Honeymoon on Kilimanjaro

Our most recent expe­di­tion to Kil­i­man­jaro was last month, just before the start of the spring rainy sea­son. Anne and Daniel want­ed to cel­e­brate their mar­riage by tak­ing the trip of a life­time to Tan­za­nia. Upon arriv­ing, they were tak­en to our Itikoni Camp in Arusha Nation­al Park. Itikoni is a great spot to rest from their trav­el to Tan­za­nia and, because it’s at 6,500 ft., they start­ed accli­ma­tiz­ing for the ascent of Kil­i­man­jaro. Dur­ing their two days at Itikoni Anne and Daniel were able to take game view­ing hikes in addi­tion to relax­ing and enjoy­ing the amaz­ing food!

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Our staff found out that it was Daniel’s birth­day and sur­prised him with a cake. Hap­py Birthday!

Ben Mal­i­ty photo

After two relax­ing nights at Itikoni Camp it’s time to hit the trail to the sum­mit of Kil­i­man­jaro. Our trek trav­els through four of the five cli­mate zones on Kil­i­man­jaro, start­ing in the mon­tane for­est and going through the heather and moor­land, the high­land desert, and end­ing up 7 days lat­er in the… 

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… high alpine zone at the sum­mit, 19,341 ft. From Uhu­ru (Swahili for ​‘free­dom’) Peak, the high­est point in Africa, you can see the cur­va­ture of the earth! Stand­ing on top of the con­ti­nent is so cool!

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Fol­low­ing the descent of Kil­i­man­jaro Anne and Daniel went on safari and game view­ing and then off to Zanz­ibar for some beach time! Con­grat­u­la­tions to Anne and Daniel for a suc­cess­ful ascent and thanks for choos­ing Moun­tain Mad­ness for your honeymoon!