Tips for Sleeping Soundly on Kilimanjaro
On Kilimanjaro—where each day means physical challenges and adjustment to a new altitude, and your nights are spent in a sleeping bag instead of on a feather bed—getting all the sleep you need in order to…
What Goes Into a Kilimanjaro Trek?
Porters carry not only trekkers’ luggage, they carry the sleeping, dining, and toilet tents; the chairs trekkers rest on in camp; the gear needed to cook up meals, and the food that goes into them. So how…
Elephant Graveyards on Mount Kilimanjaro?
According to Chagga myths, there is an elephant graveyard high upon the slopes of Kilimanjaro, beyond the snow line. When elephants in the region realize their time is near, they climb the mountain and fling themselves into a pit, where hundreds of their forebears have gone before.
Warming Hearts (& Toes) on Kilimanjaro: Karen Donates SmartWool Socks to Porters
Partnering with SmartWool, Thomson Safaris Kilimanjaro trekker, Karen Capaldi, managed to gather 1,200 pairs of socks to donate to the Kilimanjaro Porter’s Assistance Project. We got in touch with Karen…
Toto Gets Fact Checked
We’ll admit it, we’re fans of Toto’s song “Africa,” too…which is why we wanted to help them get their facts straight in our infographic / lyricgraphic.
Kilimanjaro’s Also-Climbeds: Honorable Mentions of the 19th Century
Hans Meyer was the first European to reach the summit of Kili, in 1889, but he certainly wasn’t the first to try. Before his successful summit, a string of daring adventurers attempted the climb, starting…
Our Kilimanjaro Gear Faves: Thank Goodness I Brought My…
There are plenty of things you know to bring to Kilimanjaro (like your coat and hiking boots), but there are a few helpful, little things that you might want to tuck into your bags.
Kilimanjaro’s Explosive Past
Situated near the fault-line of two tectonic plates, Kilimanjaro began to build itself up around 750,000 years ago, via thousands of years of lava explosions from the volcanic cones of Shira, Mawenzi, and Kibo.
Kilimanjaro in the Pictures
It’s no surprise Kili made it big in Hollywood. Hollywood films with Gregory Peck, Susan Hayward, etc. as well as recent movies such as Summit on the Summit featuring Jessica Biel where Thomson Safaris was the official operator of their trek.
Thomson Goes To Thompson Island for Summer Outing!
Thomson Safaris US staff headed to Thompson Island in the Boston Harbor Island for a summer outing.
Guiding Trekkers Up Kilimanjaro: A Lauwo Family Tradition
In 1889, Tanzanian, Yohana Kinyala Lauwo led Hans Meyer to fame as the first person to summit Mount Kilimanjaro. Lauwo’s grandson follows in his footsteps and is now a head Kilimanjaro guide for Thomson…
Leave Kilimanjaro Wiser…If You Find Solomon’s Ring
Hemingway talked about a leopard, frozen in the ice near Kilimanjaro’s peak, which trekkers have been looking for ever since, but there are stranger things rumored to be buried deep beneath Kili’s snows. Things like the legendary Seal of Solomon, the ancient King’s ring rumored to possess magical powers.
