Kilimanjaro Airport

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1/10

“Shameful experience”

(Singapore)

Trip Verified | Absolute terrible management by Swissport. You wonder why the Tanzanians give their airport to manage to such an incompetent foreign company? They would do much better by themselves. The only processes that work properly are those where Swissport is not involved like luggage control and immigration. Check in is a disaster. Boarding is miserable. Shameful experience.
Experience At AirportDeparture Only
Date VisitJuly 2024
Type Of TravellerCouple Leisure
Queuing Times 12345
Terminal Cleanliness 12345
Terminal Seating 12345
Terminal Signs 12345
Food Beverages 12345
Airport Shopping 12345
Wifi Connectivity 12345
Airport Staff 12345
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2/10

"worst airport for customer service"

(United States)

Not Verified | This is the worst airport for customer service. The employees were rude and very disrespectful. From the moment we walked in the door it was pure chaos. Not 1 person wanted to tell us were to go. We went to the nearest person we saw and she told us to go check in. No one at the counter, we waited a lady came in and told us “ go down there” by then we were aggravated “ go where?” She turned and walked way, no answer. Then another lady went to another check in stand and were were able to check in. Went to the next phase and waited 4 mins for the woman to get off her cell phone, then she fixed her chair and sanitize her hand before she called us up to the counter. From there it was down hill - no one knew or wanted to tell us our gate number, but they did want to sell us food. Never again.
Experience At AirportDeparture Only
Date VisitSeptember 2021
Type Of TravellerCouple Leisure
Queuing Times 12345
Terminal Cleanliness 12345
Terminal Seating 12345
Terminal Signs 12345
Wifi Connectivity 12345
Airport Staff 12345
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3/10

"There are nicer places"

(Germany)

Trip Verified | The arrival, at a first view, seems organized professionally, some employees are kind. Even in the evening it's very humid and warm - must be terrible by day with 33 degrees and you can't communicate with any host or friend or driver because it's difficult to connect yourself with the airport-network. The worst point for me: I cannot imagine, that an uniformed was not able to difference between Dollar and Euro! It's written in several media: Visa for the damn foreigners 50 Dollars OR 40 (fourty!) Euros! I gave an 50-Euro-note to the officer but got no balance! Would be nice to get some Tanzanian Shilling, why not, but nothing! There's no problem about ten Euros. But I expect correctness from an uniformed, justice and fairness! Very bad: Outside the building the same view: No public transport, just taxi drivers, and they all want - yes, 50 Dollars! Because a silly white man, must have that money. The fact that this tourist already paid a flight ticket for more than a thousand Dollars doesn't interest to nobody. My opinion: Who likes to be treated by that way - welcome to Tanzania. All the others: There are nicer places around the globe!
Experience At AirportDeparture Only
Date VisitMarch 2019
Type Of TravellerBusiness
Queuing Times 12345
Terminal Cleanliness 12345
Terminal Seating 12345
Terminal Signs 12345
Food Beverages N/A
Airport Shopping 12345
Wifi Connectivity 12345
Airport Staff 12345
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1/10

"hot, stuffy, overcrowded"

(United States)

Not Verified | The airport was hot, stuffy, overcrowded, and understaffed. The process of checking through security was long and drawn out and the staff was not helpful at all. The restaurant food was inedible. We sat in the airplane for over an hour while the airport crew scrambled to find the correct equipment to get the engines started on the aircraft.
Experience At AirportTransit
Date VisitOctober 2018
Type Of TravellerCouple Leisure
Queuing Times 12345
Terminal Cleanliness 12345
Terminal Seating 12345
Terminal Signs 12345
Food Beverages 12345
Airport Shopping 12345
Wifi Connectivity 12345
Airport Staff 12345
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8/10

"experience trumps book knowledge"

(United States)

Verified Review | Arrived here for the safari and climb up Mt. Kilimanjaro. Arrived around 2030 hrs, you walk into a big room with two areas: 1) I have a visa and 2) I do not have a visa. So we got in the "no visa" line. Well, actually it wasn't so much a line as a big confluence of people and soon we found out why - there are multiple windows you need to go to before passing through customs to collect your baggage. I had read a blog about the visa scenario at JRO before I left so I had an idea of what to expect, but upon returning home I re-read the blog and realized that I didn't retain all of what was stated. It was all there, but like most things in life, experience trumps book knowledge. You need to get in the far right line first to pay for the visa ($100 for USA, $50 for non USA). Bring large bills, preferably new. I had been told this prior to the trip so I came prepared with new $100 bills (circa 2009 or maybe it was 2013). Bottom line - they weren't from before 2006 (which is the cut off year for American bills accepted in Tanzania). After you pay, you go to the 2nd line and get your photo taken and the visa is placed in your passport. Get through with that and you realize you still cannot see your baggage - you need to go to the 3rd line for fingerprinting. By this time all of the "I have a visa" people were gone so there were more lines available for this last step. All in all it took us 75 minutes from the time we entered the room to the time we saw our baggage. Yes, it's a long time, but if you purchase your visa before travelling you only save maybe 45 minutes and you need to consider the fact that you have to mail in your passport for an extended period to receive that visa. Add to that you need to purchase the passport photos for the visa, for us, it's worth it to spend the extra time in the airport and never allow your passport to be sent in the mail. You save money on the photos because they take your picture at JRO. The return leg went very smoothly, you get in line, they run all of your bags (and you) through security, then you turn in your checked baggage and go through security again with your carry on. took about an hour and we were at our gate. no worries.
Experience At AirportArrival and Departure
Date VisitFebruary 2017
Type Of TravellerCouple Leisure
Queuing Times 12345
Terminal Cleanliness 12345
Terminal Seating 12345
Terminal Signs 12345
Food Beverages 12345
Wifi Connectivity 12345
Airport Staff 12345
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1/10

"customs clearance took 2 hours"

(United Kingdom)

Verified Review | Customs clearance took 2 hours at Kilimanjaro Airport. First you queue to pay for your visa then you join another queue to have your photo taken and your passport stamped with your visa then you join another queue to go through passport control where you are fingerprinted. You can get into the USA easier than this. My advice is to get your visa before you travel if you can. People with visas only had to queue for an hour.
Experience At AirportArrival Only
Date VisitOctober 2016
Type Of TravellerCouple Leisure
Queuing Times 12345
Terminal Cleanliness 12345
Terminal Seating 12345
Terminal Signs 12345
Food Beverages 12345
Airport Staff 12345
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4/10

Kilimanjaro Airport customer review

(South Korea)

From Dar es Salaam to Kilimanjaro with Precision Air. Since Kilimanjaro is a small airport our flight was the only arrival. When I arrived it was already dark. I was at the baggage claim in the airport building waiting for my trunk to come out. But all of a sudden power went down in the airport. Power went back 4-5 mins after the power cut. It was an interesting experience to see a power cut in an international airport. The airport itself is clean and very simple. But it has all the essential facilities.
Queuing Times 12345
Terminal Cleanliness 12345
Airport Shopping 12345
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5/10

Kilimanjaro Airport customer review

(Spain)

Compared to so many airports a delightful experience. I was first off my arriving flight and so did not have to queue for a visa. Only one person was doling them out so I guess that stragglers had quite a wait. On departure plenty of shops for such a small airport with plenty of seating both indoors and out. no problems in either direction with passport or customs.
Queuing Times 12345
Terminal Cleanliness 12345
Airport Shopping 12345
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4/10

Kilimanjaro Airport customer review

(United Kingdom)

Used Kilimanjaro as our entry point for Tanzania's northern safari circuit KLM was the only flight arrival at the time the airport though small had the fresh feel of yester years relaxed airports walking to arrival area ushered by ground staff No soulless airbridges and automatic sliding doors leading to empty spaces!! The whole ambience was relaxed Immigration was quick and efficient they had a green and red channel when tried to walk through green channel were asked (politely) to go through red were asked a few cursory questions and waved through total time from disembarkation from the airplane to the waiting car less than 20 minutes!! The charm of this airport is that it is not like the other mega airports small and fresh.
Queuing Times 12345
Terminal Cleanliness 12345
Airport Shopping 12345
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2/10

Kilimanjaro Airport customer review

Another charming African airport where you can bribe your way into any area of the airport and where power cuts tend to be a problem and staff have to run to the generator to get lights back on. Surprising that KLM actually lands here no other western airline company does such a thing.
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