Travel Insurance for Kilimanjaro
When traveling to climb Mt. Kilimanjaro, it is extremely important to purchase travel insurance to cover your trip. In fact, many tour companies require that you purchase Mount Kilimanjaro travel insurance before you are allowed to participate. Unfortunately, most travel insurance plans exclude mountaineering from their base policy. Even if you buy optional 'hazardous sports rider' coverage that generally provides coverage for mountaineering, it provides coverage only up to an altitude of 4,500 meters,and Mt. Kilimanjaro is 5,895 meters.
The best travel insurance for Kilimanjaro should cover emergency medical evacuation and repatriation of remains in addition to eligible medical expenses. Those benefits are important, as the standards of healthcare, safety and response in this part of the world are not on par with what you may be used to at home. Even though Tanzania has a relatively high standard of healthcare and emergency response and their search/rescue procedures on the mountain are quite comprehensive, you may end up spending a lot of money out of your pocket without proper travel insurance.