Every year some 15,000 hikers suit up and climb Mount Kilimanjaro, the world's tallest freestanding mountain. They hire porters and pay anywhere from $900 for a basic package to $5,000 for luxury ...

It costs between $2,500 and $7,000, depending on the package ... Climbing Kilimanjaro is costly due to high government park ...

A recent survey of 1,000 Kilimanjaro climbers from the USA discovered what states most of the climbers are from.