Together with making new global friends joining a group of Kilimanjaro climbers can save you some climbing costs as Climbing Kilimanjaro is even more expensive if you are a solo climber. Get discounts and save loads by latching into one of the open groups of 2 to 12 climbers or larger groups of 12 to 20 climbers.
The tour operator companies should arrange the group of client’s assistances such as porters, guides and cookers according to client’s suggest because some clients they do not like many people in a group. A group of climbers is depending on your wish you can join on a small group or a large group. Most tour operator they organize small groups start from a group of five to twelve people and more. Most operators’ travel plans consist of day trips, multi day trips, historical, cultural sites, sporting events and so on. Tour packages range from hundreds of travelers to smaller groups as few as eight people. The small group should not exceed ten people and large group is about twelve up to twenty people.
A group tour consists of a group of people who want to have a travel for tourist issues with others with a common interest. Group travel is an excellent option as the traveler just has to sign up and everything else is taken care of. Group should not to worries of finding accommodations, driving, parking, where to eat, or what to do. People who participate in group tours consist of tour guides, group leaders and porters who responsible for carrying clients’ luggage such as gears like camping gears, safety gears and so on. The leadership is someone on the trip who is responsible for making sure everyone is accounted for, takes care of any issues that may arise and knows about the location. And the tour guide is one who directs the clients by showing them the environment from starting up to destination. The among of the characteristic of guides he/she should know English very well because most of clients they speak English.
There are some important ways which if you use you will get best group during your tour route. Choosing a group tour that fits your needs. Mostly it is impossible to run a tour that pleases all of the people all of the time.
There are several things that you should consider when choosing a small group tour company.
Number of people in a group
The first big decision when you choosing small tour group you should consider on which number you want. If you want people not more than five in a group. How many people do you see touring alongside you is five or ten or more than those? There are some clients who they want to travel with a smaller number of people in order to avoid disturbance but other clients they enjoy more when they are many in group of tour including leaders, guides and porters as well.
There are some tours companies they consider the average of ten people. But to others it can range up to twelve up to sixteen depending on the ending of their trip and go as low as when the departure has been guaranteed but ten is the normal. The tour company must know the habit of their clients from whose clients want large group when they are travel and whose want few people when they are travel in order to satisfy their needs.
Price
Price is another thing to consider when selecting the best tour group because the more people in a group is the more cost increased. This thing people compare when looking at different tour companies, because some companies send people on large group of thirty or fourteen travelers at a time and it involve many costs so that you should look about their costs before you are booking for Tour Company. You are getting personal experience. Choosing a cheap trip also increases the chance that your accommodation will be good. The thing to look for is value of money and expenses involved when traveling. A long route it consists the cost of meals, hotel. Also, you have to get a local guide in order to decrease the costs. The local guides are those guides who have experiences.
Timetable
A good timetable it should also be considered. A small group tours will share similar timetable, but there are companies out there that really make an effort to go that extra step. As a client you should look for a timetable that hits all the major important things, a small group tours it is often the unexpected places. A good timetable makes the clients feel comfortable because the timetable is arranged well and is follow-up. It is just one of those things. Make sure to read the online trip notes thoroughly to help you make an informed decision. Give the company a direct call and check about their itineraries or how they organize their travels.
Local leaders
The best group tour should involve the local leaders who will lead the clients feel well when climbing or doing the tour activities. The best local leader must have knowledge of leading clients and they should have experience of work for more than five years. The advantages of having local leaders in a group is: - Once you get cool local knowledge could help to increase the reputation of the tour company. But also, it keeps money in local and contributes to local employment. The whole experience of travel becomes so much easier when Tour Company give the clients local leaders. The local leaders are important to you do your research. It is advised that to use local leaders on all the tours, who are specifically trained in first aid. Clients you should to find companies that do not just employ local leaders, but look after them too.
Read tours company’s website online reviews
Read what people are saying as much as possible about the tour company’s service on their website’s reviews about what peoples say about their trip on how they arrange groups, timetables cost involved and so on. Company’s website includes a bunch of reviews on every trip. You can compare brands; service and check to see what people are saying and make up your own mind. Also, social Medias are involved when checking reviews of the website of tour you have choose. Check a brand’s hash tag on Instagram, Face book, twitter and so on. Get around it and see what travelers are saying on the ground, in real time. You can get a feel for the style of the trip, the number of people, the standard of accommodation and so on
General Service
See how the tour company reacts when providing service to their clients. Check to see if they have a good responsible travel policy if is what you want then deal with them. Check if they look so fun to their customers or clients, or not also check to see if their itineraries feel generic, they do push boundaries on caring their customers. Also, as you are client you need to know that it may take a few tries before you find a small group tour company that fits you. But when you do, it’s a good feeling, and you will know the search was worth it. In Kilimanjaro or other areas in Tanzania which provide tourism services they provide different services from others because every company has its habits of caring clients or their customers. So, by using those ways you can choose the best tour group which can make you feel comfortable, and you will enjoy your trip and your holiday with your family or yourself.
Offer provided
Also, there are companies which provide some different offers like discounts to the leadership and guides service cost. This is depending to the type of Tour Company you choose to travel with. if your wish is to travel with small number of people or large number of people you needed to do research before making decision.
What are the characteristics of a good tour group?
Experience
The good tour guide group they should have a lot of experience when they travel with their clients. Tour Company it should arrange well their groups according to their experience in order to satisfy the client’s needs and to develop the company reputation. This will enable the company to get more client year to year.
Fun
The tour group should have fun to their clients in order to make them happy all the time and enjoy their holiday. The clients from different countries most of them come in Tanzania for tourism activities for enjoyment and entertainment so incase the porters and guides are very fun the clients will most enjoy their trip and likely to travel with that company at another year or time.
Time responsible
As we know time is money that is why this is another characteristic considering on choosing best tour group. Group should consider the time. As there is a leader in each tour group, he/she is responsible to lead others to do works on time required. Leaders they do not consider time then the route will take more than known days.
Kilimanjaro preparation maximizes your experience! Kilimanjaro requires no technical climbing experience and any moderately fit person can summit the mountain. However, you should not underestimate the mountain. If you have the time, we suggest you start with some physical training 2 to 4 weeks prior to the climb, which might include aerobic cross training or hiking to familiarize your body with the rigors of the climb. The fitter you are, the easier the climb will be for you. Despite all the preparation, the biggest challenge for any person climbing up Kilimanjaro is the effects of altitude, which seem mostly unrelated to fitness, age or gender.
First you start off by searching for the tour operator you wish to go with. Then do some fitness exercise in the meantime. After you are satisfied with the tour operator ask questions and choose the route. Get to be familiar with your itinerary. Make sure that the itinerary is well solved and people handling it are professionals including the guides and porters. After all is set and you are happy you can send a deposit to do the booking and confirm with the company that you will be going on the specific dates. Book your flights then accommodation. It is best if you ask for recommendation from the tour operator. After doing this go ahead and book straight online for the accommodation. Arrange your pick up with the company. It is best to arrive a day before. In the next morning after arrival go through your mountain equipment with your guide and make a list of the equipment to be rented. Go to a rental store and get the missing gear. After that you will go to the gate for checking in. Ensure that you have your passport with you for it will be needed for verification at the gate.
Training
When deciding to climb Kilimanjaro, you need to involve your ability of training, that’s why Kilimanjaro national park authority suggest that before climbing Kilimanjaro the climbers should first get training. Also, you should consider about what time it will take to get training. You have to consider all of these things because will determine if you are qualified to climb mountain Kilimanjaro and summit at the top of mountain. All in all, you have to think about your health including legs strength when deciding to run or to walk when you’re climbing on the slopes.
Practice the Right Breathing Techniques
This is another process which is very important to do before starting climbing the mountain. This is because when you deciding to Practice the right breathing techniques needed for high altitude trekking it will help you to trek for long distance without getting tired. In low oxygen environments you need to flood your body with oxygen. You need to do deep breaths in through your nose and fast out through your mouth. Your body and muscles are being starved of oxygen when climbing Kilimanjaro therefore you need to force oxygen into your body. Doing this while building up weight in your backpack is key to success to summit at the top of highest mountain in Africa.
Think about body oxygen
In low oxygen environments you need to use oxygen. As we know that on mountain there is a lot of elevation so you have to carry emergency oxygen which could help you when body’s oxygen decreased. When you think about long steep descents you need to have training how to increase your body oxygen by practice walking daily distances. Consider ascent and descent and think how you train for low oxygen environments.
Make sure you have a better health
Anyone who have a good record from the doctor we mean that medical checkup which will prove that you will able to climb the Kilimanjaro Mountain. Despite being a mountain, which is accessible to most people and not just experienced trekkers, you must prepare. If you are used to hiking up and down hills with a weighted backpack, while covering long distances in difficult terrain, then you have less training to do. However, if you are older or younger or not used to hiking, but consider yourself to have good overall fitness then you will have more specific training to do consider your body heath. Kilimanjaro among of the highest mountain in the world and is the first highest mountain in Africa so you need to more specific training geared towards hills and stairs by building your muscles in order to get more chance to climb.
Prepare your mentally fit for climb
This means being prepared of climbing Kilimanjaro. Being mentally prepared will also be crucial to your chance of a successful summit climb. When pushing the limits of your physical training will help to develop your capacity to decrease the stress. Use right gear like sleeping bag and air mattress. The best physical preparation is activity which simulates, as far as possible, the demands on your body that you will have during your climb of Kilimanjaro. It is important to start training as early as possible before your scheduled climb
Make sure you come Prepared
You should have enough money in order to achieve your trip. The money will be used to rent all the right gear and all other important equipment as required like tickets, passport, visa and so on. There is no point in doing all of that and not putting in the efforts in your training. You have also signed up to a group climb and you need to consider the group and do not show up unprepared. You need to respect the mountains, the team you are going with and so come prepared and make sure you find the time to train and the tour operator should make sure they will provide the correct training to their clients.
Give Yourself Enough Time to Build Specific Conditioning
You’re advised also to use your time build specific conditions in order to prevent by injuries or any other emergency which could occur on mountain Kilimanjaro. It is no good trying to cram all of your training into the month before you depart. Put your training plan together months in advance, in order to build on the correct fitness, conditioning and endurance. Taking the right amount of time to train will also help you avoid returning back before summit the Kilimanjaro.
Be serious
Climbing the Kilimanjaro is serious issue so as a climber you should not ignore the mountain because to summit is a serious challenge which needs one to have strong preparation and specific physical conditioning. Checking your body organs if are strong and have ability to climb the mountain. The training is the key to success to summit the Kilimanjaro. With forward planning, the right acclimatization schedule and the right attitude to training, you will give yourself the best chance of success.
Make sure you have the Right Gear and equipment
Right gear will make you easily reach the summit on Kilimanjaro Mountain. Right clothes, right camping gear, cooking equipments and other enable the climbers to get at the top more easily. When climbers experienced on bad weather condition, they should have the right clothes which could help them to avoid mountain Diseases Mountain like acute mountain sickness (AMS) and other mountain diseases.
Climbing with experienced tour guides
It is important to climb with the right tour which arrange right team and who are investing in the local community including porters, guides, staff, servers, tent crew. When you are choosing a best company, you should think about (Africa natural tour company).
Make sure you have the Right Vaccinations
Tour operators should prepare right vaccination for their clients in order to solve any emergency disease which may occur when trekking. For most people, you will have the choice whether or not you get vaccinations before traveling to Tanzania.
Prepare water and food for your trip
You need more water at high altitude. Likewise, you need to get used to drinking more water before the trip. It is advised to drink more than four liters per day on the mountain. Making sure you are well hydrated, staying out of the sun and not getting sun burned in order to be hydrate all the time. And also, another thing to prepare is to have a lot of food which could give you more energy during climbing practice and it will enable you to reach the summit.
When climbing Kilimanjaro your options are limited to camping on every other route except Marangu route to which climbers sleep in the huts along the trail. Now the camping facilities depend very much on the tour operator you book your climb with and weather you opt for budget or luxury camping. There is variation of tents while others are durable and have enough height for an adult with average height to stand still. Others are short and they will require that you bend while using them.
For more adventurous souls who want to explore the remaining snowfields and glaciers in Kibo Crater, or stand on the edge of the bottomless central ash pit, glazed with sulfur deposits and belching occasional fumes of bad egg scented steam, an extra night can be added to Machame, Umbwe, Lemosho and Shira routes to allow camping in the crater itself. First tackle the summit itself, then, if you still have the desire, descend the snow slopes into the crater where you can stay overnight if you are sufficiently acclimatized, sleeping well below Uhuru Peak. The following morning, you have to re-climb the crater rim before descending to Mweka Camp. This option is risky because you are spending a longer time at high altitude which should be avoided where possible. Favorably, you are not attempting the long descent on the same day as the summit, so you will be less exhausted. The polar wilderness crater environment provides an amazing climax to a Kilimanjaro climbing tour. Tour operators are an ecologically responsible outfitter. Please do not pollute the crater.
Crater Camp on Mount Kilimanjaro locates on some different route such as the Lemosho and Northern Circuit routes. These routes with crater camp are very unique place because these camps are highest campsite on Mount Kilimanjaro. Some tour companies offer extra time to stay at Crater Camp after the summit for better acclimatization but there is added cost to do so. To use route with crater camp it requires more ability.
The Crater Campsite near Reusch Crater and areas around Furtwangler Glacier. Reusch Crater is a wonderful place. On all other Kilimanjaro routes only the guides and client’s summit while the cookers, porters and other staffs remains at high camp which is Barafu camp.
Many clients attracted at Crater Camp but all in all there are disadvantages of sleeping at this high altitude. The most disease caused by high altitude is Altitude Mountain Sickness. The ability of adapt this situation and avoiding of getting AMS can developed if adequate altitude acclimatization has achieved.
According to safety concerns for clients and staff, these Lemosho and northern circuit routes are done only by special request and are subject to approval by Eco-Africa Climbing.
Some climbers they do not understand about crater Camp on the Kilimanjaro Trails. But there is short distance from the crater camp to the uhuru peak or in other word to the top of the highest mountain in Africa and among of the seven summits in the world.
Not only through these two routes you can move up to crater camp but also Lemosho and northern circuit route allow you to get up closer to glacier.
Suddenly bring to an ending by the side of Crater Camp be an possible additional lying on several personalized Kilimanjaro climb through frequently permanent eight definite mountain on the Shira, Lemosho, Umbwe and Machame routes
Even though it is required experience for any person who be extremely healthy, strong-minded along with incredibly in good health of acclimatize but condition you carry out not equivalent with this explanation stop thinking about it. It is the most important boarding display place intended for the good health persons. One wheeled every single one topography stretcher second-hand on behalf of immediate mass departure of victims commencing High Altitude Pulmonary Edema, High Altitude Cerebral Edema and hypothermia.
Acute Mountain Sickness AMS is the most common disease which affects most people to several amount by the side of this disease and in point of fact kills many people who climbing Kilimanjaro every year including clients, guides, cookers, porters and other staff, however numerous of whom take insufficient safety measures intended for their demanding Mount Kilimanjaro ramble otherwise overvalued their capability in addition to washed-out excessively extended by the side of far above the ground elevation over and over again at Crater Camp condition you be well prepared in addition to back positive as a result of exceptionally knowledgeable guides.
I. You should wear warmly dressed in addition to house within physically powerful. It is advised that every client should carry their own quality or their personal equipment like warm jackets with high quality material in order to avoid the risk of getting altitude mountain sickness.
II. You should sleep in warm tents during a restless in order to be comfortable at night. Also, the tour operator company should provide high quality
Camping equipment or gear like warm tents. So, as they will handle the problem of mountain disease.
starting Crater Camp, one be capable of obtain a discretionary one-hour ramble to Reusch Crater, basically see the sights the areas approximately Furtwangler Glacier. Reusch Crater is a wonderful prospect It is just about completely spherical in addition to the powder crater
Crater Camp is an extraordinarily only one of its kind positions with the intention of allows you in the direction of walk around the glaciers or smooth trek to Reutsch Crater. However, for the reason that of its tremendous elevation condition you are not acclimatized appropriately. It can be exceptionally hazardous and severe Altitude Mountain Sickness be a physically powerful opportunity.
Provision you aspiration in the direction of take account of a night at crater camp please make sure that you have quality equipments. All camping equipments on crater camp during the night climb contain obligatory Gamow Bag as measurement of the normal paraphernalia.
An hour of darkness at crater camp be capable of be present supplementary in the direction of a good number routes. Subsequent to summiting Uhuru Peak you beginning downstairs hooked on the crater camp and position camp at an altitude of unsympathetic cosmological background. This gives you the daylight hours to distinguish the tourist attractions the straightforwardly further than confidence sites of the crater previous to caption flipside the subsequently break of day to no-win situation the break of day happening the crater circumference
But for those who can uncover the substantial embarrassment. Crater Camp is over and over again the draw attention to of Kilimanjaro. The background is the neighboring you determination increasingly move toward to stepping on top of the moon. The floorboards of the high point are enclosed in unfathomable dust sand and lumps of unprocessed volcanic astound.
A unfathomable sapphire glacier sits surrounded by the crater, beseeching to be explored at the same time as in the central point is the forthrightly frightening cinders whole in the ground or pointed complete in the desert smooth.
Northern circuit route
Northern Circuit is also the longest because you see so much of what the mountain offers. Due to the additional length of time for acclimatization, success rates for the summit are higher. When using this route, you will summit Uhuru Peak via Gilman’s Point as like another route. You will get an opportunity to travel through the quiet and rarely visited northern slopes, which really give a heightened sense of adventure and remoteness on this mountain which attracts so many hikers every year.
Lemosho Route:
The Lemosho route is considered the most scenic trail on Kilimanjaro, granting panoramic vistas on various sides of the mountain. As one of the newer routes, Lemosho is a superb choice for your climb. It is our preferred route due to its ideal balance of low crowds, beautiful scenery and a high summit success rate.
The route approaches Mount Kilimanjaro from the west, beginning with a long drive from Moshi to Londorossi Gate. From there, the first two days are spent trekking through the rain forest to Shira Ridge. The Lemosho route crosses the entire Shira Plateau from west to east in a pleasant, relatively flat hike. Crowds are low until the route joins the Machame route near Lava Tower. Then the route traverses underneath Kilimanjaro Southern Ice Field on a path known as the Southern Circuit before summiting from Barafu. Descent the Mweka route.
Different tour operators build groups. But, only the ones with standard and value have a limited number of people per group so that they provide high standard service. Either, it is not common for many operators to match age in these groups. Very few match groups with age in mind. But, no worries as most people climbing Kilimanjaro are sociable from a different part of the world looking to share an unforgettable adventure with you.
The tour operator companies should arrange the group of client’s assistances such as porters, guides and cookers according to client’s suggest because some clients they do not like many people in a group. A group of climbers is depending on your wish you can join on a small group or a large group. Most tour operator they organize small groups start from a group of five to twelve people and more. Most operator’s travel plans consist of day trips, multi day trips, historical, cultural sites, sporting events and so on. Tour packages range from hundreds of travelers to smaller groups as few as eight people. The small group should not exceed ten people and large group is about twelve up to twenty people.
A group tour consists of a group of people who want to have a travel for tourist issues with others with a common interest. Group travel is an excellent option as the traveler just has to sign up and everything else is taken care of. Group should not to worries of finding accommodations, driving, parking, where to eat, or what to do. People who participate in group tours consist of tour guides, group leaders and porters who responsible for carrying clients’ luggage such as gears like camping gears, safety gears and so on. The leadership is someone on the trip who is responsible for making sure everyone is accounted for, takes care of any issues that may arise and knows about the location. And the tour guide is one who directs the clients by showing them the environment from starting up to destination. The among of the characteristic of guides he/she should know English very well because most of clients they speak English.
There are some important ways which if you use you will get best group during your tour route. Choosing a group tour that fits your needs. Mostly it is impossible to run a tour that pleases all of the people all of the time.
There are several things that you should consider when choosing a small group tour company.
Number of people in a group
The first big decision when you choosing small tour group you should consider on which number you want. If you want people not more than five in a group. How many people do you see touring alongside you is five or ten or more than those? There are some clients who they want to travel with a smaller number of people in order to avoid disturbance but other clients they enjoy more when they are many in group of tour including leaders, guides and porters as well.
There are some tours companies they consider the average of ten people. But to others it can range up to twelve up to sixteen depending on the ending of their trip and go as low as when the departure has been guaranteed but ten is the normal. The tour company must know the habit of their clients from whose clients want large group when they are travel and whose want few people when they are travel in order to satisfy their needs.
Price
Price is another thing to consider when selecting the best tour group because the more people in a group is the more cost increased. This thing people compare when looking at different tour companies, because some companies send people on large group of thirty or fourteen travelers at a time and it involve many costs so that you should look about their costs before you are booking for Tour Company. You are getting personal experience. Choosing a cheap trip also increases the chance that your accommodation will be good. The thing to look for is value of money and expenses involved when traveling. A long route it consists the cost of meals, hotel. Also, you have to get a local guide in order to decrease the costs. The local guides are those guides who have experiences.
Timetable
A good timetable it should also be considered. A small group tours will share similar timetable, but there are companies out there that really make an effort to go that extra step. As a client you should look for a timetable that hits all the major important things, a small group tours it is often the unexpected places. A good timetable makes the clients feel comfortable because the timetable is arranged well and is follow-up. It is just one of those things. Make sure to read the online trip notes thoroughly to help you make an informed decision. Give the company a direct call and check about their itineraries or how they organize their travels.
Local leaders
The best group tour should involve the local leaders who will lead the clients feel well when climbing or doing the tour activities. The best local leader must have knowledge of leading clients and they should have experience of work for more than five years. The advantages of having local leaders in a group is: - Once you get cool local knowledge could help to increase the reputation of the tour company. But also, it keeps money in local and contributes to local employment. The whole experience of travel becomes so much easier when Tour Company give the clients local leaders. The local leaders are important to you do your research. It is advised that to use local leaders on all the tours, who are specifically trained in first aid. Clients you should to find companies that do not just employ local leaders, but look after them too.
Read tours company’s website online reviews
Read what people are saying as much as possible about the tour company’s service on their website’s reviews about what peoples say about their trip on how they arrange groups, timetables cost involved and so on. Company’s website includes a bunch of reviews on every trip. You can compare brands; service and check to see what people are saying and make up your own mind. Also, social Medias are involved when checking reviews of the website of tour you have choose. Check a brand’s hash tag on Instagram, Face book, twitter and so on. Get around it and see what travelers are saying on the ground, in real time. You can get a feel for the style of the trip, the number of people, the standard of accommodation and so on
General Service
See how the tour company reacts when providing service to their clients. Check to see if they have a good responsible travel policy if is what you want then deal with them. Check if they look so fun to their customers or clients, or not Also check to see if their itineraries feel generic, they do push boundaries on caring their customers. Also, as you are client you need to know that it may take a few tries before you find a small group tour company that fits you. But when you do, it’s a good feeling, and you will know the search was worth it. In Kilimanjaro or other areas in Tanzania which provide tourism services they provide different services from others because every company has its habits of caring clients or their customers. So, by using those ways you can choose the best tour group which can make you feel comfortable, and you will enjoy your trip and your holiday with your family or yourself.
Offer provided
Also, there are companies which provide some different offers like discounts to the leadership and guides service cost. This is depending to the type of Tour Company you choose to travel with. if your wish is to travel with small number of people or large number of people you needed to do research before making decision.
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