Tag: Tanzania

Hungry like the wolf?

KILLING TIME AT THE SERENGETI

Sun sets down on the vast plains of Northern Tanzania, coloring the Serengeti in Scarlet and Orange. Photographers call this time the “magic hour”. They say it’s because the warm and angular lightning makes the pictures more dramatic. But there’s another drama playing here. Dusk also happens to be the best hunting hour for the big cats, and one of them just happens readying itself for dinner on top of one of the Acacia trees ahead of us. We stop our breath in anticipation…

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28 hours later

LIFE & DEATH ON THE SERENGETI

Orcs! Brutish, aggressive, ugly, malevolent orcs! I’m perplexed at the site of the kill as if seeing a scene taken straight out of Tolkien’s Lord of the Ring. Just look at it. Its ears have been chewed off – probably during an argument with the other Orcs in the clan on who gets to eat Frodo first. I would have said it has a face only a mother could love, but he probably ate her already.

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The hardest thing

Climbing Mt. Meru is not for the faint-hearted. But it is highly rewarding. From the massively deep, moon-like crater in the center of it, to the razor-sharp giant rim that surrounds it, Meru is all about extremes.

6 REASONS WHY CLIMBING Mt. MERU SHOULD BE ON YOUR “BUCKET LIST”, AND 1 REASON WHY IT NEVER WILL

It’s 6am, 3 degrees south of the equator, and the sub-zero winds are beating hard. Tired, broken, and exhausted, I glimpse as the first orange rays of sun wash the peak of the mighty Kilimanjaro. I then slump breathless against a frozen rock crevice and pass out for 10 minutes.

Welcome to Mount Meru, voted as the most rewarding and scenic climb in Africa. While I don’t know much about that research, what I do know is that ascending Mt. Meru is the most beautiful climbing trek I’ve done in my life. Yeah, that simple. I also know that despite the above titles, almost no one will follow. Below are all the reasons why you should (and why you’ll never).

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7 essential tips to climbing Kilimanjaro

AND ONE SECRET NOBODY WILL TELL YOU…

That’s me. Smiling wearily on top of Africa.
I summited the 5,895m (19,341ft) Uhuru peak – the highest of Kilimanjaro’s several peaks – in 2013.

6:46am February 15th, 2013
6:46 am February 15th, 2013

Ever since I posted this photo on my Facebook account, I had a steady flow of aspiring Kilimanjaro climbers asking me for tips and advice. Feeling the need, I decided to put my knowledge base in writing.

Here goes…

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