KILIMANJARO NATIONAL PARK
Mount Kilimanjaro National Park is national park located in Kilimanjaro region, near Moshi City. The park can be accessed by road or flight via Kilimanjaro International Airport – about 45km to the west. The Park Headquarters and one of the ascending gates are located at Marangu, about 41Km from Moshi town and 86km from Kilimanjaro International Airport. The other seven gates of Rongai, Machame, Londorosi, Lemosho, Kilema, Mweka and Umbwe are located around the mountain base and can be reached by road throughout the year.
The park includes the whole of Mount Kilimanjaro above the tree line and the surrounding Montana belt above 1,820 meters and covers an area of 1,688 square kilometers. At the height of 5,895 meter is the Kilimanjaro Mountain, the highest point in Africa. This volcanic massif stands in splendid isolation above the surrounding plains, with its snowy peak looming over the savannah. The park is encircled by mountain forest. Numerous wild mammals of which many of them are endangered species live in the park.
Mount Kilimanjaro National Park covering an area of some 75,575 ha protects the largest free standing volcanic mass in the world and the highest mountain in Africa, rising 4877m above surrounding plains to 5895m at its peak. With its snow-capped peak, the Kilimanjaro is a superlative natural phenomenon, standing in isolation above the surrounding plains overlooking the savannah.