Kilimanjaro
It is the highest mountain in Africa and the highest single free-standing mountain above sea level in the world. It is a dormant volcano in Tanzania. It has three volcanic cones: Kibo, Mawenzi, and Shira.: 5,895 meters (19,341 ft) above sea level and about 4,900 meters (16,100 ft) above its plateau base. It is the highest volcano in Africa and the Eastern Hemisphere.
Kilimanjaro National Park became a National Park in 1973 and a World Heritage site in 1987. The very highest point was named Uhuru Point after Tanzania’s Independence in 1961. There is so much more to Kilimanjaro than her summit. Your hike will take you up through the lush rainforest to a moorland zone with giant heather and lobelia, and then on up still further to an Arctic landscape of ice snow and rock and without vegetation. And here on the roof of Africa in clear weather, the views are spellbinding.
There is a possibility of seeing wildlife while climbing Kilimanjaro, as there is a lot of it in the forests and moorland including Elephant, Buffalo, Leopard, Warthog, Bushpig, waterbuck, bushbuck, several species of monkey, and a lot of birds. There is a chance of seeing some or all of these on the hike up the lower and upper slopes.
