Useful Kilimanjaro and Safari Links

SUPPORTING CANCER RESEARCH
Jimmy Fund
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

PRE-TRIP PLANNING

Tanzanian embassy in the U.S. Info on passports, VISA, and general tourism. Hasn’t recently been updated (since 2004)

U.S. State Dept: Background notes on Tanzania and Consular Information Sheet

CIA

Gear checklists: Alpine Ascents or Climbing Kilimanjaro

Getting Started: Site 1 or Site 2


MEDICAL ISSUES

Centers for Disease Control (CDC): First stop for learning about bugs and drugs

The World Health Organization (WHO) : Has a good downloadable PDF outlining all the bugs that should keep you up at night worrying how to avoid. See their travelers health section, followed by the PDF titled “Vaccine-preventable diseases, vaccines and vaccination”

High Altitude Medicine.

KILIMANJARO CLIMB

Zara Travel International . This is the company we will use for our Kilimanjaro climb. However, most of the pre-trip planning was done through contact with EWP, a British travel agency that manages the ZARA website.


SAFARI:
Roy’s Safari. One of the key reasons Ajay picked this company is the reputed quality of vehicles (Toyota Landcruisers or Landrovers). Breakdown of vehicles in the rugged plains of the Serengeti is not an uncommon thing, and automobile accident's are the number one cause of bad stuff for tourists.

We will stay at two different places during our safari:

Sopa Lodges. We will stay at the lodge located near the Ngorongoro Crater for one night on February 8, 2006.

Serengeti Serena Lodge. We will stay for two nights at this lodge on February 9 and 10th 2006.

OTHER BLOGS:
John's African Safari
Climb-Kili
kili2006 (continuation of Climb-Kili)
2002 Kilimanjaro Climb
marisa-u.blogspot.com