Day 0 - Arrival
Day 1 - Arusha
Day 2 - Lake Manyara
Day 3 - Ngorongoro Crtr
Day 4 - Tarangire NP
Day 5 - Arusha
Day 6 - Kilimanjaro, d1
Day 7 - Kilimanjaro, d2
Day 8 - Kilimanjaro, d3
Day 9 - Kilimanjaro, d4
Day 10 - Kilimanjaro, d5
Day 11 - Kilimanjaro, d6
Day 12 - Arusha
Day 13 - Departure
Tanzania
While the pre-hike paperwork and the pre-hike briefing themselves had some discrepancies that were not fully explained, finally getting onto Mt. Kilimanjaro itself made it all better! Or at least, it made reality set in...
Almost 4,000 feet of gain from Machame Gate to Machame Camp (5,900 feet to 9,840 feet) through rainforest and other beautiful terrain was a mere inkling of just how much climbing this hike would involve, but it was definitely pretty. At least til we (ok, I) got to camp and was about ready to keel over from exhaustion... so much for pre-trip training estimates at Mt. Whitney with significantly heavier loads and higher elevation beforehand having any reflection on Kilimanjaro!