{"id":552,"date":"2023-02-08T18:15:09","date_gmt":"2023-02-08T18:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/?p=552"},"modified":"2026-04-26T09:58:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T09:58:00","slug":"kilimanjaro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/kilimanjaro\/","title":{"rendered":"Kilimanjaro &#8211; September 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"552\" class=\"elementor elementor-552\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3e30beda elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3e30beda\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-518b5132\" data-id=\"518b5132\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-947ace1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"947ace1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"813\" src=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Kili-route-1-1024x813.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-741\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Kili-route-1-1024x813.webp 1024w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Kili-route-1-300x238.webp 300w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Kili-route-1-768x609.webp 768w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Kili-route-1-1536x1219.webp 1536w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Kili-route-1.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fc7a82b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"fc7a82b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"383\" src=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Kili-route-2-1024x383.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-743\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Kili-route-2-1024x383.webp 1024w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Kili-route-2-300x112.webp 300w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Kili-route-2-768x287.webp 768w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Kili-route-2-1536x574.webp 1536w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Kili-route-2.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2107d9e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2107d9e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This was a 7-day climb up Mt Kilimanjaro in Tanzania by the Machame route.\u00a0 It was organised by Altezza travel<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e0211a7 e-transform e-transform e-transform elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e0211a7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_transform_rotateZ_effect&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:270,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_flipX_effect&quot;:&quot;transform&quot;,&quot;_transform_flipY_effect&quot;:&quot;transform&quot;,&quot;_transform_rotateZ_effect_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;deg&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_rotateZ_effect_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;deg&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG_1977-768x1024.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3079\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG_1977-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG_1977-225x300.webp 225w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG_1977-1152x1536.webp 1152w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG_1977.webp 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\"><\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8ef0379 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8ef0379\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We landed at Kilimanjaro international airport which is about halfway between the towns of Arusha and Moshi in northern Tanzania.\u00a0<\/p><p>I was surprised when we went out of the airport because, being only 3 degrees south of the equator, I expected it to be hot but actually it was just a pleasant temperature.\u00a0 This was due to the fact that you are at 900m altitude.\u00a0<\/p><p>We were met at the airport by the Altezza minibus which transported us to the Aishi Machame Hotel which is situated on a turn off north before Moshi on the road to Machami gate.\u00a0 The hotel is owned by the company and everyone there is either preparing for the trek or else just come back from the trek.<\/p><p>Looking at the map is deceptive because, although the airport looks close to Kilimanjaro (just inside the Tanzania-Kenya border), the country is vast and it took over an hour to reach the hotel.<\/p><p>The map shows also how big the Kilimanjaro massif is.\u00a0 It is 60 km across and so huge that it creates its own weather system.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f8c23f0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f8c23f0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG_0733-1024x768.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3173\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG_0733-1024x768.webp 1024w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG_0733-300x225.webp 300w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG_0733-768x576.webp 768w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG_0733-1536x1152.webp 1536w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG_0733.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Aishi Machame Hotel<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cd8c1cc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cd8c1cc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The hotel is a peaceful oasis in the forest where you spend the first day relaxing and doing equipment check and attending a briefing lecture on the trek ahead.\u00a0<\/p><p>On the next day our group of 10 composed of Americans, Europeans, and Australians were transported further up the road to the Machame gate at the start of the trek.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-052e91c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"052e91c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"966\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG_0753-966x1024.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-933\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG_0753-966x1024.webp 966w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG_0753-283x300.webp 283w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG_0753-768x814.webp 768w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG_0753-1449x1536.webp 1449w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG_0753.webp 1722w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 966px) 100vw, 966px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Machame gate - start of the trek.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9c00676 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9c00676\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/20220911_145110-768x1024.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-904\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/20220911_145110-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/20220911_145110-225x300.webp 225w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/20220911_145110-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/20220911_145110-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/20220911_145110-scaled.webp 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Rain Forest<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d7de900 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d7de900\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The trek starts through rain forest &#8211; this hanging moss is sometimes called &#8216;old man&#8217;s beard&#8217;.\u00a0<\/p><p>Our group was 10 clients with 40 porters (a ratio of 4 to 1!).\u00a0 This number of porters is necessary because they have to carry food, water, cooking gear, paraffin cooking fuel, tents, tables and chairs for the eating tent, our sleeping gear plus our spare kit, medical kit, even an oxygen cylinder.\u00a0 They had a weighing scale to measure that the weight carried did not exceed 20kg.<\/p><p>There was one girl on our party who even had two porters just for herself to carry her personal toilet and personal shower!.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><p>Unfortunately one person suffered vertigo on the first day and did not even make the first camp.\u00a0 His wife then also abandoned on the next day (with nose bleeds) &#8211;\u00a0 so we were early on down to eight.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a37ec66 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a37ec66\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG_6652-1024x768.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-798\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG_6652-1024x768.webp 1024w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG_6652-300x225.webp 300w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG_6652-768x576.webp 768w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG_6652-1536x1152.webp 1536w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG_6652-scaled.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Most of the porters went ahead to set up camp in advance.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-526d2b4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"526d2b4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/P1060153-1024x768.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-9771\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/P1060153-1024x768.webp 1024w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/P1060153-300x225.webp 300w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/P1060153-768x576.webp 768w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/P1060153-1536x1152.webp 1536w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/P1060153-scaled.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Some porters seemed to prefer carrying on their head!<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1b9f318 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1b9f318\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/P1060158-1024x768.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-866\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/P1060158-1024x768.webp 1024w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/P1060158-300x225.webp 300w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/P1060158-768x576.webp 768w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/P1060158-1536x1152.webp 1536w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/P1060158-scaled.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">There existed a hierarchy amongst the porters, right up to the head guide.  They all seemed happy in their work and eager to chat. <\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d0d2982 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d0d2982\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/P1060160-1024x768.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-803\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/P1060160-1024x768.webp 1024w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/P1060160-300x225.webp 300w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/P1060160-768x576.webp 768w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/P1060160-1536x1152.webp 1536w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/P1060160-scaled.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-63adeee elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"63adeee\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The standard of food was outstanding considering we were up a big mountain.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8e1048d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8e1048d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/P1060175-1024x768.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-906\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/P1060175-1024x768.webp 1024w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/P1060175-300x225.webp 300w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/P1060175-768x576.webp 768w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/P1060175-1536x1152.webp 1536w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/P1060175-scaled.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">We were lucky to have dry conditions throughout our trek - probably too dry because soon after we went home the national park was closed due to forest fires.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-847fc78 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"847fc78\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/P1060166-1024x768.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-804\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/P1060166-1024x768.webp 1024w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/P1060166-300x225.webp 300w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/P1060166-768x576.webp 768w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/P1060166-1536x1152.webp 1536w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/P1060166-scaled.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cf08a14 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cf08a14\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Every morning we had to pack up our personal kit bags and put them out for the porters.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-abaf200 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"abaf200\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/P1060220-1024x768.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-812\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/P1060220-1024x768.webp 1024w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/P1060220-300x225.webp 300w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/P1060220-768x576.webp 768w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/P1060220-1536x1152.webp 1536w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/P1060220-scaled.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Campsite<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8764997 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8764997\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Camping is only permitted at the designated spots.\u00a0 There are always many other groups on the mountain and it can get crowded!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c801c0a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c801c0a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/P1060206-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-9769\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/P1060206-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/P1060206-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/P1060206-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/P1060206-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/P1060206-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">\"polepole\" means \"slowly slowly\" in masai<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ac7d579 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ac7d579\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/20220914_103411-768x1024.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-813\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/20220914_103411-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/20220914_103411-225x300.webp 225w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/20220914_103411-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/20220914_103411-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/20220914_103411-scaled.webp 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0ad7137 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0ad7137\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Every day the porters would do a tea stop for us.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-026613b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"026613b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"862\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG_0836-862x1024.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-808\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG_0836-862x1024.webp 862w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG_0836-252x300.webp 252w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG_0836-768x913.webp 768w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG_0836-1292x1536.webp 1292w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG_0836-1723x2048.webp 1615w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG_0836-scaled.webp 1616w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 862px) 100vw, 862px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1d4cb41 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1d4cb41\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>With Emanuel, our head guide.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e86dccd elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e86dccd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"709\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG_0839-709x1024.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-929\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG_0839-709x1024.webp 709w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG_0839-208x300.webp 208w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG_0839-768x1109.webp 768w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG_0839-1064x1536.webp 1064w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG_0839.webp 1330w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 100vw, 709px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c4166e2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c4166e2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>These giant cactus plants are on the approach to Barranco<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e7bd2f8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e7bd2f8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/P1060253-1024x768.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-810\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/P1060253-1024x768.webp 1024w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/P1060253-300x225.webp 300w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/P1060253-768x576.webp 768w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/P1060253-1536x1152.webp 1536w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/P1060253-scaled.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">The Barranco Wall<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a408599 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a408599\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG_0891-1024x768.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-815\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG_0891-1024x768.webp 1024w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG_0891-300x225.webp 300w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG_0891-768x576.webp 768w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG_0891-1536x1152.webp 1536w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG_0891-scaled.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Me with Emanuel <\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-50c82cb elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"50c82cb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG_0881-768x1024.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-814\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG_0881-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG_0881-225x300.webp 225w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG_0881-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG_0881-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG_0881-scaled.webp 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Me with Emanuel<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d89c15 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7d89c15\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG_0928-1024x768.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-835\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG_0928-1024x768.webp 1024w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG_0928-300x225.webp 300w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG_0928-768x576.webp 768w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG_0928-1536x1152.webp 1536w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG_0928-scaled.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Richard with Emanuel<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3bd70ee elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3bd70ee\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"931\" src=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG_0920-1-1024x931.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-934\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG_0920-1-1024x931.webp 1024w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG_0920-1-300x273.webp 300w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG_0920-1-768x699.webp 768w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG_0920-1-1536x1397.webp 1536w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG_0920-1.webp 1859w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Looking down on the clouds with Meru peak in the background from Barafu camp<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bd07549 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"bd07549\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;hosted&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-hosted-video elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<video class=\"elementor-video\" src=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG_7093.mov\" controls=\"\" preload=\"metadata\" controlsList=\"nodownload\" poster=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG_8660-scaled.webp\"><\/video>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0e6eae2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0e6eae2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The neighbouring peak &#8216;Meru&#8217; can be seen poking above the clouds when you get higher up.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-356b6f9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"356b6f9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG_0957-1024x768.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-932\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG_0957-1024x768.webp 1024w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG_0957-300x225.webp 300w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG_0957-768x576.webp 768w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG_0957-1536x1152.webp 1536w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG_0957.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Barafu - the final camp before the summit<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d0ec42a elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"d0ec42a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;hosted&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-hosted-video elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<video class=\"elementor-video\" src=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG_7110.mov\" controls=\"\" preload=\"metadata\" controlsList=\"nodownload\" poster=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG_8666-scaled.webp\"><\/video>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-14065a2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"14065a2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A &#8216;Dust Devil&#8217; whirlwind trashed the mess tent at the Barafu campsite<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-600927f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"600927f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG_8682-1024x768.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-856\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG_8682-1024x768.webp 1024w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG_8682-300x225.webp 300w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG_8682-768x576.webp 768w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG_8682-1536x1152.webp 1536w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG_8682-scaled.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b86609a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b86609a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Looking back at Barafu campsite on the pre-summit day acclimatisation hike<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-09457a9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"09457a9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;hosted&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-hosted-video elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<video class=\"elementor-video\" src=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG_8700.mov\" controls=\"\" preload=\"metadata\" controlsList=\"nodownload\" poster=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG_7146-scaled.webp\"><\/video>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a17dea elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7a17dea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Summit day starts at midnight under head torch.\u00a0 Dawn arrives at 6 o&#8217;clock.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f9a3c13 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f9a3c13\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"789\" src=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG_0987-1024x789.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-930\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG_0987-1024x789.webp 1024w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG_0987-300x231.webp 300w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG_0987-768x592.webp 768w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG_0987-1536x1183.webp 1536w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG_0987.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Stella point summit<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8a1a227 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8a1a227\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Stella point summit is reached after about 12 hours.\u00a0 At this point you have officially climbed the mountain. In our group (they split us into two from Altezza), everyone made it apart from the two who abandoned right at the start.\u00a0<\/p><p>In the other group several did not make it in spite of the fact that they were the younger ones!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7b78093 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7b78093\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG_7196-1024x768.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-870\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG_7196-1024x768.webp 1024w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG_7196-300x225.webp 300w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG_7196-768x576.webp 768w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG_7196-1536x1152.webp 1536w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG_7196-scaled.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Uhuru summit<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0155eb2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0155eb2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>There then follows an exhausting further hour around the crater rim to the Uhuru peak summit.<\/p><p>At this stage our guides were constantly hurrying us along as they were conscious that every minute increased the risk of altitude sickness and they did not want to carry anyone down again.\u00a0 I don&#8217;t know if I was just lucky, but I had no altitude effect at all.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-71e4d9c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"71e4d9c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/P1060269-1024x768.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-918\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/P1060269-1024x768.webp 1024w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/P1060269-300x225.webp 300w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/P1060269-768x576.webp 768w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/P1060269-1536x1152.webp 1536w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/P1060269-scaled.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">View from the summit<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-95e9cf5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"95e9cf5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The glacier recedes further every year<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a2723c8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a2723c8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/P1060275-1024x768.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-9786\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/P1060275-1024x768.webp 1024w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/P1060275-300x225.webp 300w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/P1060275-768x576.webp 768w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/P1060275-1536x1152.webp 1536w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/P1060275-scaled.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Close up of the glacier<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8b16074 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"8b16074\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;hosted&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-hosted-video elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<video class=\"elementor-video\" src=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG_7282-1.mov\" controls=\"\" preload=\"metadata\" controlsList=\"nodownload\" poster=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Kilimanjaro-2.webp\"><\/video>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1112755 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1112755\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The team &#8211; 8 clients plus 40 porters and guides!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-28cec5b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"28cec5b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG_1058-1024x768.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-935\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG_1058-1024x768.webp 1024w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG_1058-300x225.webp 300w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG_1058-768x576.webp 768w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG_1058-1536x1152.webp 1536w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG_1058.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f1a883b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f1a883b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>There is a bar at the end of the trek.\u00a0 There is even someone who will clean your boots for you!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fd0d060 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"fd0d060\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"911\" height=\"665\" src=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG_1899.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-936\" alt=\"\" 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