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Say goodbye to the ordinary and say hello to the extraordinary Mount Kilimanjaro experience. Now is the best time for it! Located in the northeastern Tanzania, Mount Kilimanjaro is perfect and unforgettable adventure. It is like no place you have experienced before. 
 
MOUNT KILIMANJARO 
The snow-capped mountain at the Equator, surrounded by savanna where wild animals roam freely, Kilimanjaro is a mighty symbol for pristine Africa. It is the Africa’s highest point, the world’s highest free-standing mountain, one of the world’s largest volcanoes and world heritage and wonder of Africa. It has three volcano cones: Kibo, with the highest peak Uhuru (5,895m), Mawenzi, and Shira.The volcano erupted from the Sanya plains between 750,000 and 1 million years ago.  

The name Kilimanjaro is a mystery wreathed in clouds. It might mean Mountain of Light, Mountain of Greatness or Mountain of Caravans. Or it might not. The local people, the Wachagga, don’t even have a name for the whole massif, only Kipoo (now known as Kibo) for the familiar snowy peak that stands imperious, overseer of the continent, the summit of Africa. 

Some points of interest in the Kilimanjaro region are: Kilimanjaro National Park, Serengeti National Park, Arusha National Park (Little Serengeti), Lake Manyara National Park, Kikuletwa (Hotsprings), Olpopongi Maasai (overnight facilities in a Maasai village), Chagga Live Museum (traditional Chagga life), Marangu village. 
Kilimanjaro National Park 

Size: 1668 sq km (641 sq miles) 
Location: Northern Tanzania, near the town of Moshi. 

Getting there: 
-    128 km (80 miles) from Arusha 
-    1h drive from Kilimanjaro airport. 

Accommodation: 
-    Huts and campsites on the mountain. - Several hotels and campsites outside the park in the village of Marangu and town of Moshi. 

INTERESTING FACTS  ABOUT KILIMANJATO

• Mount Kilimanjaro is the highest free-standing mountain in the world at a spectacular height of 5,895m above sea level. (Mount Everest is just more than 2,950m higher). 
• The last volcanic activity of Mount Kilimanjaro occurred 200 years back, resulting in the ash pit that climbers today can see from Uhuru Peak. 
• Since 1912, Kilimanjaro has lost 82% of its ice cap, and since 1962 it has lost 55% of its remaining glaciers – all due to climate change. 
• There are seven official routes on Mount Kilimanjaro, six of which are used for ascent (Machame, Umbwe, Marangu, Shira, Lemosho, Rongai), and one of which is used for descent only (Mweka). 
• Approximately 35,000 people attempt climbing Kilimanjaro each year, of which only two thirds are usually successful. This is mostly due to altituderelated problems, forcing some climbers to turn back. 
• Hans Meyer (a German geologist), Ludwig Purtscheller, and a local named Lauwo were the first people ever to have reached the summit of Mt Kilimanjaro in October of 1889. (It is possible that the mountain had already been conquered earlier by locals, but was never documented). 
• Spanish mountain runner, Kilian Jornet, made the fastest ascent up the mountain in September 2010, at just 22 years of age. He reached the top of the Mountain in a startling 5 hours, 23 minutes and 50 seconds. 
• A porter from the very first successful summit lived to see the 100th celebration of the climb at an incredible 118 years of age! 
• The oldest person to climb Kilimanjaro is 89 year old American woman Anne Lorimor. 
• Nobody knows the real meaning of “Kilimanjaro”.