Is Climbing Kilimanjaro Safe?
Climbing Kilimanjaro is an adventure. It is challenging, breath-taking and will test your limits of endurance. It is also one of the most rewarding experiences you may ever undertake. That said, it is not without risk. Every year, approximately 1,000 people are evacuated from the mountain. The main reason for evacuation is altitude sickness. Everyone climbing Mount Kilimanjaro should be familiar with the symptoms of altitude sickness. Everyone climbing Kilimanjaro should choose an operator like Lion King Adventures that has the proper safety systems in place.
Lion King Adventures Safety Precautions:
- Our guides are highly experienced in preventing, detecting, and treating altitude sickness
- Our guides conduct twice daily health checks using a pulse oximeter to monitor your oxygen saturation and pulse rate
- Our guides will check to see if you have symptoms of altitude sickness and their severity regularly
- Our staff carry bottled oxygen on all climbs and can administer it to quickly treat climbers with moderate and serious altitude sickness
- Our staff have access to portable and wheeled stretchers to evacuate climbers who need to descend but are unable to walk on their own
- Our staff has the ability to initiate helicopter evacuation through Flying Doctors’ Society of Africa
- Our staff carries a first aid kit to treat minor scrapes, cuts and blisters
The above listed measures ensure that Lion King Adventures guides and staff are prepared to keep our climbers safe and have the ability to treat climbers who become ill or injured. Your health and well-being is our first priority.
