We had the MOST fabulous experience with Tranquil Kilimanjaro and have only praise for all of the staff, guides and crew that we met. Huge shout out to Guides Hamisi and Elias, Chef Jonny (the biggest smile you'll ever see and great chips!) our Waiter Hussain who was amazingly attentive and made us laugh a lot, Abdul, Joseph, Salim, Amili, Ibraham, Alli, James and Elias 2 plus Safari Guide Hamisi and not forgetting Caje (driver extraordinaire) and finally Charles, owners and supreme organisers.
We wanted to climb with a local company and were so happy we chose Tranquil, from the start communication with Charles was really great, answering quite a few questions and adapting our itinerary to cope with changing flights. We arrived minus one bag and Charles was just the person we needed to make sure it arrived before our climb.
The porters were all treated like family and one of the best memories we will take away is listening to them all laughing in the porters tent at the end of each day, they were all encouraging to us both, never without great smiles and words of support.
Chef Jonny produced the most amazing meals, even a cake after we summited, we felt really lucky to have him on the team.
Our Guides Hamisi and Elias were brilliant, adapting the pace to suit our needs, we were lucky to have Salim join us as well on summit night and we couldn't have done it without the three of them, we'll be eternally grateful for their help and encouragement.
Our safari was perfectly organised with great lodges and we saw far more than we expected, Hamisi our safari guide was really knowledgeable and enthusiastic, we felt really fortunate to have him.
Finally hats off to Charles, even though he was really busy he had so much time for us once we arrived, we personally met with him at least 4 times, it was lovely to have him check in to see how things were going and make sure our trip was going to plan. He even organised a trip to local hot springs on our last day as the flight was later in the evening, a fabulous way to end the trip.
To sum it all us, Tranquil Kilimanjaro couldn't be faulted and we heartily recommend them to anyone thinking of visiting Tanzania, we miss the team greatly and wouldn't hesitate to use them again if we could.