Mount Kilimanjaro is the highest peak on the African continent and the tallest free standing mountain in the world. For travellers it really is a must see and for some a must do. At SafariHQ, we offer Mount Kilimanjaro trekking safaris suited to a range of different requirements.

Mount Kilimanjaro is the highest peak on the African continent and the tallest free standing mountain in the world. It rises in breathtaking isolation from the surrounding coastal scrubland with an elevation ranging from around 900metres to an imperious 5,895 metres(19,336ft). Muont Kilimanjaro was born from catastrophic movements in the earth’s crust that created the Great Rift Valley.

Kilimanjaro is one of the worlds most accessible high summits. Most visitors will reach the crater rim with little more than a walking stick, proper clothing and determination. And those who reach Uhuru Point, the actual summit, or Gilman’s point on the lip of the crater, will have earned their climbing certificates.

The ascent of the slopes is a virtual climactic world tour from the tropics to the arctic. The cultivated foot-slopes give way to a lush montane forest inhabited by elusive elephant, leopard, buffalo, the endangered Abbot’s duiker and other small animals and primates. Higher still lies the moorland zone, where a cover of giant heather is studded with otherworldly giant lobelias.