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I went with Action Challenge to Tanzania & took on Kilimanjaro (Feb 24) & I can’t praise these guys enough. They’re super organised & I can’t fault the service I received. The leader of my trip ‘Joe’ was absolutely brilliant, preparing us every step of the way. Along with our Medic, who was always there to look after us, no matter how small the problem. The local team they use are also 1st class & they worked unbelievably hard, shifting all our stuff from camp to camp everyday & providing everything we needed in camp (including superb food). I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend Action Challenge to anyone planning to take on Kilimanjaro🗻 & I’ll definitely be considering using them again for any future adventures. Thanks Guys, for a brilliant experience from start to finish.

Amazing challenges and amazing team looking after you every step of the way

The events are well organised and signposted. Organisers are friendly and approachable. These are brilliant, we have done 3 so far and hope to enjoy many more. Definitely recommend these as good, doable challenges.

This was the 1st time I did a challenge like this and I was very impressed with how well organized it was and well signed it was along the route . The staff were helpful and the food /snacks were great .

A wonderful experience overall. To make it 5* it would be nice to have a bigger snack selection at the Start of the Event. Meal after was superb!

This is the first Ultra Challenge I have completed. I will be looking to do more in the future. The Coms were appropriate. The App provided all the info that I needed. The staff were welcoming and friendly. This is clearly a well oiled machine. There were some freebies provided. There were snacks at the half way point and a meal provided at the end. I would recommend doing this or other events.

I’ve done many different challenges and the Action Challenge was the best one, so well organised and signage brilliant. The crew/volunteers were so friendly and helpful.

Action challenge organise UK based Ultra Challenges and also overseas experiences too. I have not done any of the overseas challenges yet (but hoping to do Everest Basecamp in 2025).

I have taken on many of the UK challenges as a walker, distances of either 50km or 100kms. These include their routes on Thames Path, South coast, Jurassic coast, Cotwolds, Chilterns, Windsor and North Downs.

Booking: I have never had any issues with booking, all pretty easy really and managed via Active. Choose an event, choose a distance, and how you want to do it (walk, jog, run).

Merch: I would recommend if you are adding some branded clothes to you order, go a size up. I haven't ordered a tech tee for a while but I remember it being a tad small!!!

Rest stops: The set up at all the rest stops is great.. lots of snacks, drinks, medical assistance and covered spaces to rest/change socks etc. I have completed events with other organisations over the years, and have yet to find one that matches Action Challenge for catering and rest stop support (and cleanliness of the loos!!!!)

En route: the routes are all well signposted and there are often people along the route at difficult spots/ places you could possibly make a wrong turn. It is up to you to make sure you keep your eyes peeled and your wits about you...I missed a turn on one of the challenges because I was on my phone, and ended up walking 10mins the wrong way. At 4am and 70kms into a walk, this is the last thing you want!

Overall I would highly recommend using Action Challenge, based on my experiences on the UK Ultra events. Well organised, friendly staff, lovely routes and lots of support.

I have done lots of the UK (Ultra Challenge) and 2 International events (EBC and Kili) Action Challenge run and I have always found them to be very helpful (over the phone or on email) when I have had a issue or needed clarification from rearranging events before hand during the Pandemic or because of injury. I find Action Challenge is with us every step of the way on event day if we need support by the medical, trekmaster, site teams or control room if we get lost. Having done the UK events, I was not worried about the international events due to robust plans being in place to support travel, altitude and medical problems. The leader's goal is everyone has a Safe, Happy and Successful expedition. The local crews Action Challenge work with are brilliant. I have found Action Challenge to be fair when it comes to the cost of living and giving participants the opportunity to see the UK and world. I would highly recommend Action Challenge; these events have changed my life.

Have been doing events as a participant since 2014 and seen positive developments and improvements to an already good approach. Last event was the Halloween Walk when in real time they were assessing and making changes to the route due to protestors. 11.2k people on the FB participants group and any complaints on there being rare and usually quickly resolved, tells me my experience is typical with a company honestly trying to provide a good service. The volunteers are amazing. The atmosphere and on event support are so encouraging. I havent done any International events but have heard good things.

I participated in my first Action Challenge event in 2015 and shortly hope to be taking part in my 56th!
I have greatly enjoyed them all as their organisation is first class from registration to the finish line. Routes are very well signposted, making it almost impossible to get lost. Covered rest stops, providing a wide selection of snacks and drinks, are approximately every 12k with medics on hand to deal with blisters or other ailments. At the end there is a finishers' meal, together with a great medal and souvenir t shirt.
I always look forward to seeing other regular participants, as these challenges become addictive and a lot of us come back time and time again.
I thoroughly recommend Action Challenge and hope to take part in many more of their events.

Been on about 7 of these over the last few years in various parts of the country & cannot fault the organisation or commitment of both the Action Challenge team or the volunteers who help them out whatsoever.
Food at the rest stops is great with good variety (even for a GF bod like me 😊).
I've seen them jump into action on many occasions to help out participants and change routes at the last minute to enable the best experience possible.
Will keep on doing!

Just signed up for the Jurassic coast 2024 and can’t wait. Having been bitten by the bug doing my first charity challenge Cotswold way with AC back in 2018. I have been steadily collecting the full set of their UK events and also Kilimanjaro and Mera Peak. Jurassic coast will complete the set.
Their ultra weekends really are second to none. I have walked/run areas of the country I would never have been and all while supported by a network of rest stops and a team of wonderful staff and volunteers who come back time and again. It is so lovely to see so many familiar faces on each event, it has a real community feeling and everyone is so positive and supportive.
If any issues arise in the run up to a challenge I know I can call AC and it will get sorted asap.
Jurassic may complete the set but I know I will be back, maybe it is the FOMO talking, but I simply enjoy the challenge of their events.

I have taken part as a participant and also as a Trek Master... JCC in 2022 was the most brutal thing I have done! Epic! Every aid station we came across was fantastic, the medic at Lulworth properly fixed my feet which enabled me to carry on to Weymouth, without her I wouldnt have got that far. Legend.
Trek Mastering is amazing, the team are marvellous and I have made new friends doing this. Helping and encouraging participants to finish is a real honour. We are very well looked after and I cant wait to get back out there this year.

in 2023 I participated on the lake district challenge. the support in the lead up to the event and on the day were exemplary Action Challenge are geared towards supporting their participants on the events and I have seen this both as a participant and as a volunteer. for what they offer on event day they represent good value for money and are the best out there

5 emails ignored - and then charged £20 to cancel my booking. Joke of a firm and customer service.

Entered this years L2B event. Was doing it for some emotional reasons (carrying my late husbands ashes down to Brighton where he grew up). The organisation was absolutely brilliant and the support team, medics and food stations amazing. Sadly I tripped over something in the dark (my fault - lesson learned - keep your eyes and head torch on the floor!). I really hurt myself and the lovely medical took me out of the event at 81k.... was so disappointed but it was the right thing to do. I'm not giving up and will be back again next year to complete 'unfinished business'! Big thank you to the team at Action Challenge.

I went to Kilimanjaro and the organisation leading up to it was appalling and the communication was abysmal. The only way I could get a response was to put a public comment on their Facebook page. They kept asking for more money I worked it out and I had definitely over paid I emailed several times and called always being promised a call back but never getting one. Then two weeks before departure I got an invoice at 4pm to be paid by 6pm the same day I tried calling no answer and with the threat that my trip would be cancelled I had no option but to pay. I again tried multiple attempts to get hold of someone to just explain the situation but nothing. It gave me no trust in the trip and tainted it. I had done a few challenges before but after this experience never again.

Back in 2020 my son and I signed up for Kilimanjaro with Action Challenge and paid our deposit. Soon after covid hit. Our trip was moved from Aug/Sept 2020 to Aug/Sept 2021. Again covid lingered, so our trip was moved to Aug/Sept 2022. However, upon moving I learned that my son had not actually been moved from the 2020 trip! Just me. Either way we were both moved to Aug/Sept 2022 trip. Later in the year I noticed the trip we had been signed up to had disappeared from the website! After chasing AC I was told the trip had been cancelled due to lack of numbers, but there was an earlier one we could join. Unfortunately this was in peak times so significantly more expensive. With my son off to uni soon, I decided to go for this trip. After some email ping-pong, receiving invoices for things unrelated to our trip I finally received an invoice that was even larger still than expected. AC were not honouring the 2020 prices when we had initially booked and paid our deposit, but instead had put prices up (high season trips were up about £200 each on the 2020 prices). Either way, having waited so long and with time running out, I felt it was too late to change provider (which I wanted to do as I was fast losing confidence in AC) so went ahead. Poor communications continued with the AC app saying one thing (timescales for the visa, flight times, etc), but with emails from AC contradicting it and information needed for the visa not being sent out - I had to chase for this also. Even in the week up to departure it was still unclear what the flight times were (with the AC email contradicting Heathrows main departures page - but at least they had the destinations right this time - which they hadn't in previous communications). We also didn't find out what hotel we were going to be staying in until a few days prior to departure. Whilst out there, certain details also had not been passed onto the doctor by the AC office (updated medical details). We all also had to pay for our last meal in the hotel the night before we left, when details of the trip clearly said all meals were included. Interestingly enough when talking to others in the group, similar frustrations with the AC office were also voiced - some being charged flight fuel duty even when they weren't using AC for the flights! To help with any insurance claim (fortunately I didn't need to use this) I had also requested before the trip a receipt of my invoice. What I received was a credit note for a trip I hadn't even booked on. While the trip on Kilimanjaro was overall a good one and the Tanzanian company "Big Expeditions" whom AC use as well as Lynsey (AC lead) and Jess (AC doctor) were outstanding, the admin/office within AC is clearly a mess and has simply given me too much work and anxiety chasing them and being messed around with for me to either recommend AC to anyone or to use them again. It's just not worth the enormous hassle that comes with some of the worst organisational skills I've ever experienced. Best avoided!