From start to finish our trip to the sunrise was perfect!
Our driver arrived bang on time and sent a lovely message to alert us of his arrival, he was very patient with us considering we were running 10 minutes late 🤦♂️
Our driver then gave us a detailed description of what would be happening next, where we would be going and who we would be meeting. He was very informative, positive, happy and the most important, safe while driving at 230am.
We then picked up our tour guide Armada, who is quite possibly the most wonderful human I have ever met! Kind, caring, hilarious and made a lovely breakfast (more about that later)
We arrived and began our hike, we were equipped with hiking sticks and flash lights. Armada allowed us to go at our own pace and couldn't help us enough. I forgot my inhaler which meant while I was regulating my breathing at the start and I did struggle but only because of my own foolishness, Armada even carried my bag AND his own while I was sorting myself out.
When we made it to the peak Armada laid carpet down on a bench and wrapped us in a blanket after we put our warm hoodies on (it gets chilly at the top, we were reminded several times to bring warm clothes for the top by email and our driver, this is a must!)
Our breakfast was delicious! We first had a hot cup of tea (coffee and green tea was also offered) then Armada made us banana sandwiches and some boiled eggs to munch on while we witnessed the beautiful sunrise.
We began our decent a different way from where we originally trekked and boy! Did those sticks come in handy as It gets abit slippery with some loose gravel, however, any time some gravel shifted beneath me, Armada was checking we were OK and then keeping a score for who slipped the most, he even offered me a piggy back 😅
The decent down is very safe, just watch the loose gravel and go steady. (No steep drops)
We were shown wild growing fruit and temples on our way to the bottom to meet our driver. As soon as we arrived at the bottom our driver pulled up immediately to take us to the Hot springs which was heaven on our tired little legs!
The trip couldn't have been made more perfect by our driver and tour guide
1,000,000 stars!