点评:We had a great experience with Trek2Kili, but here I'll just talk about what the trek entails.
It entails a lot of hiking uphill. On day 1 you gain about 1000 meters from the park gate to Mariakamba Hut. The huts are like dorms or barracks--small rooms each including two pairs of bunk beds. If they're not at capacity, it looks like couples usually get a room to themselves. Bathrooms and dining are in separate buildings.
On day 2 you gain another 1000 meters to Saddle Hut.
The only day that requires more than just putting one foot in front of the other is day 3, summit day. You start in the wee small hours, which is good because in the dark you can't see the drop-off on the section where there's no trail and you have to use a chain to get through. After that, the caldera "knife edge" you may have heard about is no big deal, as the path is at least 5 feet wide at that point; it's just an uphill slog. The last push to the summit can require some scrambling. You should reach the summit around sunrise, then turn around and go back. On a 3-day trek, you go all the way back to the gate; with 4 days, you stop at Mariakamba and finish the next day.
If reaching the high summit is too daunting, you can just go to Little Meru (gaining about 350 meters instead of another 1000) on summit day, which doesn't require hiking in the dark.
翻译:我们在 Trek2Kili 的体验非常棒,但在这里我只想谈谈徒步旅行的内容。
它需要大量的上坡徒步。第一天,从公园大门到 Mariakamba Hut 大约需要 1000 米。小屋就像宿舍或营房——每个房间都很小,包括两对双层床。如果房间不够,看起来夫妻通常会有一间自己的房间。浴室和餐厅在不同的建筑物内。
第二天,你又需要爬 1000 米才能到达 Saddle Hut。
唯一需要的不仅仅是迈出一步的一天是第三天,也就是登顶的那一天。你在凌晨出发,这很好,因为在黑暗中你看不到没有小径的路段的落差,你必须使用链条才能通过。之后,您可能听说过的火山口“刀刃”就不是什么大问题了,因为那里的路至少有 5 英尺宽;这只是一段艰难的上坡路。最后一次冲顶可能需要一些攀爬。您应该在日出时到达山顶,然后转身返回。在 3 天的徒步旅行中,您可以一路回到大门;在 4 天的徒步旅行中,您会在 Mariakamba 停留并在第二天结束。
如果到达高峰太困难,您可以在登顶当天前往 Little Meru(上升约 350 米,而不是另外 1000 米),这样就不需要在黑暗中徒步旅行了。