04 Dec 2023
Went solo to Tanzania and was the only one in my climbing group due to it being off season but had the most incredible experience with Habari, my main guide Leon was outstanding. I felt comfortable and at home with all of the people involved. They supported all of my needs physical or emotional and provided encouragement when I needed it. I was so exhausted approaching the top but they bottle fed me coke to keep my blood sugar up and we made it 16Nov, 2023, 07:40am :) This group helped me find strength I didn't know I had.
The food was great, tent setup was perfect, hotel accommodations were nice and airport transfer was super easy with Inno. Very easy to rent gear from them if you missed anything. Seems like many of the guides are students at a local tourism school which makes sense given their intelligence when it comes to the region and the superior hospitality provided. I learned so much about local plants, animals and culture.
Anything you could want or need this team will try their best to make it happen for you. Any particular food preferences are no problem for them, just communicate!
Habari Adventure seemed to have lowest prices compared to many other Kilimanjaro companies, this was great and made budgeting for tips a bit easier. These guys deserve to be tipped well! The US dollar goes quite far here so tipping well allows these guys to further their education and help their families a ton. I really hope to return to Tanzania with my family for a safari with this Habari Adventure.
Thank you so much to Leon, Tomas, George, Alan, Barnaba, Shisa, Timoth, and Stan.