Bye-bye Karanga on Kilimanjaro Day 5 started as awesome as day one to four on Mount Kilimanjaro. 🙂 We had a crystal clear sky and beautiful views of Kibu/the mountain. We had a hearty breakfast and a coffee in the sun and left Karanga Camp (3995m) to first reach Barafu Camp on 4673m. Stone Men and “business as usual” As…
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Conquering “Breakfast”! The 4th day on Mount Kilimanjaro woke us up quite early and offered us awesome views from the Barranco campsite, which we reached in the later afternoon after an acclimatisation hike from Lawa Tower to Arrow Glacier Camp on Day 3. 🙂 On this day we had to conquer the Barranco Wall – it`s merely 300 meters high…
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The first sight of Kilimanjaro! The start of our third day on Mount Kilimanjaro was nearly perfect. After our rainy and misty hike from Big Tree Camp to Shira Camp 2 the day before, we were happy to see the sun again. It wasn`t too cold, the sky was crystal-clear and we were able to see the mountain for the…
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The lush rainforests on Lemosho! Our first night on Mount Kilimanjaro was thankfully pretty easy-going and unspectacular. 🙂 Apart from the heavy rains during the night, some bothering monkeys around the camp and a completely muddy and slippery way to the “toilet”, we slept very well. The short ascent on Day 1 from Londorossi Gate to Big Tree Camp wasn’t…
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Getting started… MOUNT KILIMANJARO, 5895m, highest mountain of Africa, one of the Seven Summits!!! On 25th December 2015, six months after booking our flights, we finally were at Munich airport to board our flight to Tanzania – what a day! As we didn’t want to join an “open” tour, but rather have our own company we know the sport and…
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