Mount Meru

Mount kilimanjaro

Mount Kilimanjaro is a sacred place. The Region of Kilimanjaro is even named after it. When people think about climbing mountains in Africa, the Tallest, mountain Kilimanjaro comes to mind. However, in Tanzania we have several small mountains including mount Meru, Mount Oldoinyo lengai, the active volcano mountain. Mount Kilimanjaro Mount Kilimanjaro or just Kilimanjaro, with its three volcanic cones Kibo, Mawenzi and Shira. Uhuru Peak is the highest summit on Kibo's crater rim. It is the highest mountain in Africa and the highest single free-standing mountain in the world, with its summit of 5,895 above sea level. The first people known to have reached the summit of the mountain were Hans Meyer and Ludwig Purtscheller, in 1889. The mountain is part of Kilimanjaro National Park and is a major climbing destination. Animals are rare on Kilimanjaro and are more frequent in the forests and lower parts of the mountain. Elephants and Cape buffaloes are among the animals that can be potentially hazardous to trekkers. Bushbucks, chameleons, dik-diks, duikers, mongooses, sunbirds, and warthogs have also been seen.