Top Tips for Kilimanjaro from a Professional Guide!

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Top Tips for climbing Kilimanjaro from professional expedition leader/adventure guide, Oli France. These 10 golden rules will set you on your way for a safe and successful summit of the highest mountain in Africa.
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Kili (5895m) is the highest mountain in Africa, one of the Seven Summits and a bucket-list experience for Adventure lovers across the globe.
About Oli France: Oli is a British adventurer, expedition leader, speaker and Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. He is also a qualified Winter Mountain Leader and remote first aider with a degree in Outdoor Leadership (BA Hons).
With experience across 70 countries, Oli specialises in leading groups through the world's wildest places, from Somalia to Siberia, Iraq to Congo, Tajikistan to Yemen. Through Wild Edge, Oli organises and leads adventurous journeys across the globe, including bespoke expeditions for private and corporate groups.
Oli has led an array of clients from dozens of countries, from industry-leading business figures, ultra-high-net-worth individuals and avid world-travellers to former CIA officers, terminal cancer patients and young people embarking on their very first adventure.

[@michelleboyd4352]

I’m going in a couple months. Thank you so much for this.

[@SafariBuddyTanzania]

Thanks for sharing 👌

[@thankyouforthemusic4881]

This is so accurate; anyone trying to climb Kilimanjaro; this is the information you need. Been there and made my way to Uhuru Peak.

[@Oli_France]

Thank you so much - I appreciate it!

[@hermandegroot1946]

A sign in Italy: Dear friend, if you have the power to carry your cans uphill full, than please have the power to carry them down empty. Grazie

[@cavidibrahimli4184]

Great video. Thanks for sharing

[@Oli_France]

Thank you Cavid

[@tigisthailuasfawossen6312]

thanks so much for this common sense guide. Hoping to concur Kili this coming December, Godwilling! 🙏

[@Oli_France]

Thank you for the message! Glad you found it useful. Best of luck for your Kili climb!

[@gigineishvilidavid]

so now is December... how it was??

[@michelfortier9563]

Like the T-shirt. Where can I buy one at?

[@dom901]

Hey Oli! Thanks for this video really good tips! I’ve done many a mountain in Europe and I feel like Kili would be the next natural progression - for a UK climber what would you say the total costing of the expedition would be?

[@schumi246]

I tipped some cash, and each porter got some gear as well, from my boots that I wore for 3 of the days, my sleeping bag, several shirts. I enjoyed the whole trip, only wish I had more time to add a safari and/or Zanzibar on after the climb.

[@Oli_France]

Awesome! Sounds like you had a great trip.

[@michaelhayden725]

Great news - its now 15 years since my third trek of the mountain. But your tip should be meaningful. If you have a porter specifically assigned to you then something around $60/70 US. Your organising company rep will make their recommendations, so do not treat these amounts as gospel or the max. Best wishes for a great climb.

[@valentinavee]

Thanks for this! I’m doing Kili next month and I’m worried about it.

[@Oli_France]

Glad you found the video useful! Good luck and have a great time.

[@HAbarneyWK]

How was it? Im going in February and Im super excited/anxious :)

[@badhrinarayanankp8545]

I’m planning to go end of March - Rainy season - what to do you suggest ?!

[@eddiealexander5276]

Hi, great vid. can I ask how you went about booking flights from the UK? Thanks

[@Oli_France]

Thank you Eddie. Lots of options for flying from the UK, with airlines such as Qatar, Ethiopian and KLM all flying to Kilimanjaro International Airport. you can check out the options on Skyscanner.

[@RobinHartJones]

All good advice though I would clarify the exercise advice by saying that, in my experience, weight training is unnecessary. You need endurance above all else but not speed as you will be literally walking at 1-2 mph the whole way. Do lots of slow but long walks, include as many hills and stairs as you can and try to do them in one go without stopping. Possibly work on making sure your lungs are good as the oxygen at the top is HALF what you are used to at sea level. You can get relatively cheap devices that help build the muscles used to breathe.

[@brum23]

Doing squats and deadlifts will definitely help

[@fortheloveofhiking1778]

Hi, great video. Would you consider the Rab Ascent 1100 a decent sleepingbag for kili?

[@Oli_France]

Thank you! An Ascent 1100 would be ideal.

[@schumi246]

I forgot the model, but mine was a Field and Stream 0°F bag, and it was plenty. I slept amazingly every night on the mountain.

[@fortheloveofhiking1778]

@@schumi246 perfect thank you!

[@RobinHartJones]

The sleeping bag is important. I bought a bag rated to -18 and it was one of my best purchases. While my team were complaining about having to sleep with most of their day clothes on, I was stripping to my underwear and never getting cold even after getting back from using the toilets in the middle of the night (You *will* be doing this as it is a side effect of altitude drugs). We had an unusually warm and rain free trip but we still had frost several times and the temp dropped to -15 for the ascent.

[@encouragesolutions2595]

I injured my back in 2019 and want to do it again in July. I'm told the Northern Circuit has the best success rate. Is this true?

[@moshitoursandtransfer]

Sure, Lemosho route 7-8 days will give you better chances of success.

[@mrspinner2588]

Can you get to the summit with a car? And how long it takes? Also i wanted to ask if theres any restoraunt at the top? :) thank you