Equipment rentals

Don't buy a down jacket for one week

Everything on the Kilimanjaro kit list, available to rent in Moshi and Arusha — except the things you genuinely should not rent, which we'll also tell you.

Worth renting

Bulky, expensive, and used once. A four-season sleeping bag, a down summit jacket, trekking poles, gaiters and a duffel are the classic cases — buying them for a single climb is money spent on a cupboard.

  • Four-season sleeping bag
  • Insulated down jacket
  • Waterproof shell jacket and trousers
  • Trekking poles
  • Gaiters
  • Duffel bag
  • Sleeping mat
  • Headtorch

Bring your own — do not rent this

Anything that has to fit you. Boots are the whole trip: rented boots are somebody else's shape, and the blisters start on day two and end your climb on day four. The same logic applies, less severely, to base layers and socks.

  • Hiking boots — broken in, yours
  • Base layers and socks
  • Gloves
  • Sunglasses (category 3–4)
  • Personal medication
If you take one thing from this page: your boots must be yours, and they must already be broken in. More Kilimanjaro attempts are ended by feet than by altitude among people who were otherwise fit enough. Boots bought the week before are boots that will hurt you at 4,000m.

The full kit list

Everything you'll need on the mountain

This is the same list our guides check your bag against the night before you start. Anything on it can be rented unless we've said otherwise above.

The layers that decide your summit night

  • Insulated down jacket (summit night is routinely below freezing)
  • Waterproof, breathable shell — jacket and trousers
  • Fleece or softshell mid-layer
  • Thermal base layers, top and bottom (merino or synthetic — not cotton)
  • Insulated gloves plus thin liner gloves
  • Warm hat, plus a buff or balaclava for wind

Feet

  • Broken-in waterproof hiking boots — never new ones
  • Wool hiking socks, several pairs
  • Gaiters for scree and dust on the descent
  • Camp shoes for the evenings

The things people forget

  • Headtorch with spare batteries — summit night starts around midnight
  • Sunglasses (category 3–4): the glare at altitude is severe
  • High-SPF sunscreen and lip balm — UV rises sharply with elevation
  • Two 1-litre bottles or a bladder, plus an insulated cover so it doesn't freeze
  • Trekking poles — they save your knees on the long descent
  • Personal medication, blister plasters, rehydration salts

Tell us what you need

Send us your climb dates and your height and shoe size, and we'll have the kit checked, sized and waiting at your hotel the night before your briefing.

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