1: essential factors of mount Kilimanjaro?

2: when should i climb mount Kilimanjaro?

3: how fit do i need to be to climb mount Kilimanjaro?

4: how long does it take to climb mount Kilimanjaro?

Below are the answers for the popular questions about kilimanjaro, safari and day trips. 

✴️ Kilimanjaro mountain is the Africa's highest mountain which stands about 5895 meters (19,341 feet) tall, which makes it to become the highest point of African continent and kwown as the roof of Africa.

✴️ Kilimanjaro mountain also is the highest free standing mountain in the world which there is no need of technical skills for climbers to reach out to the summit/top.

✴️ Kilimanjaro mountain is the DORMANT VOLCANO and it's has tree peaks named SHIRA as the first eruption, MAWENZI as the second erupt, and KIBO the last eruption.

✴️As the scientists theory, kilimanjaro mountain last erupted since 360,000 years ago.

✴️ Kilimanjaro mountain is located in northern Tanzania at kilimanjaro region, on East Africa right against the border of Kenya but not in Kenya.

✴️ Kilimanjaro mountain occupied all climatic zones such cultivated zone, rainforest zone, moorland zone, alpine desert zone and aretic/glacier zone.

✴️ The first European explore to reach out to the top of the mountain was HANS MEYER from 1889's guided with YOHANE LAUWO as the first guide to lead helped with Jonathan Mtui as assistant guide with Elia Minja (poter), Toma Mosha (poter), Makelio Minja (poter), and Momba Kowera (poter) on 6 October 1889.

✴️ The minimum days to trekk kilimanjaro mountain is 5 days and the maximum days is 8 days. It has up to five routes for assend named umbwe, machame, lemosho, marangu and rongai and mweka route for dessent. Only marangu route is for assent and desent and offered sleeping in the hurt rather than others offered camping facilities.

✴️The nearest airport is KILIMANJARO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (KIA), IATA airport, code JRO.

This is the most important thing that you should know before you prepared for your trip to Tanzania to climb mount Kilimanjaro.

The national park gate is opened all days around the year therefore from DESEMBER to MARCH and JUNE to OCTOBER is the best season to climb mount Kilimanjaro while on APRIL to MAY there is a long rain season while NOVEMBER are short rained season. 

Important thing is rain will probably still fall during your trekking because it rare to climb mount Kilimanjaro without getting rained on at least once. TAKE YOUR RAIN GEAR ON EVERY TRIP TO KILIMANJARO AS POSSIBLE.

You don't need to be very fit to climb mount Kilimanjaro. It's more that you need to be healthy but not unfit while it's always good to get fit. There's no need to go overboard with fitness preparation for climbing mount Kilimanjaro. However some guide book go into extraordinary details about fitness regime but there is no need.
Why! Simply because the main reason why people fail to reach out to the top is due to the ALTITUDE SICKNESS rather than lack of necessary strength or stamina. Besides on the final push to the summit and descent typically people walk for more than 15 hours then try to get into some sort of shape before your trip to climb mount Kilimanjaro it may increase your chances of reaching the summit.
For advice, the best things to do or training you can do to prepare for your trekking is CYCLING, RUNNING, JOGGING and SWIMMING, WALKING for at least 6 weeks are only among the best excersise to do.