Hotel Kilimanjaro

... toes. I had checked the previous night for blisters, but I had none - just a general ache. My boots (last worn going up Kilimanjaro in 1991) were too tight round the toes. It was a blessed relief when I took them off each evening and donned my flip-flops. ...

... to be mentioned due to my unfortunate stupidity. I figured I would take advantage of the hot shower in my hotel room one last time before I started my trek up Kilimanjaro. I also thought it would be a good break from the re-packing I had been doing so ...

... .   A group of very fit looking American trekkers covered in dust & sweat had just arrived back at the Hotel  from climbing Kilimanjaro and we made the mistake of asking if they had summited & what it was like. Most of them had made ...

... I'm leaving the trip a couple of days prior to the truck reaching Nairobi to fly to Tanzania to climb Mt Kilimanjaro. I booked via a website called ClimbingKilimanjaro.com and the part of the company associated with the actual climbing is Hidden Valley ...

... summit, Kilimanjaro made me feel strong like a buffalo - a beautiful gift for a 60-year-old BiBi. Time to celebrate with Kilimanjaro beer. After a 2-hour bus ride to Arusha, we arrived at our hotel. Back home in San Diego, Babu and I often talk ...

... transfer to leave right away.  We are going to see whether we can claim this from Intrepid!  So we arrived at the Marangu Hotel at about 11am and this gave us time for someone to check we had all the right gear and to do our washing.  The ...

... bus ride from Nairobi to Moshi; I came down with a cold soon after arriving. It immediately cast doubt on our Kilimanjaro climbing plans, original scheduled for 6 days starting on December 23rd. I had heard about the dangers of often fatal pulmonary or ...

... different shade, ranging from a steady blue to a deep purple.  However, the main attraction was Meru.  Mount Meru, Kilimanjaro’s younger cousin, sits at 4600m and would be a consistent companion for the rest of the trip.  This night, ...

... who was living on the summit. To confuse matters further, to the Waswahili people, drivers of caravans for centuries, the name Kilimanjaro meant landmark. But confusion is Africa’s middle name and a simple explanation is simply not in its nature. We ...

Version francaise d'abord...English version on the bottom, itinerary at the end. Quelle aventure!!! Ca y est, le Kilimanjaro est conquis, et nous aussi, par sa majestueuse beaute. Mais cela n'a pas ete sans peine! L'ascension ne necessite pas de ...

... amp; I plus Cornell & Kamanda round a bend & there is the famous wooden board marking Uhuru Peak, summit of Kilimanjaro, the highest free-standing mountain in the world. We pause for pictures & take in the astounding views of Kenya far ...

... cone to my right and crunchy ice and snow all around me.  I feel like I am living in a dream of myself reaching the top of Kilimanjaro.  I don't know when it will end and it hurts so bad on my heart that I have to sit down and cry it out for a ...

... take a lot of our weight, including all the food and tents.  So, I guess that's the trade off, they help us schlep our stuff up and we do as we're told. In sum, Mt Kilimanjaro is a beautiful mountain and I'm blessed that we were able to climb ...

... defense, who were all wearing long black robes. Though we didn't know what was going on it was interesting to see. As for Kilimanjaro: Sophie, Julie, Joe, John and I decided to do a day hike on Kili, because though we all agreed the whole thing would be ...

... mental barriers that I had previously not anticipated. From first sight Tanzania appears extremely poor and it is, the route from Kilimanjaro Airport to Arusha is littered with shacks by the sides of the road and our guide told us that the government ...

... months-is coming to an end. On the road from the airport to Moshi town we could already see the snow covered peaks of Kilimanjaro and couldn't wait to start our 6 day climb. That same night it started raining heavenly and we were worried that our first ...

... killed us.  The "back again" was sweet.  The in between was indescribable. When we got back to the hotel, we saw everything with a new appreciation:  bathing, toilets, eating at a table, electricity, chairs, water you didn't ...

... at the bus depot in Moshi. More of our group arrived the next day and recounted their ordeals through Nairobi and from Kilimanjaro airport to the hotel. I count myself lucky for having an easy trip to the base of the mountain as I did. It was at this ...

... perhaps I have been forgotten. Never mind. A few phone calls and another hour of waiting later, I am finally on my way to Kilimanjaro Mountain Resort in Marangu. It's quite late by the time I arrive, and I am just in time for dinner and to meet the ...

... 's chill, I managed to capture a few beautiful shots of the vista from Horombo. Today would make of final day on Kilimanjaro, dropping down another 1,000 metres from the more than 2,000 lost the day before.  Breakfast was relished by the ...