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- 27.12.2013
7 days trip in Kilimanjaro. We leave Nairobi for Moshi, we took a shuttle bus to Moshi, it takes 8 hrs to get to Moshi, in Arusha, a town between Namanga border and Moshi. From Namanga to Arusha it takes us about 3 hours then proceeds to Moshi. At this point we have a glimpse of Mt Kilimanjaro on the east side. Day 1-Entrance via Marangu gate an altitude of 1860m. We hike through the dense semi tropical rain forest to Mandara hut 2744m (9000 ft).Day 2- Hike through the rugged superb landscape, few meters from Mandara we see a huge crater, hike to Horombo hut3761M(12,335FT),3 hours, which is a distance of 13km we acclimatized to zebra rock, Day 3-our hike to KIMBO4J32M(15520FT) It takes us 6 hours to get Kibo hut. Along the way we see spectacular mountain vegetation like giant cactus, ground >>>