03 Dec 2021
Geofrey was really responsive and helpful with organizing the trip which made things easy for us especially now travelling in the COVID days.
William was our Mountain guide, he was really helpful, patient and positive with us.. I definitely recommend Meru slopes who were actually recommended to me by a friend who did safari with them.
My husband and I are beginners and this is only our second trek, we had four porters and one chef (governmen regulations for Arusha park to probably help the economy). I must say not carrying our bags helped alot as the trek was very challenging especially to do it in 3 days.. We unfortunately couldn't make it to Big Meru, we tried but I got scared with the rain and slippery rocks and decided to only hike upto Little Meru instead which for us was really lovely.
I think it is essential to highlight that this trek is not for beginners..it is doable for beginners upto Little Meru but not Big Meru.. and it would be good to add a fourth day for the decend as from the groups I met on the way, no one could walk all the way down from Big Meru to Momella gate on the same day (12-14 hours).
Apart from that everything was smooth and flexible with our level of fitness as we changed the trekking plan.. and the food was great as well as the porters support. Asante Sana