Day 7 – Horombo Camp to Marangu Park Gate to Hotel

We were woken at 6.35am with our usual bowls of water to wash. After breakfast the porters and guides gathered to sing the Kilimanjaro Song to us (amazing experience) and we sang 3 verses from 3 songs (not so amazing!).

On behalf of the group I then thanked the porters/guides and we gave them $570 as a gesture of our thanks. We then walked for 7 hours back to the Marangu Gate to meet some of our Porters and collect our bags.  Small things can create great excitement as we had our passports stamped to prove that we actually reached the summit.

The final step in our journey was a 3 hour bus journey back to the hotel. I was fortunate to sit next to the ‘water guy’, George, who on the trek had ensured we always had clean waterand – it was great chat with him about his lovely country.

Excitement was obvious within the group as we knew showers, beds and beer were all very close.

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Dave

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