Meals and Water

Every day on the mountain, you will be served breakfast, lunch, and dinner. High-energy carbohydrate foods that are easily digestible have been specifically chosen to aid your climb. Vegetable stew with rice (top left), Chicken, rice, and green beans (top right) Salad of meat, potato, and cabbage, bottom left Pancakes and leek soup, bottom right Rice, potatoes, and pasta are the main carbohydrate sources in the meals. Every meal should be accompanied by fresh fruits and vegetables. Meat is served on the mountain, but in small quantities, because it is difficult to digest at high altitude and does not keep well. Throughout the ascent, we resupply the squad with new food.

Clean Drinking Water on Mount Kilimanjaro

Aquatabs® water purification tablets are used to cleanse water collected from alpine streams. Because water is only available at the campsites, you’ll need to bring enough water to remain hydrated on your trip, which is normally around 3 liters. You might wish to bring some “comfort” items like sweets, gum, chocolate, health bars, or powdered energy drinks with you. Vegetarian and vegan diets can be accommodated. Please contact us if you have a particular diet and we can discuss what we can and cannot accomplish. Because the food variety in Tanzania is limited, we will make every effort to please all of our guests. However, in some situations, guests will be required to bring specific food items to us, which our cooks will prepare