General Information

The national parks authorities in Tanzania and Kenya charge various park entry, camping and vehicle fees before visitors to the parks can enjoy a park and its facilities.  These are charged in US$ and are payable locally to the appropriate authority before entry to a park is granted.  We have no influence over these fees, none of the income comes to us, and the fees should all be used for the maintenance, management and improvement of the East African national parks.

In most cases, the park fees are a significant but unavoidable cost to the trekker or walker.  In fact, in 2006 the Kilimanjaro park fees suffered a very sizeable increase - clearly the uniqueness of Kilimanjaro had not been lost on the parks authority!  The applicable national park fees for each trip are shown on each trip page under the Prices section.  As a service, for your convenience and security, we collect your national park fees 8 weeks before you travel, and this prevents you from having to carry large amounts of US$ cash whilst travelling to pay over at the park gate.  We transfer your park fees and those of the rest of the group to our local agent for him to settle on your behalf at time of park entry.

If you pay your national park fees to us at the time of final payment, we will translate the US$ value into UK£ at the exchange rate applicable at the time.  Alternatively, if you prefer, you may settle your national park fees with us in US$, but any bank charges will be at your cost.