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
Shira Camp (12,595 feet) via the Lava Tower (15,190 feet) to Barranco Camp (12,956 feet). Our porters and guides put on their second performance singing in the morning to inspire us, then we had our first tastes of snow and real high altitude on the trek.
Snow and ground squirrels were beautiful and amusing, the lava tower is unexpectedly imposing for something that really isn't that big, and the views of Mt. Kilimanjaro are breathtaking. All of us survived 15,000 feet (some, just barely) and were rewarded by some crazy vegetation as we descended down to Barranco Camp-- huge tree/succulent things and some surprisingly hardy flowers at this altitude!