Peak Planet offers four different three day, two-night excursions to the beautiful Island of Zanzibar off the coast of Tanzania. See them here: https://peakplanet.com/zanzibar/. It is the perfect [...]
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Achieving a reasonable degree of physical fitness should be a goal in your preparation. Being in good shape will increase your chances of having a safe climb, successful summit, and enjoyable [...]
Let’s face it, it is very intimidating to fly half way around the world to a strange and foreign place and climb one of the highest peaks on Earth. Climbing Kilimanjaro seems like such an [...]
Why do approximately 50,000 people attempt to climb Mt. Kilimanjaro every year? This climb has become so popular that they have nicknamed it the "Everyman's Everest" Below are the top ten reasons [...]
Mount Kilimanjaro is made up of five distinct climate zones. They are as follows; Cultivation, Forest, Heather-Moorland, Alpine Desert and Summit climate zones. Below we will look at each zone [...]
One of the benefits of climbing with Peak Planet is that we provide Pulse Oximeter or PulseOx to our guides. What is a Pulse Oximeter? a Pulse Oximeter is a noninvasive method for monitoring a [...]
Entry Requirements What are the entry requirements to gain entry into Tanzania? US citizens and most other nationalities will need two documents. One, a passport and two, a visa. Passports [...]
The Ngorongoro Conservation Area is very accessible from many of northern Tanzania’s tourist destinations. It takes its name from the Ngorongoro Crater it contains, a two to [...]
