Eddie Frank, Tusker's founder, is a high altitude expert, and Wilderness First Responder. Eddie's vision has been to build the safest and most reliable company on Kilimanjaro. A few years ago he designed an intense high altitude medical course - specifically for Tusker's expert guides. Each year Tusker's 18 guides must pass this demanding 50-hour course, led by Eddie & his W-EMT wife, Amy Frank.

Kilimanjaro Experts

You leave home with the comfort of knowing that during your climb all you have to worry about is putting one foot in front of the other. We take care of the rest.

• Your tent is set up
• Your bag is in your tent
• The dining tent is a warm, comfortable haven with hot meals, where you socialize and relax
• Your day is celebrated by the porters singing your welcome into camp
• Katadyn-filtered drinking water
• Rugged high-end 4-season mountain tents
• Comfortable air/foam mattresses
• Regular health checks by medically trained guides, carrying plenty of oxygen
• Comprehensive and safe evacuation to definitive medical care in an emergency

Eddie Frank, Tusker's founder, has climbed Kilimanjaro 41 times since his first climb in 1977. He continues to lead many climbs. By doing so, Eddie maintains close contact with our ground operation in Tanzania and stays on top of local conditions.

He has handpicked the best and the brightest guides for their leadership qualities and personal skills. Eddie is a medical professional, and trains the guides once a year in an intensive 50-hour High Altitude Medical course. Your safest and best choice is TUSKER, the most experienced company on Kilimanjaro.

The logistics and details that go into organizing your actual climb are vast and exacting. After thirty-three years of climbing Kilimanjaro, Tusker's crack team understands its mission is to plan and execute a perfect climb.

We use multiple, medically trained guides on all group climbs. Other companies use one guide regardless of the group size, and usually with no medical skills.

With our smaller groups our group ratio is 2 climbers to 1 guide. With larger groups our group ratio is 5 climbers to 1 guide. This is a lot safer and more enjoyable.

With the amount of resources that we put into the quality of our guide training and logistics, we spare no expense when it comes to camp gear, medical gear and food.

Our US office is located at Lake Tahoe, and has a team of super-friendly professionals.

The Tusker Team goes to great ends to ensure that your trip starts - and ends - on a superb note. Our Trekking coordinators have been hired for their love of the outdoors, their commitment to the environment, and their attention to detail. And they join our trips regularly.

As we employ 18 guides, and run our own Tanzanian operation, we are extremely flexible.

You can choose your own dates for no extra charge, or join our scheduled climbs.