Crystal Cruises Becomes First Cruise Line to Offer Kilimanjaro Excursion
Wednesday June 7, 2006
Cruise lines continue to entice those of us who love to travel with exciting new adventures. The latest "trip of a lifetime" is from luxury cruise line Crystal Cruises. Crystal is offering a new overland adventure to the top of Mount Kilimanjaro. Hikers will climb from an equatorial jungle through a dense cloud forest to the perpetually ice- and snow-capped summit and get a chance to climb 19,340 feet to Uhuru Peak, the highest peak in Africa. And to think that some people say that cruising is just for the old and infirm!The nine-night extended land program debuts in March 2007, and is available pre- or post-cruise in conjunction with two Crystal Serenity itineraries beginning or ending in Cape Town, South Africa. The trek to the top of the highest free-standing mountain on earth is offered through the line's partnership with Micato Safaris.
Crystal Cruises Becomes First Cruise Line to Offer Kilimanjaro Excursion
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Comments
Why would they offer a kilimanjaro climb at the start of the rainy season?
Good point, but Crystal’s dates are connected to its world cruise, and the Crystal Serenity will be in Cape Town in early March. The cruise line is giving its passengers the Kilimanjaro excursion as an “add on”.
I also thought that Kilimanjaro’s rainy season “officially” starts in April, so Crystal’s excursions are actually a little before then. Passengers disembarking in Cape Town will have a post cruise excursion starting on March 3. Those embarking in Cape Town on March 3 will have the Kilimanjaro climb in late February.