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Nice pics and congratulations - seems like a cool bucket list goal.
I've seen Kilimanjaro from Tsavo, but never been up to it |
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Congrats! I've seen it a few times and never imagined being able to climb it as you did. Well done!
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Sounds like an awesome trip. My sister lived in Arusha for a while, and while she was out there went out to visit once but never climbed Kili unfortunately. I agree the people there were generally great. What was your favorite part of the safari? I thought the crater was pretty cool
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Awesome. Closest I did was Whitney. Tag for info and maybe.convince the wife. What was the ballpark price, if you don't mind? Flights, safaris, etc.
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Originally Posted By racerpk11: Sounds like an awesome trip. My sister lived in Arusha for a while, and while she was out there went out to visit once but never climbed Kili unfortunately. I agree the people there were generally great. What was your favorite part of the safari? I thought the crater was pretty cool View Quote I agree--the crater was pretty cool. I think that my favorite parts of the safari were the elephants. We had a bull play with some other trucks, and ended up close enough to ours that we could touch it. On another occasion, there were some elephants crossing the road in front of us, and one of the juveniles decided we were too close and trumpeted at us. That was pretty special. |
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Originally Posted By NotIssued: Awesome. Closest I did was Whitney. Tag for info and maybe.convince the wife. What was the ballpark price, if you don't mind? Flights, safaris, etc. View Quote Good question! We did the 10 day Lemosho route, with a 5 day safari. Added a day up front (get settled, etc). Paid for premium seats on Delta. All in all, about $15k for both of us. Not counting some incidentals and gear purchases (we had most of our gear already). You can easily spend more, or less, if you want to. We chose a more expensive company for our experience, and they took care of all the logistics except airfare, insurance, etc. |
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Originally Posted By tspike: Congrats! I've seen it a few times and never imagined being able to climb it as you did. Well done! View Quote Thank you! It was a cool trip and if you are in decent shape you can make it. It is mostly walking--there was a little rock scrambling, but nothing too hard. |
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Originally Posted By dedreckon: Nice pics and congratulations - seems like a cool bucket list goal. I've seen Kilimanjaro from Tsavo, but never been up to it View Quote That was out goal--clear a bucket list item for a continent and trip. No interest in the 7 summits, this one just seemed a little more "do-able". Highly recommended adventure! |
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19,000 ft. Wow!
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[#10]
that's pretty cool OP
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[#11]
Congrats!! Hiking Kilimanjaro is on my list for 2027.
Glad to see that you had a wonderful adventure! Accountant |
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Originally Posted By billpete: Good question! We did the 10 day Lemosho route, with a 5 day safari. Added a day up front (get settled, etc). Paid for premium seats on Delta. All in all, about $15k for both of us. Not counting some incidentals and gear purchases (we had most of our gear already). You can easily spend more, or less, if you want to. We chose a more expensive company for our experience, and they took care of all the logistics except airfare, insurance, etc. View Quote 1k a day seems pretty decent for that |
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Originally Posted By NotIssued: 1k a day seems pretty decent for that View Quote For sure. We could have saved several thousand with economy tickets, but comfort was a goal. I think that we were close to $6k in airplane tickets--but we chose that class of travel. I think that the "10 day" Lemosho route itself is about $2900 pp, so that is a large amount of our expenses. But they also have an above 90% success rate for summitting. For a number of reasons: amount of hiking days (pace/acclimatization), food, number of guides, support staff, etc. Shorter routes are less expensive, but success rates can be lower. |
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[#14]
Right on, OP. Tagged for later.
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[#15]
Congrats! What an accomplishment!
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[#16]
Pretty awesome OP!
When are you climbing the second peak? Monty Python: Mountaineer | Kilimanjaro Sketch |
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Originally Posted By GreenLantern: Pretty awesome OP! When are you climbing the second peak? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzOLaRvPAkQ View Quote I would like to get close enough to Everest to see it. No intentions of going that high again. Kilimanjaro is nice as it is not a technical climb to get to the top. You literally walk the entire route. |
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Awesome! I love Tanzania. I haven't ever been to kilimanjaro though. We flew over it last month on our way to Zanzibar, and my wife and i talked about possibly doing that someday.
Attached File But agreed, the people are super nice and the country is beautiful. I've been to the northern areas for work and Zanzibar for play. Attached File Attached File Attached File We also did a safari recently but it was in Kenya. Share some of your safari pics! Attached File Attached File |
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[#20]
Amazing trip. Congrats!
Do you mind sharing the guide company information? |
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[#22]
That's awesome! Congratulations.
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Thanks for sharing OP!
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Sounds like a great trip!
I did a two week Tanzanian camping safari back in 1982. Fabulous trip! And there was a Mt. Kilimanjaro summit hike offered at the end of the safari which I declined. But the two weeks camping through the National Parks was fantastic. We did: Arusha National Park/Mt. Meru, Lake Manyara, Ngorongoro Crater, Ndutu tent camp in the Serengeti and a very interesting trip to Olduvai Gorge where the Leaky's did so much work on prehistoric human origins. Like you, we saw almost every animal. I had to laugh about your not seeing a leopard! My group didn't see any, either. They are secretive and know very well how to stay clear of humans. I was surprised at the amount of support personnel you required ("required" is perhaps the wrong word?). We had about twenty people on two Mercedes ex-military trucks. Our support personnel consisted of: one Australian guide, one Dutch cook and two Tanzanian helpers. They all did a fantastic job. The military trucks were the correct answer. I remember seeing at least one VW "Combi" type vehicle with a shattered axle stranded by the side of the road. |
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Originally Posted By Coolio: Sounds like a great trip! I did a two week Tanzanian camping safari back in 1982. Fabulous trip! And there was a Mt. Kilimanjaro summit hike offered at the end of the safari which I declined. But the two weeks camping through the National Parks was fantastic. We did: Arusha National Park/Mt. Meru, Lake Manyara, Ngorongoro Crater, Ndutu tent camp in the Serengeti and a very interesting trip to Olduvai Gorge where the Leaky's did so much work on prehistoric human origins. Like you, we saw almost every animal. I had to laugh about your not seeing a leopard! My group didn't see any, either. They are secretive and know very well how to stay clear of humans. I was surprised at the amount of support personnel you required ("required" is perhaps the wrong word?). We had about twenty people on two Mercedes ex-military trucks. Our support personnel consisted of: one Australian guide, one Dutch cook and two Tanzanian helpers. They all did a fantastic job. The military trucks were the correct answer. I remember seeing at least one VW "Combi" type vehicle with a shattered axle stranded by the side of the road. View Quote That sounds like a cool trip! I bet it was far more rugged back then. The large support staff was for the hike. For the safari, we had a driver, and then at the end of each day stayed at lodges that provided all the hospitality services for us. |
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Nice job Bill, That looks awesome!
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Originally Posted By benb: Nice job Bill, That looks awesome! View Quote Thanks Ben--we are heading to Machu Picchu in August. That should be a great trip too. The PCT continues to elude me though. Tried applying for a permit in the first window, and got one of the last times and therefore no permit. Complained in an email to the PCTA, and then miraculously, got the absolute last time available for the next permit window. That was "random" I am sure. |
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