East African citizens
Kilimanjaro Prices for East African Citizens
If you hold one of these passports, you pay the park’s East African citizen fees, far lower than the fees other visitors pay, and our prices come down with them.
- Tanzania
- Kenya
- Uganda
- Burundi
- Rwanda
- South Sudan
It goes with your passport, not with where you live: whether you are in Nairobi, London or Melbourne. Flying in? Add an airport pickup and a hotel in Arusha below, and see your own price straight away.
Your price, your way
Choose your climb and how many of you are coming, then add only what you need. Every price is in US dollars and changes as you go.
Your climb
Advantage series, our most popular level of support.
Route
Days on the mountain
Climbers
The price a person falls as your group grows.
More than eight? Ask us and we’ll price your group.
Airport transfers
Kilimanjaro International Airport to Arusha, and back.
Already in Arusha or Moshi? Leave these off: the climb price includes picking you up there and bringing you back.
Airport transfer prices can’t be shown just now. Ask us and we’ll include them in your quote.
A hotel in Arusha
Before your climb, after it, or both.
Choose your hotel · swipe through the photos
Rooms
Prices are a person a night, with the meals shown. We book the hotel once you confirm, subject to its availability on your dates. Starting on Lemosho? Ask us about Simba Farm Lodge, near the gate.
Hotel prices can’t be shown just now. Ask us and we’ll include them in your quote.
What the climb price includes
- Pickup in Arusha or Moshi, and transport to the mountain
- A guided ascent, with our own guides
- All park fees, at East African citizen rates
- Staff wages: a full crew to put up the tents, cook and carry your bags
- Traditional Tanzanian cuisine and drinks
- Spacious mess tents, with tables and chairs
- Transport back from the mountain to Arusha or Moshi
- Airport transfers and hotel nights, only if you add them above
All East African citizen prices
USD a person, by the number of climbers in your booking. Advantage series, park fees included. The lowest price for each climb is in green.
| Route and days | Solo | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marangu 5 days | $1,288 | $1,064 | $981 | $940 | $917 | $917 | $906 | $908 |
| Marangu 6 days | $1,478 | $1,239 | $1,148 | $1,102 | $1,078 | $1,076 | $1,064 | $1,066 |
| Machame 6 days | $1,518 | $1,266 | $1,180 | $1,129 | $1,107 | $1,103 | $1,093 | $1,093 |
| Machame 7 days | $1,711 | $1,444 | $1,349 | $1,294 | $1,270 | $1,265 | $1,254 | $1,253 |
| Rongai 5 days | $1,447 | $1,157 | $1,060 | $1,005 | $981 | $977 | $967 | $973 |
| Rongai 6 days | $1,640 | $1,335 | $1,230 | $1,170 | $1,145 | $1,139 | $1,128 | $1,133 |
| Rongai 7 days | $1,833 | $1,512 | $1,400 | $1,336 | $1,308 | $1,301 | $1,289 | $1,293 |
| Umbwe 6 days | $1,504 | $1,267 | $1,185 | $1,137 | $1,118 | $1,117 | $1,109 | $1,099 |
| Umbwe 7 days | $1,697 | $1,445 | $1,355 | $1,302 | $1,281 | $1,279 | $1,271 | $1,260 |
| Lemosho 7 days | $1,765 | $1,479 | $1,378 | $1,319 | $1,294 | $1,290 | $1,280 | $1,276 |
| Lemosho 8 days | $1,970 | $1,666 | $1,557 | $1,493 | $1,466 | $1,461 | $1,450 | $1,446 |
Which prices are yours?
The park authority, TANAPA, sets its fees for three kinds of visitor, and our prices follow them.
East African citizens
Holders of passports issued by Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Burundi, Rwanda and South Sudan. This page.
Tanzanian residents
People with a valid Tanzanian residence permit (Class A, B or C) or a dependant’s visa. Resident prices
Everyone else
All other visitors, with the choice of seven support series. Our standard prices
Booking
Deposit a person, plus the cost of any hotel nights, to book your climb.
Before you arrive, the balance is due, by bank transfer or card.
On card payments in US dollars, including American Express.
Questions
Who qualifies for East African citizen prices?
Holders of passports issued by Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Burundi, Rwanda and South Sudan.
The park authority, TANAPA, charges East African citizens much lower park fees than other visitors, and our prices come down with them. Living in Tanzania on a residence permit without one of these passports? Our resident prices are for you.
Do I need to live in East Africa?
No. The citizen fees go with your passport, not with where you live.
Many of our East African climbers fly in from abroad to climb. If you do, we can meet you at Kilimanjaro International Airport and book your hotel in Arusha: add them in the price calculator on this page.
Can you arrange airport transfers and a hotel?
Yes. Add them in the calculator and it shows your price straight away.
We meet you at Kilimanjaro International Airport and drive you to Arusha, and take you back for your flight home. The hotels are the ones we book for all our climbers, priced a person a night with breakfast. If you are already in Arusha or Moshi, leave them out: we pick you up there for the climb at no extra cost.
What does the climb price include?
Pickup in Arusha or Moshi, transport to and from the mountain, your guides and crew, park fees and meals.
Also the staff wages, with the crew putting up the tents, cooking and carrying your bags, and the mess tent with tables and chairs. Hotels and airport transfers are extra, and only if you want them.
How do I book?
Send us your choices on WhatsApp or through our contact page, and we confirm the details.
The deposit is USD 150 a person, plus the cost of any hotel nights. The balance is due 28 days before you arrive. Card payments in US dollars carry no surcharge.