We will be taking the Machame (pronounced Ma-cha-may) route to climb the mountain. It’s not the easiest route, but it’s the most scenic and less populated. We will spend the next few days checking out the great migration in Southern Serengeti, Ngorongoro and Lake Manyara. We hope to spend some time with the local Masai warriors and ask them about the virtues of cow blood. Here’s our agenda. If you happen to be around, scream out. We’ll take a picture of you with your herd from our land-rover.
Feb 9 2008: Reach Nairobi, Kenya.
Feb 10: Bus ride to Arusha, Tanzania
Feb 11: Hit the mountain to Machame gate, after registration process start the hike to Machame Camp, 9,900ft
Feb 12: Shira, 12,600ft
Feb 13: Baranco, 12,850ft
Feb 14: Karanga Valley, 13,300ft
Feb 15: Barafu, 14,910ft
Feb 16: Summit, 19,340ft, then descend to Mweka 10,010ft
Feb 17: Mweka gate, transfer to Arusha
Feb 18: Drive to Lake Manyara, safari.
Feb 19: Drive to Southern Serengeti, game drives.
Feb 20: More game drives in the Southern Serengeti.
Feb 21: Another game drive in the Serengeti; then drive to Ngorongoro, with a visit to Masai Village.
Feb 22: Descend into the Crater for morning and afternoon game drives* in the crater; then drive back to Arusha; proceed to Kilimanjaro airport.
7 comments:
shouldve waited a coupla months and celebrated your budday up there.
koyi baat nahin..u can celebrate mine instead. cake cut karna or the ic(e)ing.
ps - Barafu? that sounds made up. like somebody not familiar with any south indian language asking for ice. baraf-u?
chugsie,
now when I do get to Barafu, I will remember you and get some ice in a thermos so that you can preserve the brain that comes up with such mind boggling stuff.
We'll definitely celebrate your budday..I am thinking once we have retired into our tents for the day, we may be jobless till next day (disregarding the fact that we might be in pain while singing the biurthday song...)
chugs:
barafu sounds like what someone who's got altitute-sickness would do. my personal favourite is 'shira' :-)
- s.b.
sb, please put me out of this misery and tell me what you are thinking!
alpha:
uh-oh. among cannibals-r-us, 'shira' might have the wrong meaning, eh?
i meant 'sheera' as in the sweet dish made with 'sooji' (semolina). hopefully that was descriptive enough. :-)
- s.b.
Hi,
I have found this fantastic view of the Kilimnjaro taken from the Mawenzi
http://www.flickr.com/photos/danielcanoott/2105351194/
Isn't it gorgeous?
Greetings!
sb- your naujawan video was a hit among our friends.
anon- lovely photo! i just got much more excited and I cant stay on the edge of my seat for too long!
Post a Comment