Location: Northern border, Tanzania
Overview:
Mount Kilimanjaro National Park is located along the northern border shared with Kenya, on Tanzanian side, it covers an area of 652 sq mi (1,688 sq km) which includes the montane forest that surrounds the Mount. The mountain earned its wonder status from being the tallest mountain in Africa and the tallest free-standing mountain in the world which saw it named ‘one of the Seven Natural Wonders of Africa and a UNESCO World Heritage site.
Known as the rooftop of Africa, there are multiple summits on the mountain with Uhuru Peak serving as the highest point at 19,341 Ft (5,895m) a part of the Kibo cone, which is one of 3 volcanic cones found on the mountain. Sira Shira is the shortest ‘peak’ at approx. 13,000 ft in elevation, said to have been the highest at one time but it collapsed to its current height 1000s of years ago, creating the bowl-shaped Shira Plateau.
Mount Kilimanjaro is the easiest climb of the “Seven Summits”, which include the tallest mountain from each of the seven continental regions and most frequently climbed. There are seven official routes up the mountain.
Uhuru Peak and part of the Mawenzi volcanic cone, two other volcanic cones known as Mawenzi at 16,893ft (5,149m), Shira at 13,140 ft (4,005m). Kibo is dormant with capability of a future eruption, Mawenzi and Shira are both extinct. Kibo stretches across 15miles (24km) and is the larger of the 3 volcanic cones.
Mount Kilimanjaro and the national park terrain is unique compared to most parks, most of the ecosystem is accounted for from the area between the base and summit, which provides for arctic ecosystem where a trek up the mountain delivers visitors through cultivated land, rainforest, heath, moorland and alpine desert.
There are seven different official routes up the mountains, namely:
Though wildlife is not abundant, elephants, leopards and buffaloes may be seen in the montane forest. The climb up Mount Kilimanjaro is an amazing experience even if you don’t reach the summit, the amazing views of the surrounding plains await travelers along the way up to the mountain.
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There are seven different routes that provide opportunities for the ascent to the summit.
Southern Routes: Marangu, Machame, and Umbwe are the three routes that ascend from the south.
Western Routes: Lemosho, Shira, and Northern Circuit are the three routes that ascend from the west.
Northern Route: There is only one route that ascends from the north known as Rongai.
The Marangu Route: one of the popular routes with traditional visitors, known as the Coca Coal Route, it features one of the more gradual slopes with sleeping huts along the way, it is the oldest and more established routes.
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