit, floating above the plains of Africa, exudes an atmosphere of unparalleled remoteness and inaccessibility.

Kilimanjaro is the tallest free standing mountain in the world (5895m) and the only one that you can simply walk up. None of the routes require mountaineering skills, specialized equipment or even previous climbing experience. Nevertheless, hiking to the Roof of Africa is physically and mentally demanding and should not be underestimated.

Kilimanjaro can be climbed at any time of the year, but the rainy seasons (April-June; November-December) make the forest more slippery and the summit can be blocked by snow.

Parkview Inn organizes trips that use the different routes to the Roof of Africa during any time of the year and for any size of group.