![]() ![]() Normally there is fresh fruit, fried eggs, bacon, and plenty of hot coffee awaiting us, obviously we’re being spoiled up here by our wonderful staff! Our morning ritual has been walking around 6:30 and getting everything in our tents packed up before heading into our very spacious dinning tent for quite the feast. Once again, we woke to beautifully clear skies with even better views of Kilimanjaro and clouds obscuring the valleys below. We are 8+hrs ahead of the east coast time zone. So, everyone back home please keep your phones handy and if you receive a call from a strange number please answer. ![]() We had another trivia challenge, and one lucky winner will get a phone call from the summit. The team has been doing great thus far and I’m expecting us to reach the summit in 7 to 8hrs if things go according to plan. ![]() ![]() Hopefully that will get us out in front of the majority of the other climbers. Our game plan will be to wake at 10:30pm and have a quick breakfast at 11, then hopefully hit the trail around 11:30pm. It’s a bit busier then I’ve seen previously, hence the slightly early departure tonight. Everyone knows what we’ll be wearing, what will be in the pack, as well as the schedule. The team has just wrapped up lunch and discussed in great detail the plan for tomorrow’s climb. Everyone is excited and maybe just a touch nervous, which is very normal! The team had a good nights rest last night and today was just a short 3hr hike up to 15’000ft to our high camp. We have just finished another wonderful meal here at the plantation lodge and the team is off to bed after a long, but very rewarding day on safari. The team spent time asking questions and enjoyed being shown around their small and simple village. The Maasai people are a semi-nomadic tribe that exist almost entirely off of their cattle. We wrapped up the day with a visit to a Maasai village not far from the crater's rim. There was a Black Rhino spotted not to far off of the road also which was a highlight. We saw many hyenas, jackles, ostrich, plus countless other huge birds, and even managed to get close to a large pride of lions with very full bellies. We started early with hopes of catching a few big cats before the heat of the day sent them in search of shade. The crater is roughly 100 square miles and is home to more than 25,000 animals that reside here year round, as its one of the few places that has natural springs. Today we visited the famous Ngorongoro Crater, one of the 7 natural wonders of the world. Then it will be back to our main lodge near Arusha for a quick shower before catching our evening flights home. Everyone is doing great and hoping to see a few more big cats on our way out tomorrow. We are spending our last night here in Africa at Lolkisale Camp, which has beautiful, tented rooms with screen windows to allow the sounds of the African night in. He was just relaxing under a big tree with some shade and a nice breeze, hardly seemed to notice us. One of the highlights was seeing a male Lion up close, only about 30 feet away. There were lots of giraffes, impalas, monkeys, ostriches, and many others. It wouldn’t seem like we could get tired of seeing elephants, but there were so many that eventually we had to keep driving so we could see other animals. Not sure how many elephants we saw, probably several hundred at the least. Today we headed to Tarangire National Park known for its abundant animals and plentiful elephants, and it didn’t disappoint. Explore something new with our Adventure Finder. ![]()
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