Eco-Africa Climbing review 2026
Moshi · founded 2014 · 7 routes
Eco-Africa Climbing publishes an 8-day Lemosho price of $2,950 including park fees, which leaves about $230 per climber per day to run the climb after the $1,109 TANAPA fees. It appears on the KPAP partner register. It says it pays porters $10 per day. Kilihub has not verified these figures.
Our aggregate: the review-count-weighted mean of every public rating we could find, read on 2026-08-26. 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
- Appears on the KPAP partner register
- Prices for 10 itineraries, all park-fee inclusive
- 19 of 20 standard inclusions specified
- Cancellation terms published
What we don't
- TALA licence number, not published
- 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 | 102 | read 2026-08-26 |
| SafariBookings | 5.0 | 33 | read 2026-08-26 |
| Trustpilot | 4.7 | 26 | read 2026-08-26 |
| Kilihub aggregate | 5.0 | 161 | 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 4.7 from 26 reviews, claimed since 2016-10.
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 2026-08-26. 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 | 0%Flat US$300 per person, held as a transferable 'lifetime deposit'; balance due 60 days before arrival | Listed · 2026-08 |
| Cancellation | Deposit non-refundable but transferable to any future tour without time limit; full cancellation schedule not published (terms page returns 404). | Listed · 2026-08 |
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 19 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: 4 of 4.
| Itemised park fee breakdown | Published | Checked · 2026-08 |
|---|---|---|
| Porter day wage | Published | Checked · 2026-08 |
| Tipping guidance | Published | Checked · 2026-08 |
| Crew size per group | Published | Checked · 2026-08 |
Licensing and who runs the climb
| KPAP partner | YesTheir site adds 'all our climbs are monitored and audited by KPAP' | Third party · 2026-08 |
|---|---|---|
| TATO member | Not providedOperators: add this → | Not provided |
| TALA licence number | Not providedOperators: add this → | Not provided |
| Registered name | Not providedOperators: add this → | Not provided |
| 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 | 2 a day | Listed · 2026-08 |
| Oxygen bottles per group | Not providedOperators: add this → | Not provided |
| Porter day wage | $10Framed as 'porter's salary should start from $10 per day' rather than an audited wage for their own crew; guide from $20, cook from $15 | Listed · 2026-08 |
Worth knowing
- Scores 4 of 4 on our disclosure check - park-fee breakdown, porter pay figures, tipping guidance and crew size are all published, which almost no operator here manages.
- Reviews spread across three platforms including an unpaid, decade-old Trustpilot profile (4.7 from 26) - a small but healthy-looking base for a mid-priced local operator.
- Their own prices disagree: the cost page says Machame 7-day $2,650 while the route page says $2,850.
- No registered company name or number is published anywhere, and the terms-and-conditions page returns a 404.
- The published $10/day porter figure is framed as what a wage 'should start from', not as an audited wage for their own crew - KPAP monitoring is claimed, and they are on the register.
Sources
- eco-africaclimbing.com/climbing-kilimanjaro-cost/, read 2026-08-26
- eco-africaclimbing.com/7-days-machame-route/, read 2026-08-26
- mountainexplorers.org/partnership-for-responsible-travel/climb-with-a-partner-, read 2026-08-26
- eco-africaclimbing.com/kilimanjaro-join-group/, read 2026-08-26
- eco-africaclimbing.com, read 2026-08-26
- www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g317084-d10189315-Reviews-Eco_Africa_Cli, read 2026-08-26
- www.safaribookings.com/p3190, read 2026-08-26
- www.trustpilot.com/review/eco-africaclimbing.com, read 2026-08-26
- TANAPA park fee tariff, cross-checked 2026-08-26, used to compute every park fee figure on this page
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