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HOW MUCH DO YOU TIP ON KILIMANJARO?

We follow Kilimanjaro Porters Assistance Program (KPAP) recommended guidelines on all aspects of guide and porter payments and welfare. KPAP publish recommended tipping amounts for all operators which we adopt.

Recommending tipping amounts for Climbing Kilimanjaro are the same no matter which route you end up choosing. You should tip;

Lead guide: $20/day
Assistant guide: $15/day
Porters: $8/day (for each porter)
Cook: $15/day

These amounts are per group of climbers, NOT per climber. At the pre-climb trip briefing, you’ll find out the total size of your crew.

View the below table as a general guide.

GROUP SIZE	6 DAYS	7 DAYS	8 DAYS	9 DAYS
1	$350 – $380	$400 – $430	$450 – $480	$500 – $530
2-3	$275 – $305	$305 – $345	$340 – $370	$375 –$415
4+	$200 – $230	$220 – $250	$245 – $275	$270 – $300

If your climb is longer—eight or nine days—the number of porters will increase. They’ll need to bring more food. Also, if you have booked a private toilet, there will be an additional toilet porter. He will carry the equipment and makes sure it’s kept clean.

MOUNTAIN CREW SIZE

CLIENTS	GUIDE	ASSISTANT GUIDE(S)	COOK(S)	PORTERS
1	1	0	1	4
2	1	1	1	7
3	1	1	1	10
4	1	1	1	13
5	1	2	1	16
6	1	2	1	19
7	1	2	1	21
8	1	3	1	24
9	1	3	1	27
10	1	3	2	30

As a general guide for a climb for two people over 7 days, a normal crew would comprise 1 x lead guide, 1 x assistant guide, 1 x cook and 6 to 7 x porters. If your climb is longer then the number of porters will increase as more food will need to be carried for everyone. Also, if you have booked a private toilet there will an additional toilet porter who carries the equipment and makes sure it’s kept clean.

Tips should be paid to the head guide on the morning of the last day of the climb. The head guide will then distribute tips according to our strict policy.

TIPPING GUIDELINES

Additionally, at the trip briefing, you will be given instructions on how the tipping process works. The tips will be for the guides, cooks, and porters. Most groups discuss their tipping amounts collectively. The tips will be distributed to the crew later on.

There will be a tipping ceremony once you are off the mountain. One person in your group will be appointed to tell what each member of the mountain crew will receive for a tip. This is to keep everyone honest.

Afterward, there will be singing and celebration before heading back to the hotel.

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