At one point during the climb one would want to give up. Just spur on and garner your last reserve. When you get up there you just collapse at the top of the rim and it takes one about two minutes to recover your breath only for a while. As you get to your feet the view takes your breath away!
The rim surrounds on emerald – green volcanic lake at the bottom of an extinct volcano and you can see miles and miles around you. Its breath taking, exhilarating and awesome. One understands the feeling of being “on top of the world” that people get when they reach the peak of a mountain, and why mountain climbing is so addictive. It’s a feeling like no other.
On the shores of the volcanic lake is Crater Lake camp, an up market, personally managed permanent tented camp with 23 beds in double and twin bedded tents, including a honeymoon suite with a double Jacuzzi bath. History is everywhere at Crater Lake . The private 10,000 acre sanctuary on which the camp is situated houses the famous hill top graves of Happy Valley tragic heroine, Lady Delamere and her last two husbands Gilbert Calville and Thomas Delamere. For the truly courageous, there are the mysterious “Caves of God” in the golden wheat fields of Ndabibi reputed to be one of the inspirations of Rider Haggard’s Allan Quartermain. Crater Lake offers classic escapes for special interest groups, including painting and astrology weekends as well as ornithological outings with local experts.
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