{"id":7554,"date":"2022-03-09T06:53:51","date_gmt":"2022-03-09T06:53:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.afrikanadventure.co\/?page_id=7554"},"modified":"2024-03-16T15:45:45","modified_gmt":"2024-03-16T15:45:45","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.afrikanadventure.co\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Dr. Anindita completed MBBS in 1993 and MD in internal medicine in 1999. She worked in a medical college in the department of Neurology and the department of Nephrology till 2002.In her first major climb to Kilimanjaro in January 2016, via the Machame route she met Frank. Convinced by their capabilities the duo decided to create Afrikan Adventure together. Being a primary investor in the organisation along with Frank, the company is registered under Tanzanian Government.<\/p>\n

Frank and Anindita are partners and have a vision to help people climb this majestic mountain and see the amazing, surreal wildlife in Tanzania safely and have an adventure of a lifetime.<\/p>\n

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Nothing trained me for the actual thing!! It was a mountain of a magnitude I could not even imagine!! For 3 weeks before I left I couldn\u2019t sleep well at night due to fear of the unknown. Finally the day arrived and the climb started. By this time I had calmed myself enough to say that I was only going to try whatever I could do and will try thinking of reaching from camp to camp!!<\/span><\/p>\n

First day we started and it\u2019s a beautiful rainforest for about 18km. Took me about 6 hours to do it . Reminded me of Little Red Riding Hood going to her grandma\u2019s house!! But as we had started late due to formalities to be completed, the last 40 min was in darkness with hyena calls!! Was scary and exciting!! Day 2 was supposedly a steep climb!! And steep it was from Machame hut to Shira camp. Rocks, rocks and more rocks. Passes and ravines were crossed and it was tough. By day 3, which was a 12 hour day for me, from Shira, up to Lava tower, steep descends to Barranco camp, at the base of Barranco wall!! I was exhausted and didn\u2019t think I could do another day of this relentless and strenuous climb. By this time there was this guy, my guide, Frank, with me who was being seriously patient and wouldn\u2019t give up on me. Next day in my head was the toughest thing I had to do, which was climb the Barranco wall!! Take the leap of faith, kiss the wall, which was the most exhilarating thing I had ever done in my life.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner offset=”vc_col-lg-12 vc_col-md-11 vc_col-xs-12″][vc_column_text]There was this seriously pro guide Frank because of whom I so thoroughly enjoyed this climb like I had never imagined that I would!! For me my climb got over as I had conquered the dreaded Barranco wall and my fear of heights. But the day was not over yet!! Had to reach karanga for a short break and then continue to Barafu!! If I thought that these last few days were hard, and the Barranco wall was tough, this karanga to Barafu was horrendous !! By the time I reached it was almost 8:30 pm. I was exhausted I could barely take a step forward. I actually broke down and told these guys to just leave me there and let me be. I felt like a prisoner of war who was going to drop dead due to exhaustion!! Again because of Frank, and I have no idea how, I reached the dinner tent. My entire group applauded my fear of reaching there conscious and in one piece . At this point I decided that no one in the group, my guide or porters needed to wait for another long haul for me the next day to summit and hence decided to stay back at Barafu.<\/span><\/p>\n

Barafu was absolutely the worst camp. Rocky, steep, slanting, cold like hell and what not!! My group left around 2:30 am to summit, I stayed in the tent and shivered all night!!! I spoke to my family from Barafu and told them that I had consciously taken a decision not to summit and they were glad I had just survived this. Must have fallen off to sleep at some 5 am or so and then Frank, who had stayed back with me, came and woke me up and I saw the most beautiful sunrise ever!! Had tea and some breakfast. For the first time I also had some downtime . Sat in the dinner tent, had some breakfast, showed some pictures of my family, saw some pictures of Frank\u2019s family and now that I wasn\u2019t exhausted and was feeling great and thinking that I had achieved my target of camp to camp and actually reached the last camp, and this entire experience was almost over, and at this point made a friend for life with my guide . To me he helped me achieve my dream and conquer my fear!! Not a single gesture of impatience, rudeness or anything inappropriate in these last 5 days and nights. Then started the climb back . This too was not easy and was damn hard but by now when Frank was with me I could do anything. Next day I reached the hotel in Arusha, and saw a clean bed, shower, sink with running water in it, and these things took on a different meaning of luxury !! Till now there was just me, the mountain and God in the form of rock which didn\u2019t let me slip, the boot of my guide which held my foot in place and the hand which was extended to help me climb up or down without asking!!<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_content_width=”grid” content_text_aligment=”center” simple_background_color=”#fbfafa” css=”.vc_custom_1646125546093{padding-top: 30px !important;}”][vc_column]

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Great Afrikan Escape<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>

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Experience the best of Tanzania<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>

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\n\t\t\t\tWHY AFRIKAN ADVENTURE ?\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t <\/span>\n \t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_content_width=”grid” css=”.vc_custom_1646309259034{padding-top: 50px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;}” simple_background_color=”#0a0a0a”][vc_column css=”.vc_custom_1641562163736{padding-right: 8% !important;padding-left: 8% !important;}” offset=”vc_col-lg-offset-0 vc_col-lg-4 vc_col-md-offset-0 vc_col-md-6 vc_col-sm-offset-0″]
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We guide your adventure along Tanzanian land with personalised professional along the summit of Kilimanjaro and across the natural wildlife of Tanzania with years of experience in treks, safaris and mountaineering.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>[vc_empty_space height=”50px”][\/vc_column][vc_column css=”.vc_custom_1641562168921{padding-right: 8% !important;padding-left: 8% !important;}” offset=”vc_col-lg-offset-0 vc_col-lg-4 vc_col-md-offset-0 vc_col-md-6 vc_col-sm-offset-0″]

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We guideyour adventure along Tanzanian land with personalised professional along the summit of Kilimanjaro and across the natural wildlife of Tanzania with years of experience in treks, safaris and mountaineering.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>[vc_empty_space height=”50px”][\/vc_column][vc_column css=”.vc_custom_1641562174909{padding-right: 8% !important;padding-left: 8% !important;}” offset=”vc_col-lg-offset-0 vc_col-lg-4 vc_col-md-offset-0 vc_col-md-6 vc_col-sm-offset-0″]

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