Kandoo Adventures review 2026
Penrith, UK; own base in Moshi · founded 2009 · 5 routes
Kandoo Adventures publishes an 8-day Lemosho price of $3,235 including park fees, which leaves about $266 per climber per day to run the climb after the $1,109 TANAPA fees. It appears on the KPAP partner register. 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 2026-08-26. 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 5 itineraries, all park-fee inclusive
- 14 of 20 standard inclusions specified
- Cancellation terms published
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trustpilot | 4.9 | 1,221 | read 2026-08-26 |
| TripAdvisor | 5.0 | 326 | read 2026-08-26 |
| Kilihub aggregate | 4.9 | 1,547 | 2 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 4.9 from 1221 reviews, claimed since 2015-05.
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 | $200$200-300 per climber depending on group size; cites KPAP per-day rates on its tipping page | Listed · 2026-08 |
| Deposit | 20% | Listed · 2026-08 |
| Cancellation | Balance due 56 days out. 56+ days: disbursements retained, rest refunded; under 56 days: 50% of remainder; under 30 days: no refund. | 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 14 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: 2 of 4.
| Itemised park fee breakdown | Not published | Checked · 2026-08 |
|---|---|---|
| Porter day wage | Not 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 | Yes | Third party · 2026-08 |
|---|---|---|
| TATO member | Not providedOperators: add this → | Not provided |
| TALA licence number | Not providedOperators: add this → | Not provided |
| Registered name | Expedition Adventures Limited (UK, 7149227), trading as Kandoo Adventures | Listed · 2026-08 |
| Office in Tanzania | Yes | Listed · 2026-08 |
| Runs own climbs or resells | Runs its own climbsUK-owned with its own employed Moshi team; at some other destinations it partners with local operators, but states Tanzania is run in-house | Listed · 2026-08 |
Safety and porters
| Guide-to-client ratio | about 1:3 | Listed · 2026-08 |
|---|---|---|
| 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
- The strongest Trustpilot base of the foreign outfitters here: 4.9 from 1,221 on a profile claimed since 2015 (paid subscription, so invitation tooling is in play).
- ABTA and ATOL financial protection applies to UK bookings - a real difference from booking a Tanzanian operator directly.
- The TripAdvisor listing is registered in Penrith, England, and covers all Kandoo destinations, not just Kilimanjaro.
- Claims a 95% summit success rate on every route and 14,000+ summits since 2009; unaudited, as all operator success claims are.
- Advertised trip lengths include 2 hotel nights - the '10-day Lemosho' is 8 days on the mountain.
Sources
- www.kandooadventures.com/destination-tanzania/trip-kilimanjaro-lemosho-route/T, read 2026-08-26
- www.kandooadventures.com/destination-kilimanjaro/trip-kilimanjaro-machame-rout, read 2026-08-26
- www.kandooadventures.com/destination-kilimanjaro/trip-kilimanjaro-marangu-rout, read 2026-08-26
- www.kandooadventures.com/destination-tanzania/trip-kilimanjaro-rongai-route/TZ, read 2026-08-26
- www.kandooadventures.com/destination-kilimanjaro/trip-kilimanjaro-northern-cir, read 2026-08-26
- mountainexplorers.org/partnership-for-responsible-travel/climb-with-a-partner-, read 2026-08-26
- www.kandooadventures.com/info/terms-and-conditions-1.html, read 2026-08-26
- www.kandooadventures.com, read 2026-08-26
- www.trustpilot.com/review/kandooadventures.com, read 2026-08-26
- www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g186328-d12715616-Reviews-Kandoo_Adventu, 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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