Kilimanjaro
Tours Top Three
A kilimanjaro tours companies search will bring you dozens of results.
So how do you successfully choose between all of them?
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An excellent place to start the sifting process is learning
from the advice and recommendations of people who have used the operator
in the past. If they have had a good experience
then there is a better chance that you will too.
It's not failsafe of course, but it is better then
blindly booking with a company that you know virtually nothing about.
So with that in mind, and the access that
I have to
travel journals, I've set up a top three kilimanjaro tour operators
list.
This is by no means a "be all and end all"
categorization of the trekking companies available, but it does give you a
base from which to start. |
Kilimanjaro Tours Top Three Companies:
The list is based on the experiences of the operators by travellers listed in
these kilimanjaro
treks
travel diaries and others that have crossed my desk in the past.
I also keep an eye on various forums and stay up to date on what is going on in
the travel industry.
In no particular order other than alphabetical then, the top three are...
International Mountain Guides Kilimanjaro Tours
..." The
porters woke us up around 6:00am with coffee and tea. I began to get a sense of
what it must be like on the big Himalayan expeditions where the Sherpas look
after the climbers"...
Tom Demerly 2004 travel diary
Into Africa Kilimanjaro Tours
..."We're very pleased to learn that the outfitter that we're using,
IntoAfrica, strictly enforces weight limits for our porters, which is one of
the reasons that we have 18 of them with us. Having so many people also allows
one of them to take a very light load and run ahead, literally, to get the best
campsite for us every night."...
Mimi Samuel June 2002 journal
Marangu Hotel Kilimanajaro Tours
..."The hotel itself had been keeping track of the
success rate and according to Desmond 87 % comes (sic) to Stella Point at the
crater rim and about 70 % makes it to Uhuru peak (the very top of the mountain)"...
Gard Karlson September 2003 travel journal
So How Much Does A Kilimanjaro Trek Cost?
The simple answer is that it varies according to your requirements. There
is no "one size fits all" cost because of all the variables involved.
Do you want to go up quickly or take your time? Do you want to go by the path
less travelled or the tried and tested route? In season or not? And so on and so on...
The only way to get a
really
definitive answer is to make a kilimanjaro tours rates and
availability enquiry...
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