The Seven Summits

Mount Kilimanjaro

Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania - highest mountain in Africa

Kilimanjaro is the highest mountain in Africa and is an extinct volcano.

The summit crater is known as Kibo and its highest point

Uhuru ( 19,340ft ) is the highest peak in Africa.

Kilimanjaro's second cone, Mawenzi (16,893 ft), is the third highest

peak in Africa ( Mount Kenya, 17,057 ft is the second highest ).

On the ascent of Kilimanjaro the surrounding vegetation changes from

scrub-lands, inhabited with African wildlife, through lush forests to

alpine tundra before reaching the snowline at about 15,000 feet.

Kilimanjaro - Photo Gallery

Mount Kilimanjaro

Aerial view of Mount Kilimanjaro

Mount Kilimanjaro

Camp on ascent of Kilimanjaro


Ice Cap on Mount Kilimanjaro

Ice Cap of Kilimanjaro

Ice Pinnacles on Kilimanjaro

Summit plateau of Kilimanjaro

Summit crater of Kilimanjaro

Sunrise from Kilimanjaro

Ascent Routes on Mount Kilimanjaro

Kilimanjaro - Routes Map

Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania

As the highest of the Mountains in Africa,

Kilimanjaro is one of the Seven Summits

- the highest mountains of the 7 continents.

It is also one of the " Volcanic Seven "

- the highest volcanoes of the 7 continents.

Giraffe and Mount Kilimanjaro

Giraffes and Mount Kilimanjaro

Elephants beneath Mount Kilimanjaro

Mount Kilimanjaro from Amboseli National Park in Tanzania - highest mountain in Africa

Mount Kilimanjaro from Amboseli National Park in Kenya

At 5896 metres ( nearly four miles) above sea level,
the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro is the highest point on earth to which you can walk.
This is a mountain of contrasts and extremes.
You start from tropical rain forest and finish in arctic conditions,
passing through a landscape formed by ice and fire.
Yet any well-prepared walker with enough determination may be able to reach 'the Roof of Africa'.
The greatest challenge is the huge altitude gain with the attendant risk of altitude sickness.