Eddie & Amy Frank, Tusker's owners, are wilderness medical instructors and high altitude experts with decades of mountain experience. Eddie founded Tusker in 1977, and since then has climbed Mount Kilimanjaro 46 times. By leading regular climbs, Eddie & Amy maintain close contact with our ground operation in Tanzania and keep up to date on local conditions.

Your wisest choice is to climb with the most experienced company on Mount Kilimanjaro.

Eddie handpicks each of our expert Tanzanian guides for their leadership qualities and world class guiding skills.

Every year Eddie & Amy lead Tusker's crack guides in an intensive High Altitude Medical course, which they MUST pass in order to continue leading Tusker's climbs. During the past 37 years Eddie Frank has built the safest and most reliable company on Mount Kilimanjaro. Eddie and Amy train Tusker Trail's guides to the highest international standards.

All you have to do is get there. We take care of the rest.

• 4-season mountain tents - Set up by your crew
• Nutritious meals - hot and plenty
• All-weather dining tent - warm, dry and comfortable
• Purified drinking water - Plenty oxygen
• Thick, air/foam mattresses
• Twice-daily health checks by medically trained guides
• Portable Altitude Chamber
• Expert evacuation to definitive medical care

The logistics and planning that go into organizing your Kilimanjaro climb are vast and highly detailed. With over 34 years on Kilimanjaro, Tusker has built a crack Tanzanian team whose only job is to plan and execute a perfect climb. It is truly a well-honed machine.

From planning your superb meals, to immaculate camp gear, or organizing the logistics of an evacuation, our crew operates at the highest level.

All other companies only use one guide regardless of the group size. On Tusker's climbs there are multiple guides - unless you're climbing alone, in which case you have your own guide. This makes sense during an evacuation, as we only permit our medically trained guides to conduct evacuations, unlike other companies, that send you down with a porter.

Tusker's system makes your Kilimanjaro climb much more safe and enjoyable.

Expert logistics means excellent gear. As we run our own company in Tanzania, we own all of our equipment and vehicles. This means that we do not subcontract your comfort or safety; we set the standards ourselves.

We custom manufacture own tents, mattresses and duffels, and maintain our equipment to the highest standards.

We employ 18 Kilimanjaro guides, and run our own Tanzanian operation. This allows us complete control and flexibilty.

• Choose your dates or ours - Guaranteed departures
• No minimum group size
• Rain checks for postpone trips

You can climb Kilimanjaro on your own or with an existing group. We never cancel a Kilimanjaro departure. If you have to postpone your Kilimanjaro climb, we work with you on new dates.

Our US office is located at Lake Tahoe, and is staffed with our team of super-friendly professionals. They all join our trips regularly.

Your trek coordinator goes to great lengths to ensure that your trip starts and ends on a superb note.