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Travel Insurance
For new and experienced mountain trekkers, insurance is of great importance. Click Here for Recommended Insurance Provider
Facts and Figures, The Risks
Temperatures and Health
Out of the 40,000 visitors Kili attracts each year, between 50 and 75 percent turn back before reaching the summit. Cold temperatures, dehydration and acute mountain sickness are the most important reasons why trekkers have to turn back. Preventing these conditions is therefore the key to climbing the 5,895m mountain.
Water Disinfection in the Mountains
According to MASTA (Medical Advisory Services for Travellers Abroad) between 30-80% of travellers visiting developing countries will experience travellers' diarrhoea.
Naro Moru is the most popular and fastest route to point Lenana although not the most scenic. Traverse though the notoriously treacherous vertical bog and into the wide Teleki Valley beneath the Tryndall, The Lewis Glacier.
Arrival day in Tanzania: Kilimanjaro to Moshi 45Km (27 miles) 50 Min drive. You will be met at Kilimanjaro International Airport and transferred to Moshi where you will be taken directly to your hotel.
