Confraternity of Our Lady of Fatima
The cost of the ascent is $3,750, including gratuity for all staff.
However, this does not include your flight to Kilimanjaro airport.
At the end of the form, we are collecting a $500 deposit, which goes towards the $3,750.
Note: Your deposit is due Feb 15, 2024.
We’re so excited to start this journey with you and spread the reign of Mary!
Email us at climb@livefatima.io. Call us at (740) 370-0891.
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No. All of the treks, including the Full Circuit Umbwe and Alternative Lemosho treks, are walks, not climbs. Nor do you need any special equipment, so you can leave all your ropes, crampons, ice axes etc at home. All of the routes are walking routes only.
The treks vary from six to eight days. The exact length of each trek is written on the Trekking dates and prices page. You can, of course, ask for treks that are longer than eight days and we can arrange this for you; though we don’t book treks for less than 6 days as we feel this is too short to allow you to acclimatise properly.
The treks will be led by a local guide whom we have hand-picked because of their knowledge, expertise and experience on the mountain. We have an advantage here: because of the many years we have been working on the mountain and the number of times we have climbed it, so we are able to employ only those guides who meet our very stringent criteria. We employ only those who demonstrate excellent knowledge of the mountain, first-rate safety records, brilliant leadership skills and routinely provide wonderful care and attention towards all climbers to ensure the trek is a safe and enjoyable one.
In short, we think our guides are the best currently working on the mountain.
Please note that, in accordance with the rules of the park authorities, on every trek there will be one guide for every two climbers.
The maximum number of people on the trek is eight. Occasionally this may stretch to nine or ten if, for example, there are already seven people booked on the trek and a group of two or three want to join. On the rare occasion where this happens we will contact those already booked on the trek to see if they have any objection to the group size growing above eight.
Yes. Of course we are. As readers of my guidebook will know, we are keen supporters and advocates of KPAP and admire the work that they, and their indefatigable boss, Karen Valenti, do to ensure that porters are fairly treated and properly paid for their work on Kilimanjaro. We completed our six months of ‘probation’ with them back in 2018, which means we are now fully fledged partners of KPAP. As such, there will be a KPAP ‘spy’ on all of our treks to ensure we abide by KPAP’s stringent criteria to becoming a partner. We also pay all of our mountain crew – the porters, guides, assistant guides and cooks – the wages recommended by KPAP.
A reasonable level of fitness is required to climb Kilimanjaro. You can read more about this subject by following this link to the Fitness for Kilimanjaro page. Note that those hoping to sleep in the Crater Camp must understand the dangers of sleeping at 5730m ASL, and the extra stress this puts on the body. As such, you should be of considerably above average fitness to book a night at Crater Camp.
You can rest assured that with all of our treks the aim is to maximise your chances of making it to the top. By monitoring the pace of the trek, the amount of food and rest that each trekker gets and their overall health and well-being, as well as devising different routes on the mountain, we maximise the chances of our clients to stand on the Roof of Africa.
That said, the ambition for all treks is to make sure that all trekkers fulfil their potential – which does not necessarily mean reaching the summit. We will not jeopardise the health of anybody just so that we can say that all trekkers who booked through us have reached the top. We want you to enjoy your trek, to have a fantastic experience and to love the mountain almost as much as we do. And we want you to feel that you have done the best you can. But above all else, we want you to be safe. Everything else is of secondary importance. So if it is felt that you are not fit or well enough to reach the top, you will not be allowed to try.
No. As the price includes your park fees, food, equipment, etc, a refund cannot be paid to those who do not make it to the summit.
Confraternity of Our Lady of Fatima - 117 Hollywood Blvd. Steubenville, OH 43952 | info@livefatima.io
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