·· Mt Kilimanjaro Safari:
A Climbers Conquest
UHURU Peak on Kilimanjaro, at 5,896 metres (19,344 feet) is Africa's highest peak and one of the world's tallest freestanding mountains. This world Heritage Site is a truly magnificent sight; rising, in isolated splendour, almost 5,000m from the surrounding savannah plains. Although considered extinct, it does emit steam and sulphur in Kibo's crater.
It is a hugely attractive mountain to climb because the summit can be reached without the need for ropes or technical mountaineering skills. The right preparation is vital, it is a 'serious' mountain and many fail to make the summit due to ascending too quickly and getting altitude sickness. Paying for the extra day is highly recommended!
The lower slopes are heavily cultivated with bananas, coffee and corn, by the Chagga tribe, but fields soon give way to dense rainforest to alpine moor land then to a barren, lunar-like landscape leading to the snow capped, twin summits of rounded Kibo and jagged Mawenzi. There are 10 popular lower slopes routes, which merge into 3 summit routes. Every route, except the Marangu one, offers wonderful opportunities for camp.
Nestled below Kilimanjaro is Moshi from where most climbing expeditions start and finish. Tourists arrive by road from Nairobi, Kenya or on daily international flights from Kenya, South Africa and Europe as well as internal flights from Dar-es-Salaam and Zanzibar into Kilimanjaro International Airport, 45km West, and a few miles North of the tiny Tanzanite lodes.
To the south-east are the little visited Pare and Usambara Mountains as well as Mkomazi Game Reserve bordering Kenya's Tsavo National Park.
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