Team Kilimanjaro review 2026
Arusha (TK Excel Road) · founded 2004 · 6 routes
Team Kilimanjaro publishes an 8-day Lemosho price of $3,169 including park fees, which leaves about $258 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 2026-08-26. 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
- Prices for 4 itineraries, all park-fee inclusive
- 13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| TripAdvisor | 5.0 | 323 | read 2026-08-26 |
| Kilihub aggregate | 5.0 | 323 | 1 platforms |
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 | $200Guidance is 10-15% of the climb price; their worked example is roughly $200-300 per climber in an 8-person group | Listed · 2026-08 |
| Deposit | 0%Flat US$150 per person non-refundable deposit rather than a percentage; balance due 28 days out | Listed · 2026-08 |
| Cancellation | 29+ days out: full refund less deposit; 14-29 days: 75%; 6-14 days: 50%; 48h-6 days: 25%; under 48h: nil. | 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 13 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 | No | Third party · 2026-08 |
|---|---|---|
| TATO member | Not providedOperators: add this → | Not provided |
| TALA licence number | Not providedOperators: add this → | Not provided |
| Registered name | Team Kilimanjaro LLC (established in the USA) | Listed · 2026-08 |
| Office in Tanzania | Yes | Listed · 2026-08 |
| Runs own climbs or resells | Runs its own climbsRuns its own climbs via locally-incorporated Arusha suppliers under the TK brand | 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
- Unusual structure: 'Team Kilimanjaro' is a US-established LLC that subcontracts separate locally-incorporated Tanzanian companies, all described collectively as 'we' in their own legal page.
- Seven service tiers from Superlite (guide-only, $1,946 Machame 7d) to Hemingway luxury - the same route can cost nearly double depending on tier, so compare tiers, not brands.
- Claims a 97.6% summit success rate and 12,000+ summits; unaudited, as all operator success claims are.
- Explicitly discourages routine daily oximeter checks - a deliberate stance most premium competitors take the opposite position on.
- No email address published anywhere on the site (contact form and WhatsApp only), and no Trustpilot profile exists.
- Not on the KPAP/IMEC partner register.
Sources
- teamkilimanjaro.com/prices, read 2026-08-26
- teamkilimanjaro.com/faq/costs, read 2026-08-26
- mountainexplorers.org/partnership-for-responsible-travel/climb-with-a-partner-, read 2026-08-26
- teamkilimanjaro.com/legal, read 2026-08-26
- cdn.teamkilimanjaro.com/images/cancellation.pdf, read 2026-08-26
- teamkilimanjaro.com, read 2026-08-26
- www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g297913-d12617541-Reviews-Team_Kilimanja, read 2026-08-26
- TANAPA park fee tariff, cross-checked 2026-08-26, used to compute every park fee figure on this page
Operators and climbers can both file a correction. We answer every one, and we publish what changed.