How to Choose A Guiding Company
So you’ve decided to climb Kilimanjaro. How to know you’ve got the best group to get you safely up and down the mountain
You want to stand under the fabled mountaintop sign and give the victory V, do you?
You want to rewrite the internal narrative by being one of the relative few who touches the roof of Africa? It’s one heck of a feeling. It can, and does, change lives.
I did. And each year some fifty thousand people make the attempt, of which perhaps thirty thousand make it. There are some eight routes to the top, some more difficult than others, some more scenic. There are extremely popular routes, including one with huts so that you and your crew can sleep in relative comfort.
Some companies provide toilets, others offer better food. So many choices, and not the least of the considerations is cost. Does more expensive always mean better?
Well, that depends.
You know instinctively that some companies are better than others. Anyone who has done the trip successfully is likely very supportive of the company they chose, but that doesn’t mean it’s a good fit for you.
There’s a whole other aspect to this that most of us Westerners don’t always consider when it…
