Best Guides, Porters & Cook

Guides

The importance of having competent, high-quality guides cannot be overstated when it comes to climbing Mount Kilimanjaro. Kilimanjaro Climbing Agency has the best local guides — all fluent in English and extensively trained in first aid, mountain rescue, flora and fauna, and history. Every guide is registered with Kilimanjaro National Park (KINAPA). It is forbidden to climb Kilimanjaro without a guide.

Porters and Cook

The porters do far more than carry your gear up and down the mountain. Arriving at every campsite long before you, they will already have erected your tent on your arrival. In the evening they boil drinking and washing water, while the cook prepares dinner of a quality that has surprised many previous clients.

Mountain crews

Our guides have support teams of assistant guides, cooks and porters that we have assembled personally. Having control of our personnel assignments is the best way to make sure your mountain crew meets our high standards. Through regular interaction, your crew performs at its best and offers consistent service trip after trip — so our staff can focus on our most important asset: the client.

Weight limits for porters

There is a weight limit of 15 kg (32 lbs) per climber on the gear to be portered. A soft duffel bag (barrel type) is preferred — a rucksack is not necessary, as porters balance the loads on their heads and shoulders.

We take care of our porters

Because of our hardworking porters, all you need to do on your climb is walk. They carry the tents, sleeping bags, mattresses, food, water, cookware, gas, stoves, medical supplies, chairs and tables — as well as your camping gear. It is a tough job, and anyone who has climbed Kilimanjaro will tell you their strength, skill and stamina are incredible. We are committed to their fair treatment, proper equipment and reasonable loads.