Eight-Day Mount Kilimanjaro Climb: Lemosho Route

Their attention to detail and commitment to our success made the summit experience unforgettable

We hiked from the Marangu Gate through the lush rainforest to Mandara Hut, and the scenery was absolutely stunning—giant trees, birds, monkeys, and the fresh mountain air made it all unforgettable. The guide kept us informed and engaged, sharing fun facts about the mountain, flora, and local culture.

Based on a friend's recommendation, myself and 3 others planned a trek organized by local travel specialists for February 2022. We truly worked with a dream team! They were wonderful to work with from the start. We had to postpone a few times due to the pandemic in 2020, and our trip organizer was more than accommodating in working with us to reschedule for one person in the group's 40th birthday to be the date we summit! In February of 2022 we all flew out to do an 8 day Lemosho route on Kilimanjaro! the organizer made it super easy by meeting us at the airport and then transporting us to the hotel we were staying at the evening before our trek. We were able to meet our guides for the trip and they were able to review the gear we brought to make sure we had what we needed! The next morning we set off on our trek. Our guides were patient with our group's varied abilities and helped us all to feel energized and excited for each adventure. We were offered many breaks and got to learn a lot about the flora and fauna we passed as well as about Tanzanian culture. We were amazed by just how nice everyone was from the tour organizing team. Our porters were incredibly strong and fast, they would break down camp after we had already started hiking, pass us during the hike, and have camp set up for us before we got there! Our chef and waiter (yes a waiter!) were amazing. At each meal we were fed multi course feasts with a variety of options! One member of our group had dietary restrictions and they were able to accommodate her and make separate portions to meet her needs! We were all full and very happy after each meal. With each meal we also were offered hot water for tea, coffee or coco and they provided all the fixings you could want to go with your meal or drinks. The accommodations on the mountain were wonderful, we had spacious tents that you could easily sit up in for camping with thick warm sleeping pads. For dinning, they provided a full tent with table chairs and even a tablecloth. The guides were wonderful in helping our group acclimate appropriately and monitored everyone's health in a respectful, encouraging way, never making anyone feel discouraged no matter how the altitude or weather was affecting them. We had 2 members of the group that were having some issues with the altitude, and our dream team thought ahead and two porters agreed to assist our group with the summit. The two porters helped carry the gear for the 2 individuals having issues and all the guides and porters helped encourage and lead our team up for the summit push. One member started to feel very lightheaded and the guides were able to help her work through her dizziness, assess if it was wise to continue and then monitored her carefully as we continued up. Thanks to the amazing oversight from the team, all 4 of us made it to the summit! Even more amazing was that at the summit, for the birthday, the guides pulled out a birthday sign and balloons for her and we all got to take a birthday picture with the summit sign! Even more amazing was later that evening after we got to our final camp, the chef surprised the birthday girl with a beautiful and delicious birthday cake! We truly did have a dream team with Bakari leading the way and Omary always ready for a laugh! We could not recommend using the local travel specialists enough, they were wonderful to work with and we all had an amazing time hiking Kilimanjaro with them!

Climbing Kilimanjaro is both a physical and mental challenge, we booked the trip to Kilimanjaro 10 months before going. Our first and all time inquiries were promptly replied to, and the fact that we were being regularly informed on various tips for our Kilimanjaro preparation through emails made everything so uncomplicated before arrived and for that gladly we came prepared. And big thanks to our local tour operator as they deserve it since we truly enjoyed every bit of the organization. The route choice to Kilimanjaro 8 Days Lemosho Route and that suited our time and budget. And the service provided in the Mountain was Top Notch; the guides were brilliant, friendly, knowledgeable, humorous when needed.

When we graduated my Beasties and I spent a considerable amount of time reviewing different companies, we found a lot of companies with greats reviews as we went through trip advisor and other sources to look for the best tour agency who will organize perfect trip for us but then we finally decided to go with this local operator. It was funny but really this was the right choice we made. The planning stage went very well with Naick the owner of the company being very responsive to all questions and clear emails on time and professionally. Then, we decided to go with 8 days Lemosho route & 5 days Safari Everything was great when we landed as they took care of everything and we didn't have to worry about transportation, Accommodations and Meals once in Tanzania And during the hike we were set up by amazing guides, porters and cook. team work of Mountain crews helped us success summit Kilimanjaro After a long climb we went to Safari 5 days at Tarangire, Serengeti and Ngoro Ngoro. Every experience was just incredible I must admit that this was great adventure for our life and all credit goes to the tour operator for Making all that possible I can't say well enough about this but If you're looking forward for Mt. Kilimanjaro Climbing or Go on a Safari, we're definitely coming back at some point.