Burigi Chato Safaris review 2026
Arusha and Moshi, TZ · founded 2010 · 6 routes
Burigi Chato Safaris publishes an 8-day Lemosho price of $1,400 including park fees, which leaves about $36 per climber per day to run the climb after the $1,109 TANAPA fees. It does not publish a porter day wage. Kilihub has not verified these figures.
Our aggregate: the review-count-weighted mean of every public rating we could find, read on 2026-08-15. Kilihub does not collect its own reviews yet.
We get nothing if you book with them. No commission, no sponsored spots, no paid placement. Every fact on this page carries a source and a date.
What we know
- Prices for 2 itineraries, all park-fee inclusive
- 7 of 20 standard inclusions specified
What we don't
- TALA licence number, not published
- Porter day wage, not published anywhere
- How much oxygen is carried per group
- Nobody has claimed this page, so nothing is verified
Gaps are not accusations. Most operators have simply never been asked.
Reviews across platforms
We show every public rating we could find rather than the flattering one. Counts matter more than scores: almost every operator on this mountain sits between 4.5 and 5.0.
| Platform | Rating | Reviews | Profile |
|---|---|---|---|
| TripAdvisor | 5.0 | 349 | read 2026-08-15 |
| Trustpilot | 3.8 | 2 | read 2026-08-15 |
| SafariBookings | 5.0 | 12 | read 2026-08-15 |
| Kilihub aggregate | 5.0 | 363 | 3 platforms |
Trustpilot is the only platform here that shows whether a profile is claimed, whether the company pays for review-invitation tools, and warnings about the company itself, so we weight it highest. This profile scores 3.8 from 2 reviews, claimed since 2019-11. Profile claimed in November 2019 and has collected 2 reviews since.
Routes they offer
As listed on their own site. Each link goes to our independent guide to that route, not to the operator. Listed · 2026-08
Where your money goes
Park fees are identical for every operator on the mountain. Subtract them and what is left is what this company has to run your climb: guides, porters, food, tents, transport and margin. We compute this from the published TANAPA tariff, so it is comparable across every operator here.
Prices read from the operator's own pages on 2026-08-15. Fees computed for a non-East African adult on the stated itinerary, VAT included. A low figure is a question to ask them, not a finding against them. How park fees work
What it costs
| Crew tips included | No | Listed · 2026-08 |
|---|---|---|
| Recommended tip total | Not providedOperators: add this → | Not provided |
| Deposit | Not providedOperators: add this → | Not provided |
| Cancellation | Not providedOperators: add this → | Not provided |
What's included
Every operator publishes a different list in a different order. We normalise all of them to the same 20 items. This operator specifies 7 of 20.
- Park fees
- VAT
- Rescue fee
- Crew wages
- Crew tips
- Airport transfer
- Hotel before
- Hotel after
- All mountain meals
- Drinking water
- Sleeping tent
- Mess tent
- Portable toilet
- Sleeping mat
- Sleeping bag
- Trekking poles
- Oxygen bottle
- Pulse oximeter
- Rescue insurance
- Summit certificate
✓ included · ✗ explicitly excluded · ? not stated anywhere on their site
What they publish, and what they don't
Our own reading of their website, not their claim about it. Score: 0 of 4.
| Itemised park fee breakdown | Not published | Checked · 2026-08 |
|---|---|---|
| Porter day wage | Not published | Checked · 2026-08 |
| Tipping guidance | Not published | Checked · 2026-08 |
| Crew size per group | Not published | Checked · 2026-08 |
Licensing and who runs the climb
| KPAP partner | No | Third party · 2026-08 |
|---|---|---|
| TATO member | Not providedOperators: add this → | Not provided |
| TALA licence number | Not providedOperators: add this → | Not provided |
| Registered name | Burigi Chato Safaris Co. Ltd | Listed · 2026-08 |
| Office in Tanzania | Yes | Listed · 2026-08 |
| Runs own climbs or resells | Runs its own climbs | Listed · 2026-08 |
Safety and porters
| Guide-to-client ratio | Not providedOperators: add this → | Not provided |
|---|---|---|
| Oximeter checks per day | Not providedOperators: add this → | Not provided |
| Oxygen bottles per group | Not providedOperators: add this → | Not provided |
| Porter day wage | Not providedOperators: add this → | Not provided |
Worth knowing
- Their published 8-day Lemosho group rate of $1,400 leaves about $36 per person per day after park fees, which lands in our implausible band. That is a question to ask them, not a verdict, but ask it before you book.
- The cheapest Machame 7-day quote in the directory so far. After park fees, about $89 per day is left to run the climb, which lands in our very low band.
- Not on the KPAP/IMEC partner register.
- A January 2026 TripAdvisor review alleges misrepresented group-trek pricing and an unreimbursed $80 airport transfer; the company disputed it.
- Trustpilot shows 3.8 from 2 reviews on a profile claimed in November 2019, against a 5.0 TripAdvisor score from 349.
- Their TripAdvisor footprint is split across at least five keyword-stuffed listings: the main Arusha one (5.0 from 349) plus a Moshi 'Kilimanjaro Hiking/Climbing' listing (4.9 from 58), a 'Best Kilimanjaro Bike Tour Operators' listing (5.0 from 39), a 'Serengeti Balloon Company' listing (5.0 from 1) and an empty Mwanza one. Only the main listing counts in our aggregate.
Sources
- www.burigichatosafaris.com/machame-route-7-days.html, read 2026-08-15
- www.burigichatosafaris.com/lemosho-route-eight-8-days.html, read 2026-08-15
- mountainexplorers.org/partnership-for-responsible-travel/climb-with-a-partner-, read 2026-08-15
- www.burigichatosafaris.com/index.html, read 2026-08-15
- www.burigichatosafaris.com, read 2026-08-15
- www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g297913-d21500261-Reviews-1_BURIGI_CHATO, read 2026-08-15
- www.trustpilot.com/review/burigichatosafaris.com, read 2026-08-15
- www.safaribookings.com/p5067, read 2026-08-15
- TANAPA park fee tariff, cross-checked 2026-08-15, used to compute every park fee figure on this page
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