Tanzania Adventure Tours

  Myself and four other friends climbed Kilimanjaro with Vikings earlier in August. They provided the best price available which included airport transfer, accommodation the night before and night after the... read more climb in a lovely hotel in Moshi. In respect of the climb, Isack was our main guide and was brilliant in leading us and motivating us up on what is a very tough challenge.
Charlie is the owner of Kilimanjaro Vikings Adventure and he is doing a great job, we had an amazing time.

  I found Kilimanjaro Vikings in a brilliant book about Mt Kilimanjaro. Charlie the owner was very responsive and provided precise information about the trip. After comparing ca 12 offers,... read more I selected Kilimanjaro Vikings based on an overall impression, information, price, and reviews.
When I landed in Tanzania, the chief guide, Scoba Happygod, waited for me at the airport with the transfer. Upon arriving to Moshi, I paid the outstanding balance and we checked my gear together. Next day, we departed on the Machame Route 6d/5n.
Everything went very smooth. Scoba Happygod, the chief guide is very knowledgeable and polite. He was very clear every time about the plans and how to prepare. The motivation he provided on the summit night was critical to reach the crater of Kilimanjaro.
We had an excellent assistant guide, Gaudis, who is always positive and full of energy. Sometimes he was going ahead, leading the team, carrying our lunch to Lawa Tower and Kili crater.
The food in Tanzania is super tasty, and our cook, Thomas, prepared every dish with special care. I'm vegetarian while my improvised climbing partner, Chiaki, does eat meat, but it was not an issue at all for Thomas. We enjoyed the warm fulfilling and tasty dishes every time.
The porters did an extremely heavy job carrying each 20kg. Honestly, they are not very well equipped and for some this is the first time on the mountain. But they did a tremendous job carrying our tent, gear, food, etc. We were very lucky with the weather as it did not rain during the 6 days in November, which is the short rain season (this is exceptional!). During the final ceremony and tipping, we slightly increased the porters tip and I left some of my gear to them, which was much appreciated.
Once finished my trip in Tanzania, I got the transfer from Moshi to the airport. All went very smooth and well!

Only recommendation to the agency is to mention that one porter will have extra activity being the waiter (keeping the dining tent clean and tidy, serving food, washing dishes) and double check that porters have the minimum gear for cold and wet conditions.

For travellers, I can highly recommend Kilimanjaro Vikings (Charlie), chief guide Scoba Happygod, and assistant guide Gaudence. They are a great team! I saw that some other agency adds some extra show (i.e songs and dance in the morning), but I found that a bit too funny anyway. Also, like me you might consider too to increase the tip for the porters and/or leave some gear behind for them.

  这是我第一次去非洲旅游的！很紧张很紧张。。
我们通过朋友联系了Kilimanjarovikings。他们真体贴热情给我们服务。出发之前好早跟他们联系各个方面的事情商量了，也可以谈谈。她们还告诉我们准备行李衣服的。
每个酒店或服务有不同的价格，一定要问清楚。别看只价格，因为这个地方，便宜是有便宜的理由。再说这次知道了他们政府刚刚开始了爬山旅游税18%，所以当然费用比前几个月贵了18%以上了。。真没办法。
我们三个人很放心地出发！安排好了接机送机服务，爬山前后的酒店，Safari的目的地，住宿，小费等等，都包括了很清楚的费用很放心。
关于乞力马加罗爬山，导游很经验的人，超级吃苦了可是还是了不起的体验，忘不了。导游和他助手一直鼓励我们，也帮忙拿背包。最后到了山顶很感动了。
接下来下去也很幸苦。11个小时一直走路，想不到多累。可是现在想起来，这个也很好怀念。
下了后拿到登顶证明书，很高兴！
下来后住一夜后面去了Safari。三天三个地方（Ngorongoro, Manyara湖公园, Tarangire国立公园）。这次的导游驾驶员也很有经验的。他知道所有的动物植物鸟类的名字！一边开车一边帮我们认真地找动物。我们看到好多动物了。狮子，大象，野牛，河马，斑马，鸵鸟。非常满意了！这里的住宿也很舒服，虽然帐篷可是里面有2个床。爬山后这个已经感觉很好。吃的也都西式的。服务员也很热情。最后把我们送到飞机场，就拜拜了！
这次呆了坦桑尼亚的全程都非常满意。想做的事情都做到，要看的东西都看到。
如果我们希望的话，导游驾驶员还可以带我们去马赛人村，礼物店，等等。
一切都有Kilimanjarovikings的服务好！感谢感谢！老板叫Charlie!他是帅哥的！你们去看看吧！(^^)

This was my first trip to Africa! So exciting!!
It was so nice to set up... read more all plan before our departure. Kilimanjarovikings kept close contact with us, and replied everything carefully about our a lot of question. As for price, they explained each details for us.(Understood recent increase of fee was caused by sight-seeing tax increase(18%?)!oh no!)
They also arranged airport pickup, hotel in Moshi,and daytrip to coffee firm.

As for climbing Kilimanjaro, we were three person group and went thru rongai route. We all reached the summit safely, which was so hard, exciting, and priceless experience for me.
The tent was comfortable and food was so nice, the guide(Happygod) took care of us all the way even about food, so spent enough comfortable everyday.

Regarding Safari tour, we selected Lake Manyara National Park, Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tarangire National Park. The driver guide was very patient to look for animals for us. The Car was nice, too!!
Because of the hard rain the day before we visited, animals were hiding away, but we still could see a lot of animals, Lion, Elephant, Zebra, Buffalo, Ostrich, Giraffe, Hippo, Pelican, Monkey, Gnu etc,etc..
I am so satisfied! Accommodation was nice, bed in tent and buffet meal.

Anyway we are so happy to select Kilimanjarovikings for Tanzania trip!! Wish we have next chance!!

3名での旅行でしたが、私は初のアフリカ大陸上陸で緊張しまくりでした。
出発かなり前から細かくやり取りをさせて頂き（日本語窓口の日本人女性がいらっしゃるのでもちろん日本語で(^^)）、細かい希望やわがままにも丁寧に相談に乗って頂けて、出発前にかなり安心して出ることが出来ました！やっぱり日本語で色々相談させていただけるってのはかなり助かりました！！
キリマンジャロ登山はロンガイルートで5泊6日でした。私自身は登山も初心者なのでかなり心配していましたが、、経験のある安心感のあるガイドさんで終わってみればとても満足で感謝の気持ちでいっぱいです。
途中他のチームが行くルートに行くかどうかなど提案してくれた時も我々高山病を一番心配しているということを告げると、なら元のコースで！と結果的に過度の疲労することなく的確な判断だったと感謝しています。途中も色々な動物や植物を見つけて説明してくれたり、、さすが視力がめちゃくちゃ良いのだと感心しました。
登山中の食事は毎食シェフのお料理はとても美味しく予想以上！特にスープは全て絶品でした。あの環境でこれだけの温かい美味しい食事を提供してもらえるなんて贅沢すぎる気がしました。
ピークアタックからの下山時は同行のポーターさんとかが途中まで迎えに来てくれ、荷物を持ったり、歩きのサポートしてくれたりして嬉しかったです。
しかし最高に疲労困憊で昼食が全く入らないほどの疲労度でしたが、ガイドさんに励まされ黙々と下山し段々と本当に登頂したんだなとの実感がわいてきて嬉しかったですね。
なかなか経験出来ない貴重な体験でした！！！
下山後一泊して3日間のサファリで、マニャラ湖、ンゴロンゴロ保護区、タランギレ国立公園へ行きました。
こちらのガイドさんも経験のあるしっかりした人で、初日途中での手続きにすごく時間がかかってしまったので、行き先を変更して先にマニャラ湖、最終日にタランギレと提案してもらったので結果として大正解で感謝です！
ものすごく間近にたくさん動物を見ることができたし、もう諦めていたキリンも最後にガイドさんが見つけてくれて、、とても満足です！動物や植物の名前を良く知っていて勉強になりました。
宿泊のテントも中にベッドがあり快適でした。食事も外人向けのビュッフェで美味しかったです。働いている人も感じよくコミュニケーションを楽しむ事ができました。
キリマンジャロ登山前の休息日を取っていたのですが、コーヒーファームツアーを提案頂き参加してきました。こちらもこちらで各国から来たキリマンジャロ登山前の人たちと一緒で面白かったです。
空港までの送迎、登山前後のモシでの宿泊、その他現地での必要なこと、細かく丁寧に対応・手配頂き感謝です。
一生心に残る想い出深い旅行が出来て本当に満足で、感謝しています。
キリマンジャロバイキングスバンザイ！！