This program travels the scenic Machame Route, with some game-viewing and bird watching opportunities along the first days’ path. Hike up across the Shira Plateau through the Grand Barranco Canyon and on to the top. This route one Covers 65kms, regarded as one of the most popular route for Kilimanjaro climbers… One Option is short 6-days on the Mountain, a programme that we recommend only to those with climbing experience, reasonable level of fitness and a yearning for a challenge. For the 6 Days the main difficulty lies in an altitude gain of over 2,000m (6,600 feet) in 24hrs including summiting, resulting in a 7% drop in success rates. We recommend the 7-day program whose success rates is 85% due to gradual acclimatization and will suit anyone aspiring to climb Kilimanjaro.
Overview
Travel is the movement of people between relatively distant geographical locations, and can involve travel by foot, bicycle, automobile, train, boat, bus, airplane, or other means, with or without luggage, and can be one way or round trip. Travel can also include relatively short stays between successive movements.
The origin of the word “travel” is most likely lost to history. The term “travel” may originate from the Old French word travail, which means ‘work’. According to the Merriam Webster dictionary, the first known use of the word travel was in the 14th century.
It also states that the word comes from Middle English travailen, travelen (which means to torment, labor, strive, journey) and earlier from Old French travailler (which means to work strenuously, toil). In English we still occasionally use the words “travail”, which means struggle. According to Simon Winchester in his book The Best Travelers’ Tales (2004), the words “travel” and “travail” both share an even more ancient root: a Roman instrument of torture called the tripalium (in Latin it means “three stakes”, as in to impale).
