Articles for February 2006

Kilimanjaro National Park Fees

I just read this on another blog, with regard to the Kilimanjaro National Park Fees: This is PER PERSON, PER DAY on the mountain. Daily Charge $60.00 For a six day trip, you would pay $360.00 per person to the Tanzanian government. On a seven day trip, you would pay $420.00 per person. Night Charge [...]

Reading a book on Kilimanjaro

Yes, I’ve managed to find a book on Kilimanjaro, but I barely started reading it yet – only the introduction so far. The book is “Kilimanjaro” by John Reader, a pretty old book, but interesting – with quite a few pictures. From the introduction, it seems like Kilimanjaro is climbed by A LOT of people [...]

Looking forward to the June/July trekking trips

I was originally planning to go cycling to Desaru tomorrow (or rather, today, since I’m writing this in the wee hours of the morning), since its my mid semester break. Unfortunately, the events that happened led to us making a decision to postpone the trip to a further date. One of the team members sprained [...]

Crown of Africa – Unlocking the Secrets of Mount Kilimanjaro

I surfed on around these couple of days and found a website Crown of Africa – Unlocking the Secrets of Mount Kilimanjaro. Its a nice flash presentation with some details of the mountain, the routes, history, how to gear up and train, as well as some links to some operators. Pretty neat information they have [...]

Reply from AfricaTravelResource.com regarding my Kilimanjaro Climb

I emailed AfricaTravelResource enquiring about how much the Kilimanjaro Trip will cost, and what I can do now to prepare for the trip. There was a long reply, giving me a lot of details about each route! According to the email, the routes on the mountain fall into three groups: South-Eastern, South-Western, and North-Eastern. The [...]

Kilimanjaro: How many porters?

I spent some time reading on the AfricaTravelResource.com website on Kilimanjaro today, and guess what I realized? Look at the number of porters! 2 climbers – 1 leader, 1 asst guide, 1 cook, 7 porters 3 climbers – 1 leader, 1 asst guide, 1 cook, 10 porters 4 climbers – 1 leader, 1 asst guides, [...]

A blog on a Mount Kilimanjaro conquest!

I found a blog on a trekker’s conquest of Mount Kilimanjaro! So cool! So much to learn from him! Here’s the quote I’m looking for! You have been awake for about 8-9 hrs, there is 2/3 the oxygen at sea level, you have another 6-7 hrs of walking ahead of you, in short your body [...]

Training for Kilimanjaro

I was reading the AfricaTravelResource.com writeup on training for Kilimanjaro: …try to walk as much as you can… Try to get at least an hour of walking into every day. In addition to this, try to get some morning and evening sessions of aerobic activity in, such as cycling, running or spinning… Weekends and days [...]