Kili page

Robert Siegel

Kilimanjaro page

Bob on Top!

Dates:

July 9-15, 2003
Summit

July 14, 2003

My guides:

Solomon Leseriani - very highly recommended, with very reasonable fees

MOBILE:255-744-478 499

Other info

Lazaro Aloyce - also very highly recommended;

seemed to be very highly regarded by the porters from the other teams who would chant his name

My Porters:

Maglan Manase

Omari Bwata

Deuglas Gilet

My Route (Very highly recommended):

Western Breach

Campsites:

Machame @ 2980M (night 1)

Shira Camp @ 3760M (night 2)

Lava Tower @ 4630M (night 3)

Arrow Glacier @4800M (night 4)

Crater @5700M (night 5)

Mweka camp 3100M (night 6)

Trip Highlights:

the rainforest

the moorland

climbing the lava tower

sunrise over kili from the top of the lava tower

ascending arrow glacier - very scary

rock climbing up Western Breach

simultaneous sunset and full moon rise over the crater - July 13, 2003

staying in the crater

visiting the ash pit

One of the glaciers in the crater; Mt Meru in the background

Lava Tower
(morning day 4)

Shira in the mist

Lazaro and Solomon in a small cave - afternoon day 2

Moorland - morning day 3

Lava Tower from on top! - morning day 4

Long way to go

Lava Tower from above - day 5

A bit of rock climbing - day 5

Solomon

The Team

Flora

Giant lobelia (Lobelia deckenii)

Giant lobelia in bloom

Fauna

White necked raven

Waiting for a meal

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Kili info:

located entirely within Tanzania,

approximately 3 degrees South of the equator

composed of three volcanos:

Shira

Kibo

Mawenzi

Highest point: Uhuru Peak - located on Kibo - 19,340 feet (5,895 meters)

Some routes:

Marangu

Machame

Western Breach

Shira

Lemosho

Mweka (descent)

Some references:

Kilimanjaro & Mount Kenya: A Climbing & Trekking Guide - Cameron Burns, The Mountaineers, 1998

Trekking in East Africa - Lonely Planet

Climbing Mount Kilimanjaro second edition - Carmichael and Stoddard

Kilimanjaro: Africa's Beacon - Land, People, History (Africa Publishing Group and Tanzania National Parks (TANAPA))

Kilimanjaro: To the Roof of Africa - Audrey Salkfeld - based on the David Breashears IMAX film

Some useful links:

Peakware

Maps:

Kilimanjaro 1:50,000 Map and Guide

New Map of the Kilimanjaro National Park (designed by Giovanni Tombazzi, published by Hoopoe Adventure Tours and Nature Discovery Ltd)

Some advice:
*Do not try to economize on the number of days climbing
*Do not try to economize on the number of porters
Going directly through a guide is a bit more difficult but will allow you to save thousands of dollars and will allow you to completely individualize your trip.
They can even accomodate a single person, as in my case.

Other recommended guides:

Kennedy Moshi

Tunzo

UHURU EXPEDITIONS [T]. LTD. "GUIDE TEAM"

P.O.BOX. 8814

MOSHI-KILIMANJARO.

FAX:255-27-2753638

MOBILE:255-744-612471

http://home.austin.rr.com/ironjungle/uhuru/uhuru.html

(As far as I can tell, every single person in the city of Arusha has a relative or friend who is a kili guide. Make sure you have a bona fide recommendation.)

There also seem to be a fairly unlimited number of travel companies offering climbs.
Many of these are very reputable companies, although I have no direct basis for recommending any of them.
In general they use local guides and porters.

Here is a sample:

Zara Travel

Hoopoe Adventure Tours Tanzania Ltd

Wilderness Travel

Do NOT use Good Earth Tours and Safaris!

Other interesting (or weird) stuff

Cathy Namphy peaks out

Babu climbs Kilimanjaro - J. Norvill Jones

Kili on skates??? But why???

Tanzania page

Students for International Change (SIC)