Food On Mount Kilimanjaro

On your Kilimanjaro trek you will be cooked first-class food on Mount Kilimanjaro, all designed to give you the energy you will need to make it to the top. Below you will find the varieties of food on Kilimanjaro you will be served during your climb. Keep in mind, however, that our meals on Kilimanjaro climb are flexible and your cook has the ability to cater to any special dietary restrictions you may have.

By default, our meals include fresh fruit and vegetables every day. You will have fresh meat for the first part of the trek and on the southern routes where it is feasible we resupply the group at Karanga Camp.

• Breakfast:   Toast with honey, jam and butter  French toast  Crepes,  Sausage Bacon , Eggs (scrambled, friend, omelet) , Cooked vegetables , Fruits,  Hot cereal,  Tea, coffee, cocoa, juice
• Lunch:   Cold meat sandwiches,  Grilled cheese sandwiches,  Fruits , Hard-boiled eggs,  Muffins,  French fries,  Tea, coffee, cocoa, juice
• Dinner:   Hot-soups – pumpkin, carrot, vegetable , Pasta , Rice , Vegetables , Roasted, stewed, or curried beef and chicken,  Potatoes,  Corned beef and cabbage,  Fruit ,Tea, coffee, cocoa, juice

Notice any foods you can’t have or don’t normally eat? That doesn’t mean climbing Mount Kilimanjaro isn’t for you.

Snacks and Food for Climbing Kilimanjaro with Dietary Restrictions

High altitude has a tendency to suppress your appetite yet many hikers say they grow hungry due to all the physical exertion and calorie-burning on the trail. The best way to fuel your body even when you’re not hungry is to pack snacks you love. This will make it easier for you to eat even when you feel as if you have no appetite. Similar to never hiking in new boots before your Mount Kilimanjaro climb, you also don’t want to pack any weird snacks your body isn’t used to either. The mountain is no place to test your tummy. Plan to try snacks that you’re going to bring on your trek, in the weeks before your trip to see if they cause any ill effects.

The most popular hiking snacks and foods (meals on Kilimanjaro) include:

• Nuts and trail mix. Nuts have a lot of fiber, protein, and energy and they won’t melt or freeze in your pack. Dried fruit and chocolate in trail mix will also add pep to your step.
• Energy bars and protein bars with whey, nuts, nut butters, seeds, dried fruit, and other nutrients, as they are a convenient option for a snack on-the-go.
• Cheese, jerky and meat sticks are the protein-rich answer to convenient trail food when you’re going low-carb.
• Hard candies and gummies will keep your sugar levels up and add much-needed moisture to your mouth and throat, which can get dry as the altitude increases. You can find sugar-free versions of these too.
• Candy bars (especially Snickers bars) will refuel your glycogen stores (aka sugar reserves) to help you power through even the longest Kilimanjaro routes since they’re a winning combo of nuts, chocolate, sugar, and fat.
• Don’t feel guilty, you’ll be earning them.
  Optimal hydration is also necessary for your muscles and brain to work on Mount Kilimanjaro. So you MUST replenish the water your body will be losing via sweat on your hike.
• Electrolyte replenishes like powdered sports drinks, electrolyte mixes, and hydration tablets can be added to your water bottle to replace the electrolytes that may be getting flushed out of your system when you guzzle down water.
  These are better absorbed by your body than water alone so you’ll be able to replace both your fluids and electrolytes faster.
• With these tips in mind — and the help of your chefs for meals on Kilimanjaro from Topi Adventure — you can climb Kili without your restricted diet getting in the way of your dream.