Walk Information
Walk route: Horombo Huts (3700m) - Mandara Huts (2700m) - Marangu Gate (1860m)
Time: 5 hours 0 minutes
With: KE Adventure / Tanzania Rift Valley Tours
Comment:
Our last day on the mountain, a long descent down to the park gate, and a beer.
All the way up it had been 'pole pole' meaning slowly slowly so that we acclimatised. Today was not 'pole pole' as we raced down the mountain.
Route Map
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Photos
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Sunrise, Horombo Huts
Horombo Huts
Decamping
Gadiel, our head guide, leads the singing
Leaving Horombo Huts
Looking out
Looking back to Kibo
Kilimanjaro Express, a stretcher supported by a single pneumatic wheel, used to ?run? trekkers suffering from altitude sickness down the mountain
This one was heading back up
Looking back
The vegetation gets higher the lower we go
Into the forest
Reception, Mandara Huts
Onwards and downwards
In the forest
We reach the gate
Points to remember...
Relaxing with a beer
It's Kili time!
previous walk - Fri 22 Feb 2013 - Kilimanjaro: Day 6 - Descent Marangu Route