Climb with purpose

Adventure that funds a child’s education

Depending on the amount donated, 25% is allocated to students’ needs and 75% pays the costs of the tour. We welcome group charity tours and solo travellers. After arrival in Tanzania you spend a day or more in Moshi visiting our children in schools and their families before you start the mountain.

How to take part

A non-refundable registration fee is payable to Habari Foundation at booking. Then choose self-funding or a minimum sponsorship pledge.

Self-funding

Pay the registration fee at booking, then the balance in cash after arrival. You personally cover the full cost of the challenge.

Sponsorship pledge

Pay the registration fee and confirm your charity’s minimum fundraising — typically double the cost of the adventure, less the registration fee.

Machame route
7 days

Machame Charity Tour

Climb via the Machame route — beautiful, popular and busy — experiencing the southwest and south-east side of the mountain. We have many years of experience delivering this challenge; hundreds of people have completed it with us.

Arrival · Moshi

Visit children in school

Land at Kilimanjaro International Airport. Spend a day in Moshi visiting our children and their families.

Day 1 · 11 km · 7 hrs

Machame Gate (1,800 m) to Machame Camp (2,835 m)

Montane forest. Coffee and banana plantations of the Chagga people on the drive in.

Day 2 · 5 km · 3 hrs

Machame Camp to Shira Cave Camp (3,750 m)

Moorland after the forest canopy.

Day 3 · 10 km · 6 hrs

Shira to Barranco Camp (3,900 m)

Up to Lava Tower (4,600 m) then down — alpine desert, acclimatization.

Days 4–5

Barranco Wall · Karanga · Barafu (4,640 m)

The famous wall, then views of Kibo and Mawenzi.

Day 6 · 12–15 hrs

Uhuru Peak (5,895 m) to Millennium Camp

Midnight start. Summit, then descend.

Day 7

Millennium Camp to Mweka Gate (1,630 m)

Certificates, then transfer to the airport or a safari.

7 days · from $2,100 pp

Lemosho Charity Tour

Preferred for scenery and a high summit success rate. Starts from the west with a long drive to Londorossi Gate.

  • Day 1: Lemosho Glades (2,385 m) to Mti Mkubwa (2,980 m) — 7 km, 4 hrs, montane forest
  • Day 2: Mti Mkubwa to Shira II (3,900 m) — 12 km, 7 hrs, heath & moorland
  • Day 3: Shira II to Barranco via Lava Tower — 10 km, 6 hrs
  • Day 4–5: Barranco Wall, Karanga, Barafu
  • Day 6: Uhuru Peak then Mweka Camp — 21 km, ~14 hrs
  • Day 7: Mweka Gate — certificates
Lemosho Kilimanjaro
Marangu route
5 days · hut route

Marangu Charity Tour

The oldest and most popular route. Hut accommodation. Same charity model: visit children in Moshi, then climb.

Group sizePrice per person
1 person$1,800
2–4 people$1,600
5 & above$1,350

Included: 25% donation, all accommodation, environmental responsibility, national park fees.

  • Day 1: Marangu Gate (1,860 m) to Mandara Hut (2,700 m) — rainforest, ~5 hrs
  • Day 2: Mandara to Horombo Hut (3,720 m) — moorland
  • Day 3: Horombo to Kibo Hut (4,700 m) — alpine desert
  • Day 4: Uhuru Peak then down to Horombo — midnight start via Gilman’s Point
  • Day 5: Horombo to Marangu Gate
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