The tallest mountain is Kilimanjaro Mountain and National Park, which is situated in Tanzania, East Africa. 5,895 meters are the approximate altitude at which the mountain is located above sea level.
The mountain is about 200 miles south of the Equator. There are three volcanic cones that make up this mountain namely: Mawenzi, Shira and Kibo.
The Kilimanjaro covers an area of about 650 square kilometers. It runs a length of about 100 kilometer and a width of about 60 Kilometers. The park has distinctive vegetation zones.
About Kilimanjaro Mountain
The Kilimanjaro National park is one of the most visited park and one of the oldest in Tanzania. It is home to the tallest mountain in Africa and the tallest free standing mountain in the world.
The Kilimanjaro is basically not like most of the other national Parks in the northern circuit that attract tourist just to see wildlife and do game drives. People flock this national park to climb the tallest mountain in Africa.
You don’t expect game drives here as the park is basically a mountain. There is however some wildlife that you can see here but most people pay attention to the mountain which is also a UNESCO world heritage site and is also on the list of the wonders of Africa.
The park is generally about 50 Kilometers from Moshi town which is the largest nearby town and the nearby airport is Kilimanjaro International Airport which is in Arusha. This park covers an area of about 650 square kilometers.
The park attracts over 40,000 hikers annually. Apart from the hiking, there is wildlife that people can explore.
One of the special species of animals you can find here on the Kilimanjaro national park is the Cape buffalo. The park has a variety of vegetation types that you can explore more so while you hike the Kilimanjaro Mountain.
The vegetation types include: Cultivation zones, Moorland, Montane forests and the Alpine or arid vegetation.
The existence of the Tarakia and Namwai Rivers are two lesser-known marvels that are overshadowed by the fact that Kilimanjaro is the world’s tallest mountain.
The mountain basically has very many rodents and the most notable one being the Four-Striped Mouse. Other notable wildlife is the African bush Elephants, grey duikers, blue monkeys and the Black and white colubus monkeys.
You will rarely find all this wildlife on the trail. Since they are shy more so the snake species on the Kilimanjaro.
The Kilimanjaro Mountain basically stands at an elevation of about 5,890 meters above sea level.
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