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We create life-affirming adventures with a positive impact on the people who travel with us and the communities we visit, run hands-on by our team in the UK and our own people around the world.
Kandoo started because two trekkers wanted a better Kilimanjaro. The idea hasn't changed: run it ourselves, with local people, properly.
Avid trekkers Paul and Jane Deakin found poor guiding on Kilimanjaro, so they set up Private Expeditions with their own team, led by Emanuel Nguma.
The same model in Kathmandu with two-time Everest summiteer Pimba Tenjing Lama, then in Cusco with José Quispe Laguna.
Travellers were doing things they never thought possible, so we renamed: a Kandoo attitude takes you further than you imagined.
Our own team in Bhutan under Tandin Tshering, and climbs of Aconcagua, one of the famed Seven Summits.
Part of the Altaï Travel Group, with guides from Patagonia to the Arctic Circle and the same values everywhere.
No call centre: seven people on the edge of the Lake District who have climbed, paddled and trekked the trips they sell. Pick a face.
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Shelley joined the Kandoo Adventures team in 2021, a passionate International Tourism Management graduate who has travelled to many destinations across the globe such as Iceland, Cambodia and Japan. Having grown up in the Lake District, she loves being outdoors and cross country running through the fells. Shelley enjoys nothing more than chatting to our customers from around the world and helping them turn their next adventure into a reality!
In Tanzania, Nepal, Peru and Bhutan we built our own teams, so nobody else runs your trip. Everywhere else we work with the best local operator we could find.
Our own Kandoo team Hand-picked local partner
Moshi · since 2009
Led by Emanuel Nguma
Tanzania was Kandoo's first ever destination, we have our own staff in country and operate our trips ourselves with no third parties. Since 2009 we have helped more than 14,000 people reach the summit of Africa's highest peak. Expertly managed by Emanuel Nguma, our mountain guides, safari guides, drivers and cooks are some of the best in…
18 trips in TanzaniaLocal staff, local suppliers and fair working conditions first; then carbon offsetting on every trip with Forest Carbon.
Fair pay, proper kit and weight limits for every porter on our Kilimanjaro climbs.
Proud partner: every group carries its rubbish off the mountain.
Fully bonded: financial protection plus a code of conduct and fair trading.
Since January 2025 every trip is 100% carbon offset, from arrival to your flight home.
Jordan2
Kilimanjaro9
Morocco4
Uganda4
United Arab Emirates3
Argentina3
Chile2
Cuba2
Ecuador3
Guyana2
Peru12
Bhutan4
Indonesia3
Ladakh4
Nepal12
Pakistan1
France2
Georgia3
Greenland2
Norway2
Svalbard4
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