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Category Archives: Africa
Kilimanjaro Via The Lemosho Route: Day 8 – High Camp To Mweka Gate
Previous Post: Day 7 – From Barafu To Uhuru Peak And Down To High Camp High Camp (3827 m) was apparently established in 1999 when an emergency trail for those suffering from altitude sickness passed through here from Karanga (4034 … Continue reading
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Kilimanjaro Via The Lemosho Route: Day 7 – To Uhuru Peak
Previous Post: Day 6 – Karanga To Barafu distance to the summit from Barafu Camp: 5.1 km. time: 6 hrs. 15 minutes to the summit; 2 hr. 35 min. back to Barafu Camp altitude gain: 1225m/4019ft. It was the climax … Continue reading
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Kilimanjaro Via The Lemosho Route: Day 6 – Karanga To Barafu
Previous Post: Day 5 – Barranco To Karanga The red line on the satellite image below is the track we took on Day 6 of our Kili trek. Over the three-kilometer distance that we walked, we would gain 600 meters in … Continue reading
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Kilimanjaro Via The Lemosho Route: Day 5 – Barranco To Karanga
Previous Post: Day 4 – Shira 2 To Barranco Overview: On Day 4 we had walked a bit over ten kilometers on our most demanding day so far. This day would see us scale back on the distance by almost half – … Continue reading
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Kilimanjaro Via The Lemosho Route: Day 4 – Shira 2 To Barranco
Previous Post: Day 3 – Shira 1 to Shira 2 Another day on the slopes of Kilimanjaro – and another clear early morning view of the summit of Kibo. Frost on the tent exterior when we got up at about … Continue reading
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Kilimanjaro Via The Lemosho Route: Day 3 – Shira 1 to Shira 2
Previous Post: Day 2 – From Mti Mkubwa To Shira 1 Our Day 2 had ended with a walk down from the ridge onto the Shira plateau and to our Shira 1 campsite (3504 meters). This day would see us … Continue reading
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Kilimanjaro Via The Lemosho Route: Day 2 – Mti Mkubwa to Shira 1
Previous Post: Day 1 – From Lemosho Glades To Mti Mkubwa Camp Elevation Gain: 2785 m to 3504 m/9,137 ft to 11,496 ft Distance: just under 8 km/ 5 miles Hiking Time: about 5 hours Habitat: Rain forest/Heath/Moorland My Polar … Continue reading
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Kilimanjaro Via The Lemosho Route: Day 1 – Lemosho Glades To Mti Mkubwa
Previous Post: A Walk To the Top of Meru -Tanzania’s Second Highest Mountain I returned from my Meru trek looking forward to a day’s rest before we set off on the main event of my Tanzania visit, an eight-day trek via the … Continue reading
Moshi & Arusha: Tanzania’s Gateway Towns to Kilimanjaro And The Northern Safari Circuit
Previous Post: Planning A Visit To Tanzania To Climb Kilimanjaro If a safari or a climb of Kilimanjaro in northern Tanzania is in your plans, then you will be spending some time in Arusha and/or Moshi, the two gateway towns … Continue reading
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On Safari In Tanzania: A Morning In Ngorongoro Crater
Previous Post – An Afternoon In Tarangire National Park We left Tarangire National Park shortly after 4 p.m., amazed at the number of animals we had seen. As the map below shows, Tarangire is the southernmost of a sequence of … Continue reading
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