Why Climb with Kilimanjaro expedition?

1. Kili- expedition and Climbing Ltdis an local tour company based in Moshi who has been climbing Africa's highest peak since 1990. We have Over 50 climbing expeditions annually, and have literally guided thousands of climbers to the top of Mount Kilimanjaro. Our main activities are to help you arrange your vacation in Tanzania with unsurpassed quality and service in the aim of obtaining full customer satisfaction. Whether it is Climbing Kilimanjaro, Wildlife Safaris, Beach Holidays, Cultural Tours and other itineraries (please view website: www.kili-expedition.com) Kili-expedition will guide you to achieve all your holiday needs. Karibu Tanzania Why Climb with Kilimanjaro expedition? With Kili- expedition and climbing Ltd, you get high quality service but without the inflated cost. Our Kilimanjaro climbs are private. We don't force you to join large groups to climb with a bunch of strangers. Most operators run group departures, where you join other climbers to form a larger group, usually with a maximum of around 15-16 people. For each party, there is a guide, assistant guides, and depending on the route and the number of days, three to four porters per climber. Therefore a group of 16 climbers means that there can be 50 to 70 staff, bringing your group to around 65 to 85 people total! Asking guides to watch and manage that many people is a daunting task, but that is precisely what our competition does.

2. Do not assume that a high cost operator is providing a superior climb for the money. Do not assume high budget operators are better simply because they charge more. These operators pitch greater summit success, high safety standards and added luxury... and then they take advantage of climbers by charging exorbitant fees. Do not be misled. It is mind boggling that some operators will charge $3,000, $4,000, even $6,000 per person for 15 person parties on standard itineraries. It should not cost more than $3,000 per person to climb Kilimanjaro! The premium you pay goes straight to the pockets of the operator. The high priced operators are typically international companies who use foreign guides. But ask yourself, who knows the mountain better? A foreign guide, flown in for a few climbs per year, or a local guide, who has encountered and handled various situations, with hundreds of clients, during his many years of climbing? Who can better tell you about the trail, the wildlife, the fauna, and culture?

3. The luxuries provided by these operators can be silly. A portable shower - at these low temperatures? The high budget operators heavily market the added safety of using pulse oximeters, oxygen and Gamow bags. But tests show that pulse oximeters are unreliable in the detection of altitude sickness. Some "safe" operators supply oxygen to boost climbers, so they can climb higher - a truly dangerous practice. And the actual use of Gamow bags on the mountain is unheard of, because descent is the best, and always available, remedy. Nonetheless, there are those who are more comfortable paying inflated prices to climb Kilimanjaro. Kilimanjaro climbing and Expeditions Ltd. offers quality climbs at reasonable rates. At our price levels, we can satisfy all park fees, pay decent wages to staff, supply adequate food and equipment, while still providing great service to our clients. We are adventurers at heart, and therefore we strive to make climbing Kilimanjaro affordable. We don't believe that doing something extraordinary should break the bank.