December 24, 2019 Phunuru and team send holiday greetings from Shira Camp in Tanzania, on the slopes of Mt. Kilimanjaro. A little mist today but who cares? Everyone is doing well.   Tomorrow is Baranco Camp, one of the most scenic on the mountain and a pretty amazing place to spend Christmas. Remember, they’re about […]

December 23, 2019 Phunuru is working his magic again as lead guide on our Holiday season Kilimanjaro trip. Great photo, Phunuru!  They’re all smiling – no need to say more. Phil Ershler

December 23, 2019 IMG senior guide, Phunuru Sherpa, reports from Moshi, Tanzania that our annual Holiday Kilimanjaro Climb and Safari trip is on the launch pad, ready to start. Yesterday the team did their equipment checks, packed and weighed their duffel bags, and also took a side trip into town to visit the local market […]

October 5, 2019 Harry and team checked in one last time from the Farmhouse Lodge. Classic lodge/restaurant below Ngorongoro and an absolutely great spot to wrap up the trip. They finished the safari portion of their trip exploring the floor of the Ngorongoro Crater. It’s just all pretty special. An easy day after lunch back […]

October 4, 2019 The team spent a full day game viewing and moving through the Serengeti in our private safari vehicles. It went about as well as one could expect with many sightings, including 8 cheetah.  Ngorongoro Crater with a stop beforehand at Oldavai Gorge will keep the team busy today. Their last night together […]

October 3, 2019 Harry sent us good news and a couple of great photos.  Day 1 of their safari is complete. Day 1 is always exciting, especially when totally relaxed after a great climb and you start seeing so many of the Big Five on even the first day!  The elephant photo he sent is […]

October 2, 2019 Great climb, great success, and now it’s time or a great safari. The Kili team is Serengeti bound and will likely have seen a good chunk of what the East African safari experience has to offer by the time their first day is over. How can they be in anything other than […]

September 30, 2019   IMG senior guide Harry Hamlin called on the sat phone from Mweka Camp (about 11,000 feet) to report that the Kili team had finished their descent and were all doing well, and that they had a perfect day for their climb to the Roof of Africa!  They started climbing at midnight […]

September 29, 2019   Harry Hamlin reports that the team is ready to go for their summit bid!  They had a nice hike up to Barafu Camp today, at about 15,000 feet.  As planned, they got there in time for lunch and then had all afternoon to get packed and then get horizontal (lie down […]