Equipment-/Checklist
for Kilimanjaro/Mt. Meru/Mt. Kenya Trekking
Luggage/ Sleeping Bag
- Sleeping bag (temperature rating until -12°C)
- Travel bag / backpack or kitbag with a max. weight of 12kg! (Please
do not use a suitcase or trolley bag because this kind of luggage
is not possible to be carried by the porters!)
- Day bag with rain protection
Clothing
- Rain jacket and rain pants (we recommend Gore-Tex
or similar)
- Warm Fleece- or thermo jacket
- Fleece jumper
- Water-resistant trekking pants for harsh conditions
- Winter sports underwear
- Special trekking base layers (pants and shirts)
- Water-resistant gloves
- Trekking/ mountaineering boots (used and comfortable)
- Gaiters (to keep out snow, ice, dirt and little stones)
- Trekking socks
- Warm hat or full coverage face hat / base cap or sunhat / scarf
or headband
Miscellaneous
- Sunglasses
- Hiking or trekking poles
- Water or thermos bottle
- Pills to disinfect water
- Headlights (preferably with LED batteries) and spare batteries
- Sunscreen/ lipstick with sun protection with a minimum factor
of 20
- Wash bag / towel
- Energy- or cereal bar/ nuts or chocolate; vitamin – and
mineral pills
- Toilet paper
- Emergency whistle
- Earplugs
- Photo equipment / adapter and charging cable
- Card game, book or similar
Bag pharmacy
- Malaria prophylaxis
- Insect protection (Autan, Bonomol, Tabbard)
- Medicine against diarrhoea and headache
- Band-aids in different sizes
- Leucoplast
- Triangular bandage
- Elastic bandage
- Elastic gauze bandage
- Compression bandage
- Medicine to disinfect injuries
- Painkillers
- Rescue blanket
You can deposit luggage that you do not need for
the climb at the hotel. Please take all your valuables with you!
If you follow these instructions, you are
well prepared for the adventure of climbing the Kilimanjaro. We
wish you a relaxed journey with a lot of new impressions and experiences
and, of course, good luck for the climb!
Those items we can rent to you:
ITEM PRICE PER TRIP
Sleeping bags US $ 15
Sleeping pads US $ 10
Warm Jackets US $ 15
Rain Jackets US $ 15
Rain Trousers US $ 15
Warm Trousers US $ 15
T-shirt US $ 5
Pair of Socks US $ 5
Pair of warm gloves US $ 10
Climbing boots US $ 20
Barclava US $ 5
Pair of walking sticks US $ 15
Sunglasses US $ 5
Hat US $ 5
Sweater US $ 5
Rucksack US $ 20
Day pack US $ 10
Pair of Gators US $ 10
Trousers US $ 15
Shirts US $ 10
We use state-of-the-art North Face
Tents, VE25, and VAUDE tents
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