ʻAʻole he hana maʻalahi ka piʻi ʻana i ka mauna ʻo Kilimanjaro akā he hana paʻakikī. He wiwo ʻole loa ka lawe ʻana i ka hana e piʻi ai a ke kākoʻo nei mākou i kou wiwo ʻole a me kou hoihoi ma o kā mākou pūʻolo o Ka hele wāwae ʻana ma ka mauna ʻo Kilimanjaro. Ma kēia pūʻolo e loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi alakaʻi mākaʻikaʻi e kōkua iā ʻoe e piʻi i ka mauna akā e pane pū i kāu mau nīnau hoihoi e pili ana i nā hiʻohiʻona like ʻole o ka mauna.
E kalaiwa ʻoe a hiki i ka puka ʻo Machame a hoʻomaka i ka hele wāwae ʻana i ka mauna mai ka nahele mai, e ʻike ʻoe i ke kahawai ʻo Gorge a hele ma kahi hale kiaʻi pele i ʻike ʻia ʻo ka niho manō, nā wahi e hopu ai i kou hoihoi i kou piʻi ʻana iā Kilimanjaro.
Aia nā kikowaena like ʻole ma ka mauna ʻo Kilimanjaro kahi e loaʻa ai iā ʻoe ka noho manuahi inā ʻoe e kū ma kekahi o lākou ke hoʻopaʻa inoa ʻoe me mākou. ʻO kahi laʻana o kēia mau kikowaena e like me ke kahua hoʻomoana ʻo Machame, ke kahua hoʻomoana ʻo Barafu, Stella Point, The Uhuru Peak a ʻo ka hope loa ʻo Mweka Hut Campsite no ka haʻalele ʻana. E hauʻoli i ka piʻi ʻana iā Kilimanjaro me nā paka Tanzania.
Lā 01: Hōʻea
E kiʻi mākou iā ʻoe a hoʻoneʻe iā ʻoe i Venus Hotel no ka ʻaina ahiahi a me ka pō hoʻokahi
Nā lā 2:
Puka Machame/Kahua Hoʻomoana ʻo Machame
I ke kakahiaka nui ma hope o ka ʻaina kakahiaka, e hoʻomaka me ka holo kaʻa ʻana i ka puka ʻo Machame. E hoʻomaka i ka hele wāwae ma waena o ka nahele ua ma ke ala wili no 5-7 mau hola, a laila e hoʻomau ma mua o ka hale lima lima a hiki i kahi hoʻomoana ʻo Machame ma 3100m no ka ʻaina ahiahi a me ka pō.
Nā lā 3:
Kahua Hoʻomoana ʻo Machame/Kahua Hoʻomoana ʻo Shira
Ma hope koke iho o ka ʻaina kakahiaka, e haʻalele i nā wahi ākea o ka nahele ua a hoʻomau i ke ala piʻi, e hele ana ma ke awāwa liʻiliʻi a e hele ana ma kahi kualono pōhaku piʻi i uhi ʻia me ka heather a hiki i ka hopena o ke kualono. A laila huli ke ala i ke komohana i kahi ʻawāwa muliwai ma 3658m (5-7 hola) no ka ʻaina ahiahi a me ka pō ma kahi hoʻomoana ʻo Shira hut ma 3800m.
Nā lā 4:
Kahua Hoʻomoana ʻo Shira/Kahua Hoʻomoana ʻo Barranco
Mai ke kahua paʻa ʻo Shira, e hoʻomau i ka hele wāwae hikina i ka hale kiaʻi pele i kapa ʻia ʻo (ka niho o ka manō”). Ma hope koke iho o ka hale kiaʻi, hiki ʻoe i kahi huina e alakaʻi ana i ka glacier pana. E hoʻomau i kahi hoʻomoana hale ʻo Barranco ma 3950m no ka ʻaina ahiahi a me ka pō (5-7 hola hele wāwae).
Nā lā 5:
Barranco Camp/Karanga Valley Camp
Ma hope koke iho o ka ʻaina kakahiaka, e hoʻomaka me ka milo ʻana i loko o ke Kahawai, ma mua o kou piʻi ʻana i kona paia hikina a e hauʻoli ʻoe i nā hiʻohiʻona o nā kahua hau o Kilimanjaro, kahi ʻano ʻē o ka equator. E hele wāwae a hiki i kou hiki ʻana i kou kahua hoʻomoana ma ke awāwa ʻo Kilimanjaro Karanga ma 13,900 kapuaʻi, (4-5 mau hola o ka hele wāwae).
Nā lā 6:
Karanga Valley Camp/Barafu Camp
Ma hope o ka huakaʻi ʻaina kakahiaka ma ke awāwa ʻo Karanga, huli mālie ke ala i luna, e hahai ana i ke kualono pele a hiki i kahi hoʻomoana ʻo Barafu. E anuanu aʻe ka mahana a e ʻoi aku ka lahilahi o ka ʻāina i ko mākou hoʻokokoke ʻana aku i kahi hoʻomoana ʻo Barafu. Aia kahi hoʻomoana ʻo Barafu ma kahi pālahalaha bantam ma kahi kualono, e hana ana ma ke ʻano he kahua hoʻomoana kahi e hoʻāʻo ai ʻoe e piʻi i ka piko i ke aumoe. Aia kahi hoʻomoana ʻo Barafu ma 15,200 kapuaʻi, (6-7 hola hele wāwae).
Nā lā 7:
Barafu Camp/Uhuru Peak (Roof of Africa !)
Ma hope koke iho o ke aumoe, hele wāwae i ka lae ʻo Stella (5745m) ma ke ala e piʻi ai i ka piko, ʻo ia hoʻi ka piko ʻo UHURU, a ʻo kēia ʻāpana o ka piʻi ʻana he 8 mau hola. Maanei ʻoe e hōʻea ai i ka piko kiʻekiʻe loa ma ʻApelika (5895m)! Mai ka piko mai, e iho i lalo i kahi hoʻomoana ʻo Mweka hut ma 3100m no ka ʻaina ahiahi a me ka pō. (5 hola hele wāwae)
Nā lā 8:
Kahua Hoʻomoana ʻo Mweka/Puka ʻo Mweka
Hoʻopau ʻia kēia lā i ka iho ʻana i ka puka pā ʻo Mweka (3-4 hola). Ke hiki ʻoe i ka puka e hāʻawi ʻia ʻoe i kāu palapala hōʻoia piʻi a ma laila ma hope o kāu mea hoʻokele e mākaukau e hoʻoili iā ʻoe i ka Venus Hotel no ka ʻaina awakea, ka ʻaina ahiahi a me ka pō.
Nā lā 9:
hele
Ma hope koke o ka ʻaina kakahiaka e hoʻoneʻe ʻia ʻoe i ke kahua mokulele e lawe i kāu mokulele i ka home e like me kāu mau kikoʻī mokulele.
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- ʻO ka wai mineral palena ʻole i ka wā safari holoʻokoʻa
- ʻO nā uku pāka a pau no nā paka aupuni a pau
- ʻO nā ʻauhau aupuni a pau
- Nā hoʻoili āpau ma ka ʻāina nui
- Hoʻopakele ʻana o nā kauka lele AMREF
ʻAʻole i komo ke kumukūʻai Safari:
- Nā mokulele kūloko a me nā mokulele honua,
- Lako hele wāwae
- ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo,
- nā mea inu ma nā kahua hoʻomoana
- safari baluna ma Serengeti - $510 no ke kanaka
- nā huakaʻi ma Zanzibar a me
- nā mea ʻē aʻe i ʻole i ʻōlelo ʻia ma luna.
