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	Mount kilimanjaro
		Mount Kilimanjaro stands on an otherwise featureless part of the East African plateau, on the Tanzanian side of the Kenya border, side by side with the smaller Mount Meru.
		Kilimanjaro was to remain a mountain of myth and superstition throughout the centuries - one of the great secrets of interior of 'the dark continent' It was actually the desire to find the source of the Nile that drove British explorers and geographers to first head inland towards the mysterious mountain around 1840 onwards.
		Mount Kilimanjaro was born of the catastrophic movements in the Earth's crust that created the Great Rift Valley that runs from the Red Sea through Tanzania to Southern Africa.
	simbaeastafricansafari.com /mount_kilimanjaro.htm (3724 words)

	Kilimanjaro, Tanzania (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Kilimanjaro is a giant stratovolcano reaching an elevation of 19,335.6 ft. (5,895 m).
		Kilimanjaro is a triple volcano with the youngest and central peak of Kibo being 7.5-8.7 miles (12-14 km) from Shira to the west and Mawenza to the east.
		Kilimanjaro- Africa's largest volcano and among the largest on the Earth is indeed a beautiful and fascinating volcano of the world.
	volcano.und.nodak.edu /vwdocs/volc_images/img_kilimanjaro.html (484 words)

	Mount Kilimanjaro - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Although new activity is not expected, there are fears the volcano may collapse, causing a major eruption similar to Mount St. Helens.
		Kilimanjaro is also the highest point in the world to be covered by a GSM mobile phone network.
		The loss of the Kilimanjaro ice fields will carry significant climatological and hydrological implications for local populations who depend on water from the ice fields during the dry seasons and monsoon failures.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kilimanjaro (986 words)

	Mount Kilimanjaro - Tanzania - Kilimanjaro
		Mount Kilimanjaro, the highest Mountain in Africa, is located in northern Tanzania (formerly called Tanganyika).
		Mount Kilimanjaro, an extinct volcanic Mountain, is 19,341 feet in height.
		Mount Kilimanjaro had been thought to be the source of River Nile and a Mountain of mystery - the mystery being a snow capped Mountain in Africa.
	www.africanmeccasafaris.com /tanzania/mountainclimbing/mountkilimanjaro/mountkilimanjaro.asp (661 words)

	Mount Kilimanjaro
		Mount Kilimanjaro lies on the border of Tanzania and Kenya, just south of the Equator.
		The three summits of Mount Kilimanjaro, Shira, Kibo and Mawenzi are all of very recent origin.
		Mount Kilimanjaro, the highest mountain in Africa, now attracts many thousands of walkers each year.
	www.ewpnet.com /kilimanjaro.htm (444 words)

	Climbing Mount Kilimanjaro - Overview
		Kilimanjaro National Park is wholly in Tanzania straddling the northern border with Kenya.
		Mount Meru is in Arusha National Park and is relatively closer to Arusha town.
		Kilimanjaro is the highest and youngest of the three big volcanoes of East Africa (Mt. Kenya 5199m and Elgon 4321m being the other two).
	kilimanjaro.malinikaushik.com (2881 words)

	EO Newsroom: New Images - Mount Kilimanjaro Closeup (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Mount Kilimanjaro is a dormant stratovolcano and the highest mountain in Africa.
		While clear conditions over Kilimanjaro allow for the collection of spectacular images like these, the lack of cloud cover may be one cause for the glaciers’ retreat.
		The loss of Kilimanjaro’s permanent ice fields will have both climatological and hydrological implications for local populations who depend on access to melt water from the ice fields as a source of fresh water during dry seasons and monsoon failures.
	earth.jsc.nasa.gov /EarthObservatory/MountKilimanjaroCloseup.htm (504 words)

	Mount Kilimanjaro Photo Wake-Up Call for Action Against Global Warming
		LONDON -- A photo of Mount Kilimanjaro stripped of its snowcap for the first time in 11,000 years will be used as dramatic testimony for action against global warming as ministers from the world's biggest polluters meet on Tuesday.
		A photo of Mount Kilimanjaro stripped of its snowcap for the first time in 11,000 years will be used as dramatic testimony for action against global warming as ministers from the world's biggest polluters meet on Tuesday.
		The pictures include one of Kilimanjaro almost bare of its icecap because of global warming, and coastal defences in the Marshall Islands threatened with swamping from rising sea levels.
	www.commondreams.org /headlines05/0314-10.htm (742 words)

	Mount Kilimanjaro: Scaling Africa's Roof \| GORP
		Kilimanjaro dominates the savanna of East Africa the way a luxury liner does a marina clogged with dinky sail boats.
		Out of the flatlands comes this unexpected explosion of mass; as Hemingway wrote in his famous short story,"as wide as all the world, great, high, and unbelievably white in the sun." The generating force was volcanic, the most recent eruption having occurred sometime in the 1700s.
		Kilimanjaro is said to mean, among other things, Mountain of Greatness, White Mountain, and Mountain of Caravans.
	gorp.away.com /gorp/location/africa/tanzania/ta_kili.htm (1194 words)

	Mount Kilimanjaro temperatures, climate, topography, history and facts
		KILIMANJARO is the highest mountain in Africa and the tallest freestanding mountain known to man. It is a mountain where you can hike for more than 90 kilometers, gain 4 000 meters in altitude, traverse rain forest, moorland, alpine desert, snow fields and ice cliffs, all virtually on the equator!
		Although it was spoken of in the second century, Mount Kilimanjaro was only "discovered" by the western world in 1848, when the German missionary Johannes Rebmann came within sight of the mountain, explored the area and traversed the lower slopes.
		Today, hikers make up the bulk of all those who conquer Kilimanjaro, and the mountain is in fact one of the highest peaks accessible to hikers in the world.
	www.climbingkilimanjaro.com /overview.htm (1463 words)

	Mount Kilimanjaro
		The Mount Kilimanjaro - Rongai route starts just south of the Kenya -Tanzania border and has been almost unused for many years because the area was considered “sensitive”.
		The Mount Kilimanjaro - Rongai route begins in attractive farmland and delightful forest, with the possibility of wildlife viewing, and passes through several different climate zones, adding considerably to the interest of the trek.
		Mount Kilimanjaro is a big mountain and should not be under estimated.
	www.safari-vacations.com /rongai.php (1255 words)

	Kilimanjaro National Park - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Kilimanjaro National Park is a national park, located near Moshi, Tanzania.
		It is centered on Mount Kilimanjaro, and covers an area of 753 km² from 2°45'–3°25'S, 37°00'–37°43'E. In the 1910s, Mount Kilimanjaro and its forests was declared a game reserve by the German colonial government.
		Kilimanjaro National Park at the UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kilimanjaro_National_Park (152 words)

	Africa Sun News - Climb Mount Kilimanjaro
		Mount Kilimanjaro is the highest mountain on the African continent and, at 19,340 feet, is one of the world's "Seven Summits".
		Mount Kilimanjaro is comprised of three volcanos, is 37 miles long and 25 miles across and each year 15,000 people attempt to reach its summit.
		You can climb Mount Kilimanjaro any time of the year, as the season changes are not extreme in sub-Saharan Africa.
	www.africasunnews.com /kilimanjaro.html (312 words)

	Climbing Treking Mount Kilimanjaro
		At 5894 metres/19330 feet, Kilimanjaro is the highest peak to trek/climb in Africa and, therefore, one of the world's seven continental summits.
		On Mount Kenya a traverse of the mountain via the Chogoria and Sirimon routes is a superb trek and provides a near perfect acclimatisation programme.
		On Kilimanjaro we take the Machame Route through luxuriant rainforest and across high alpine tundra to reach the summit's glaciated crater rim.
	www.keadventure.com /mountkilimanjaro.php (447 words)

	Mount Kilimanjaro and National Park \| GORP
		Mount Kilimanjaro rises majestically from a rolling plain close to the Indian Ocean from hot savanna to a barren and frigid 3-1/2 mile high peak.
		Climbing Kilimanjaro is a must-do challenge for almost every trekker and mountaineer in the world.
		Kilimanjaro stands a scant 205 miles south of the equator, on the northern boundary of Tanzania.
	gorp.away.com /gorp/location/africa/tanzania/home_kil.htm (650 words)

	Mount Kilimanjaro travel guide - Wikitravel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Mount Kilimanjaro is a currently inactive strato-volcano in northern Tanzania, near the border with Kenya.
		Although positioned close to the Equator (205 miles south), Mount Kilimanjaro is famous as Africa's snow-capped mountain looming over the plains of the savannah.
		Kilimanjaro National Park protects the area above 2,700 metres (8,850 ft), on the mountain and includes the moorland and highland zones, Shira Plateau, Kibo and Mawenzi peaks.
	wikitravel.org /en/Mount_Kilimanjaro (790 words)

	Tanzania Tourist Board :: Places to Go :: Mountains & Volcanoes :: Mount Kilimanjaro (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Above the gently rolling hills and plateaux of northern Tanzania rises the snowy peak of Mt. Kilimanjaro, it’s slopes and glaciers shimmering above the rising clouds.
		Kilimanjaro is located near the town of Moshi and is a protected area, carefully regulated for climbers to enjoy without leaving a trace of their presence.
		Climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro is the highlight of most visitors’ experiences in Tanzania.
	tanzaniatouristboard.com /places_to_go/mountains_and_volcanoes/mount_kilimanjaro (261 words)

	Kilimanjaro : safari guide, Tanzania
		There is always an element of surprise when you catch a glipse of its fading snow-cap, here of all places, in the middle of an otherwise featureless plain, just three degrees South of the equator.
		Kilimanjaro is the combined remains of three extinct volcanoes, Shira, Kibo and Mawenzi.
		The central peak, Kibo, with its famous crater is the main feature and Uhuru Peak is the highest point and the goal for most trekkers.
	www.intotanzania.com /safari/tanzania/north/peaks/kilimanjaro/kilimanjaro-01-intro.htm (316 words)

	Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, Africa
		The facts are now known: Kilimanjaro, in the northern reaches of Tanzania, is Africa's highest peak (19,341 feet) and is covered not in clouds but in glacial ice.
		Kilimanjaro isn't a technical climb, but it is a serious one.
		Kilimanjaro is often described as the world's tallest freestanding mountain--which isn't quite correct.
	budgettravelonline.com /bt-dyn/content/article/2006/02/07/AR2006020700852.html (545 words)

	Kilimanjaro
		The two main summits of Kilimanjaro: craggy Mawenzi, 5149m, and 'flat-topped', Kibo, 5896m are separated by The Saddle, a 5km wide, high-altitude, semi-desert.
		Kilimanjaro may be attempted by strong mountain walkers, however it is easy to gain height too quickly and altitude related illness or considerable discomfort is experienced by many who try to go up too fast.
		In Tanzania Mount Meru is a high beautiful volcanic mountain perfect as training before the ascent of Kilimanjaro.
	www.ewpnet.com /Kili.htm (463 words)

	Info Tanzania
		The most numerically significant groups are the Sukoma of Lake Victoria, the Hehe of Iringa, the Gogo of Dodoma, the Chagga of Kilimanjaro and the Nyamwezi of Tabora.
		Highland zones in the Northeast (Kilimanjaro, Pare and Usambara), east (Uluguru) and south (Livingstone, Poroto, Rungwe) of the country are quite pleasant with balmy clear days.
		Mount Kilimanjaro is the tallest freestanding mountain in the world, so can truly be regarded as the roof of Africa.
	www.wssafari.com /info.html (2380 words)

	CNN.com - Travel - Climb to Mount Kilimanjaro summit brings challenges, exhilaration - August 25, 2000
		KILIMANJARO, Tanzania (AP) -- As he neared the summit of storied Mount Kilimanjaro, a hopeful Matt Treger contemplated an entry in his journal.
		Mount Kilimanjaro, once an active volcano, but now dormant, rises out of the East African plains on the northern tip of Tanzania near the Kenyan border.
		Each climbing day on Kilimanjaro yields a different wilderness experience as hikers ascend through five climate zones, beginning in the rain forest and capping off in the arctic zone.
	archives.cnn.com /2000/TRAVEL/PURSUITS/OUTDOORS/08/25/climbing.kilimanjaro.ap (1453 words)

	Kilimanjaro Climb
		ZARA is one of the top Kilimanjaro operators with an excellent reputation and a very high success rate.
		But success depends mainly on you - it is up to you to make some important choices; in particular which route you ascend and for how many days.
		This is a Kilimanjaro Park guideline which should be adhered to.
	www.kilimanjaro.co.tz /kilimanjaro.htm (309 words)

	Mountain Travel Sobek \| Climb Kilimanjaro. We offer two routes climbing Mount Kilimanjaro
		Crowned by eternal snows, Mount Kilimanjaro is an overwhelming presence on the African landscape (it's no wonder the local people call it the "Home of God").
		To climb Kilimanjaro and stand on the roof of Africa (and one of the world's seven summits!) is a dream of every adventurer.
		Follow the least traveled route to the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro, and enjoy Africa's remarkable wildlife on safari in Amboseli and the thrill of a foot safari in Tsavo East National Park.
	www.mtsobek.com /features/Climb_Kilimanjaro (443 words)

	Mount Kilimanjaro, Machame Traverse and Safari, Africa, Guided by Alaska Mountaineering School
		Mount Kilimanjaro, Machame Traverse and Tanzanian Wildlife Safari
		AMS's approach to climbing Kilimanjaro and safari is the same as all our expeditions; we have an organized plan which respects the hazards, enjoys the culture, avoids environmental impact, and we plan to have a great time.
		Kilimanjaro rises over 15,000' from the plains and is the largest of an east-west belt of 20 volcanoes near the southern end of the East African Rift Valley.
	www.climbalaska.org /kilimanjaro.html (2148 words)

	Kilimanjaro
		Although the summit of Mount Meru is only 4565m high most people felt the effect of the thin air and were glad of the guide's exhortation to take it pole pole (ie slowly).
		The route undulated along the southern slopes of the mountain, descending into another barranco for lunch and finally turning in towards the mountain, invisible in the mist, and climbing up to the Barafu Huts at 4600m.
		The little extra luxuries to be enjoyed on this route like beds, beer, coca cola and hot showers of solar heated water are small compensation for the variety we had experienced on our traverse of the mountain and no compensation at all for the many walkers who fail to reach the summit by this route.
	www.geocities.com /Yosemite/1015/kili.htm (1167 words)

	Mount Kenya and Kilimanjaro Home
		The mountain is located in the Mount Kenya National Park, which is a designated protected area around the mountain above 3200m altitude.
		It is also thought that Mount Kilimanjaro once
		Today the establishment is not active and the main aim remains to create environmental awareness and educate climbers on the necessity to conserve the environment on the mountain.
	www.mountkenya.org (560 words)

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