点评:Very smooth experience with Beyond the Gorillas Experience when organising my Karisimbi hike. I messaged them via WhatsApp a week and a half in advance, and they confirmed everything on the day and organised my parks permit within a week.
The hike itself: Beyond the Gorillas experience organised a driver, guide, chef and porters for me. I was picked up in a timely fashion.
It was just myself in the group as I was travelling solo and no one else had booked the hike, so I had 7 staff with me and 10 armed soldiers! (Max tourist group size is 12 people, so the soldiers are to accommodate 12 people).
My trip was an overnight trip, and we were meant to sleep the night at 3600m, where they have a camp with a wooden hut that sleeps 12, and some cooking resources. Instead my guide thought we could make it all the way to the top, and back to the sleeping point in the first day, which we did.
Once back, the chef cooked me a 3- course meal, with a cup of tea and even prepared a hot water bottle for me before I went to bed. Then the next morning he also had a 3-course breakfast with coffee for me.
Terrain: For those unfamiliar with hiking, or don’t have a good baseline of fitness, I think it would be quite difficult, but still possible. The terrain is sometimes slippery, with big mud-holes, and the final 600m to the summit is quite steep and slippery. In saying this, the porters would be more than happy to assist, and the guide was very accommodating for fitness levels.
I think you could do the whole trip in 1 day and skip the overnight experience if you were tight on money, but you would be pushing it with time. Took me 6:45mins to reach the summit and then get back to the camping spot with some decent breaks that weren’t included in that time, and then 2hours to get back down to the base.
The whole hike in total is around 22.5km round trip.
They also provided sleeping bag, mattress and spare waterproof equipment/warm clothing if needed.
翻译:在安排我的 Karisimbi 徒步旅行时,Beyond the Gorillas Experience 的体验非常顺利。我提前一个半星期通过 WhatsApp 给他们发了消息,他们当天确认了一切,并在一周内安排了我的公园许可证。
徒步旅行本身:Beyond the Gorillas experience 为我安排了司机、导游、厨师和搬运工。他们及时来接我。
因为我是独自旅行,没有其他人预订徒步旅行,所以团队中只有我一个人,所以我有 7 名工作人员和 10 名武装士兵!(旅游团的最大规模是 12 人,所以士兵要容纳 12 人)。
我的旅行是过夜旅行,我们本应在 3600 米处过夜,那里有一个营地,里面有一间可容纳 12 人的木屋,还有一些烹饪资源。相反,我的导游认为我们可以一路到达山顶,并在第一天回到睡觉的地方,我们做到了。
回来后,厨师为我做了一顿三道菜的晚餐,还给我泡了一杯茶,甚至在我睡觉前还为我准备了一个热水瓶。第二天早上,他还为我准备了三道菜的早餐和咖啡。
地形:对于那些不熟悉徒步旅行或身体素质不佳的人来说,我认为这会相当困难,但仍然有可能。地形有时很滑,有大泥坑,到山顶的最后 600 米相当陡峭和湿滑。话虽如此,搬运工还是很乐意提供帮助,导游也非常乐意配合体能水平。
如果你手头拮据,我认为你可以在一天内完成整个行程,而省去过夜的体验,但你会拖延时间。我花了 6 分 45 秒到达山顶,然后回到露营地,中间有一些不错的休息时间,但这段时间不包括在内,然后花了 2 个小时回到基地。
整个徒步行程总共约 22.5 公里。
如果需要,他们还提供睡袋、床垫和备用防水设备/保暖衣物。