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What happens when there are 9 seats and 10 passengers
Dar es Salaam to Arusha via Zanzibar
Baggage claim in Zanzibar
Arusha has a rather grand idea of itself
The road to Kilimanjaro:Arusha to Marangu
The Kibo Hotel in Marangu
First view of the mountain
The road to Kilimanjaro:the trek
Kili from the road(that’s Mawenzi on the left and Kibo on
the right)
Schematic of the Rongai route
1850m 2600m
3600m3600m
4700m
5895m
4330m4330m
Rongai Route
Day 1
Starting out:
signing in
instructions
organizing the porters
1850m / 6060 ft
meeting some locals
Day 1 terrain changes
At Camp 12600 m / 8500 ft
The Kenyan Plains from above Camp 1
Rongai RouteDay 2
and we have rain …
Looking back down – the plains obscured by the clouds
Huge burned area
Lunch scene at the Second Cave
And the ubiquitous crows
The skies clear when we arrive at Camp 2
3600m / 11,800 ftthe plains of Kenya are now far below
Rongai RouteDay 3
Morning view from Camp 2
Giant Lobelias
Kibo Peak looms in the distance
Our guide shows us the summit
route
At the 4100 meter point
It’s getting colder
Approaching Mawenzi and Camp 3
Mawenzi
At Camp 3 Mawenzi Tarn
4330m / 14,200 ft
Acclimatization Hike
Above the clouds …Looking back down on Camp 3 and the Kenyan
plains
the route to the summit
Kibo Hut
Gilman’s Point
SummitUhuru Point
Rongai RouteDay 4
Climbing up onto the “Saddle”
Last close-up views of Mawenzi
Don’t be fooled by those smiles, we’re suffering!
(at almost 15,000 ft)
We reach the “Saddle,” but the mountain is shrouded in clouds
It starts lifting eventually
We walk for hours but never seem to get
any closer.
Finally we arriveCamp 4
4700m / 15,400 ft
Rongai Route
Day 4 – continue
d into Day 5
To the Summit
And back down
The route to the Summit
What it looked like for 6 hoursAnd what it looked like in the light
First goal achieved:Gilman’s Point – the crater
rim5681m / 18,638 ft
6 a.m. Temperature: very
cold
Sunrise over Mawenzi
6:12 a.m.
A quick brew before heading off to the summit
The sun rises and illuminates the glaciers
Where we were going -From Gilman’s to the summit
The beginning of the track to the summit
One man and his mountain
These ice cliffs are over 100 ft high
At the summit 5895 m/ 19,340 ft
8 a.m. temperature: even colder than dawn
a cloud rolls in on the summit route
Going back down – note the smile
Everyone is happy to go down
Back at Gilman’s – looking back from where we came
Going back down the Jamaica Rocks
Kibo Hut
Looking back up to Gilman’s Point from Jamaica Rocks
Did we actually walk up that?
Express route to the bottom
Scree running
Getting closer
Almost there … except we had to go further down than camp
Rongai RouteDay 6
dragging ourselves off the
mountain
Last sunrise from the mountain
The summit from the last camp(hard to believe we were on top of it 24 hours
before)
The long road home
Through different climate zones
The last 3 hours was through the
rain forest (boring)
And finally we were done, with the certificates to prove we’d
done it!
The road to Kilimanjaro:back to Arusha
Back in civilization:
Moivaro Coffee Lodge, Arusha
That’s Mt Meru in the distance
Sure beats a tent on the side of a mountain …
On to Pemba …
Fundu Fundu LagoonLagoon o
Arriving at Fundu Lagoon
The jetty bar first stop !
reception
Breakfast with a view
Tree art
“Rooms”
“Bathrooms”
solid teak and hot water!
Spectacular sunsets
Dolphin Safari
Hard days by that jetty bar!
Traditional “dhow”
Traditional “dhow” beer !
A room with a view
Island wildlife
A “bithday” to remember !
Followed by drinks,
dancing and Hugs !
Alas, we had to leave …
back to the Stone Town on Zanzibar for one final
night
Typical street
Emerson & Green –
our hotel in the heart of the old
city
Stone Town is known for its doors
Even the manhole
covers are interesting
The best views were from the roof of our hotel
Rather than in Stone Town which requires a bit of tidying
up!
And that’s it folks !