How long it takes to climb, how many days in advance should I arrive?

Normally Mt Kilimanjaro can be done from 5days to 9days depend with the route that you would take during your climb. Moreever, for those who want to do Western circuit or northern circuit, they can spend 10days or above.

We highly recommend to plan to arrive two or more days before starting the trek.

This gives you valuable time to rest, recharge and recover from the long international journey, start the acclimatization process in Moshi or Arusha town by doing short walk, and have time for getting your gear in order and get a detailed briefing from your guides and gear check. The more days you are in Tanzania before Kili are going to be valuable.