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		Auflage über den Kilimanjaro, Mount Meru und Mount Kenya für Bergsteiger, Trekker und Individualreisende.
		Mount Kenya, Mawenzi, Mount Meru, Ol Doinyo Lengai sowie Safarirouten in die Nationalparks.
		Das Standardwerk für den Kilimanjaro, Mount Meru und Mount Kenya.
	peter-rotter.homepage.t-online.de (224 words)

	SummitPost - Mount Meru -- Climbing, Hiking & Mountaineering
		Mount Meru, situated east of the Great Rift Valley and about 40 km southwest of Kilimanjaro in northern Tanzania's Arusha National Park, is considered an active volcano and is the country's second highest mountain.
		Before Mount Meru was included in Arusha National Park in 1967 it was also possible to reach the summit via the North and West Slopes, however, use of these trails to enter the park (and reach the summit) is now illegal.
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	www.summitpost.org /mountain/rock/150789/mount-meru.html (2018 words)

	Mount Meru (Tanzania) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Mount Meru is an active volcano located just 70 kilometres (44 miles) west of Mount Kilimanjaro.
		Mount Meru Summit, Dawn - To the right is an ash cone that has formed in the old crater.
		Mount Meru is the topographic centerpiece of Arusha National Park.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mount_Meru,_Tanzania (225 words)

	Mount Meru and Shambhala
		In the mythology of Tibetan Buddhism, Mount Meru is a place which simultaneously represents the center of the universe and the single-pointedness of mind sought by adepts.
		Symbolic representations of Mount Meru are commonly found in Tibetan mandalas, contemplative diagrams designed to aid meditators in focusing.
		Meru is surrounded by seven rings of golden mountains, each separated from the other by one of seven circular oceans.
	www.dr-yo.com /meru.html (505 words)

	Mount Meru (Mythology) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Another legend well-known to this day in India, is regarding the daily circumnambulation of the sun around mount Meru, and involves the sage Agastya.
		This was accompanied by increasing vanity on the part of that mountain range, which demanded that Surya, the sun-God, circumnambulate the Vindhya mountains daily, just as he does Mount Meru (identified by some as being the north pole).
		Some beliefs, local to that area of the Himalayas, associate mythical Mount Meru with a mountain called Kailasa near the Lake Manasarovar in Tibet.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mount_Meru (572 words)

	Mount Meru Climbing and Hiking Mount Meru in Tanzania
		Mount Meru is the second highest mountain in Tanzania and the fifth highest in Africa.
		Mount Meru is an active volcano located 70 kilometres (44 miles) west of Mount Kilimanjaro.
		Mount Meru is just outside Arusha, the staging post for safaris to the Serengeti, yet despite this proximity - only 23 km by road - it is annoyingly difficult to get to the base of the mountain.
	www.continentalsafaris.com /mountainclimbing/mountmeruclimbing.htm (872 words)

	Mount Meru Hiking, Mount Meru Trekking in Tanzania
		Mount Meru is Mount Kilimanjaro's little sister, standing at 4,566m compared to 5,895m, but is still an impressive freestanding volcano, which makes a superb four day climb to the top.
		The mountain is un spoilt and less congested as compared to it's Mount Kilimanjaro and Mount Kenya counterparts.
		Mount Meru Hiking, Mount Meru Trekking in Tanzania, Mt Meru Climb, Mount Meru Africa, Mount Meru Climbing.
	www.adventureafricaholidays.com /mountmeruclimbing.html (677 words)

	Thomson Safaris - Newsletter Issue 34
		Today, these lakes are fed by underground streams that leach salt from the alkaline soil and support algae, a few small fish, and thousands of birds, especially grebes and flamingos.
		Mount Meru remains a volcano, though dormant since its last conniption in 1910, a lava-streaked peak that rises to 14,979 feet encased by lush forests and bare rock.
		The fifth highest mountain in Africa, Mt. Meru is favored by climbers who want to avoid the heavier foot traffic on Mt. Kilimanjaro less than 50 miles away.
	www.thomsonsafaris.com /newsletter/nl34_mtmeru.htm (741 words)

	Climb Mount Meru
		Mount Meru is situated in Tanzania's Arusha National Park.
		As you climb Mount Meru you will pass through thick cloud and montane forests, acacia woodlands and grasslands, home to elephants, large herds of buffalo, bushbuck, giraffe and duiker.
		Mount Meru is often overlooked by adventure-seeking travellers and is therefore not nearly as busy as Kilimanjaro.
	www.mksafaris.com /meru (316 words)

	Mount Meru
		The climb of Meru is very much justified f on it’s own merits but is also a great way to get acclimatised for Kilimanjaro.
		Meru (4,566m.) is the second highest mountain in Tanzania and a very underrated mountain climb because of it’s close proximity to Kilimanjaro.
		Meru is part of Arusha National Park, and the lower slopes of the mountain shelter a variety of wildlife.
	www.mauly-tours.com /index_files/meru.htm (703 words)

	Nature Beauties Safaris Ltd
		At 4566m (14,979feet), Mt Meru is the 2nd highest mountain in Tanzania and 5th highest in Africa although it is overshadowed by Kilimanjaro, its famous neighbour, and frequently overlooked by trekkers in East Africa.
		But Meru is a spectacular mountain, a classic volcanic cone, with its crater wall broken to create a gigantic horseshoe.
		Small eruptions have been reported in the last 100 years, indicating that Meru is still not quite extinct.
	www.naturebeauties.com /Safaris-Mount_Meru.asp (276 words)

	Mount Meru
		Mount Meru, which either dominates the town of Arusha to the east of Ngorongoro or vanishes completely within a covering of cloud, flexed its muscles moderately in 1910.
		Arusha and Meru would effectively push the northern boundary up to 1,800 metres before the British effectively closed it in the 1920s, but the implications for the future were clear: 'An "iron ring" of alienated land was clamped around the native lands on the mountain.
		Mount Meru is a spectacular fifteen thousand foot mountain that would be famous were it anywhere else, but is overshadowed both in height and in reputation by its more famous cousin, Kilimanjaro, across the steppe.
	www.ntz.info /gen/n00418.html (4010 words)

	Mount Meru Climbing. The second highest mountain in Tanzania - Mt Meru Trekking and hiking Safari
		Mount Meru is the second highest mountain in Tanzania at 4,5685m.and the fifth highest in Africa.
		Climbing Mt. Meru (4,566 m.) is the second highest mountain in Tanzania and a much underrated mountain to climb because of its close proximity to Kilimanjaro.
		Mt. Meru is part of Arusha National Park, and the lower slopes of the mountain shelter a variety of wildlife.
	www.africamagicaltours.com /tanzania/mountmeruclimb.htm (1257 words)

	Mt. KAILAS:THE LEGENDARY SUMERU or MERU
		Mount Meru is mentioned routinely during Devata worship.
		As Bharat (India) is not situated south of this volcano, this Meru cannot be the same mentioned in Hindu scriptures.
		Possibility exists that Meru might be within the ancient Kashmir region in ‘puranic’ times (at the time these puranas were written).
	www.angelfire.com /sc3/1010/KAILAS.html (1518 words)

	Mount Meru Game Lodge, Safari Lodge, Arusha
		Mount Meru Game Lodge is set within 33 acres of carefully tended gardens bordered on one side by the Usa River and on the other by the Animal Sanctuary.
		Back at Mount Meru lodge you can relax on the terrace, shaded by enormous old mango trees, and enjoy the views over the gardens to the sanctuary beyond.
		Mount Meru Game Lodge & Sanctuary has an a la carte menu and the dining room is the perfect setting for a relaxing meal.
	www.go2africa.com /africa_accomm_temp.asp?ServiceNo=3929 (545 words)

	Mount Meru : Safari Guide, Tanzania
		Mount Meru is Kilimanjaro's little sister, standing at 4566m compared to 5895m, but is still an impressive freestanding volcano, which makes a superb four day climb to the top and an excellent one day hike to the crater, or an interesting one day hike to the ash crater and the first hut.
		Meru stands at the centre of the otherwise only mildly interesting Arusha National Park.
		Meru is often overlooked by climbers, whose attention is diverted by the larger of these two mountains.
	intotanzania.com /safari/tanzania/north/peaks/meru/meru-01-intro.htm (315 words)

	Mount Meru Climbing and Hiking safaris, Mt Meru Trekking
		Mount Meru Climbing, Mountain climbing in Tanzania, Climbing Mount Meru, walking Mount Meru Climbing and Hiking safaris, Mt Meru Trekking.
		Mount Meru is located in Tanzania and is the fifth highest mountain in Africa.
		The mountain is unspoilt and less congested as compared to it's Mount Kilimanjaro and Mount Kenya counterparts.
	www.africansermonsafaris.com /tanzaniasafaris/mountmeruclimbingsafaris.html (311 words)

	Meru Mount (Tanzania) - Search Results - MSN Encarta (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Meru Mount (Tanzania) - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Meru, Mount (Tanzania), extinct volcano in north-eastern Tanzania, about 68 km (42 mi) west of Kilimanjaro.
		Meru, Mount (mythology), sacred Himalayan mountain in Hindu and Buddhist Indian mythology.
	uk.encarta.msn.com /Meru_Mount_(Tanzania).html (108 words)

	Mountain climbing in east africa, mount meru climbing in tanzania
		Mountain climbing in east africa, mount meru climbing in tanzania
		Towering over the town of Arusha, Mount Meru is a key factor to the cultural and agricultural history of this region.
		Mount Meru is the fifth highest peak in Africa.
	www.widescopetours.com /safaris/mountmeru.htm (276 words)

	trekkingvisions - Mount Meru
		In the north-east of Tanzania, located in the shadow of the majestic Mount Kilimanjaro, there is a beautiful volcano with fertile slopes that reaches a height of 4,566 metres.
		Mount Meru is the second highest mountain of Tanzania and the centerpiece of the Arusha National Park with its surrounding savannah.
		Tents are not common at Mount Meru, but small well-tended huts invite everybody to stay one night after an exhausting trekking day.
	www.trekkingvisions.com /content/view/13/30 (183 words)

	allAfrica.com: Tanzania: Euphoria as Mount Meru Summit Features Snow (Page 1 of 1)
		The beautiful new snow cap on Mt. Meru became an added tourist attraction as foreign visitors reached for their cameras to capture what was described to be a strange phenomenon because the mountain has been going without glacier cover for decades.
		Mount Meru, a dormant volcano, is located just a stone throw (75 kilometers west) from the legendary Mount Kilimanjaro.
		Meru reaches 4,566 meters (14,980 feet) in height but has lost much of its bulk due to an eastward volcanic blast which reportedly occurred about 8,000 years ago, similar to the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens in Washington.
	allafrica.com /stories/200802181247.html (626 words)

	Skiing the Pacific Ring of Fire and Beyond: Mount Meru
		Mount Meru is the fourth highest volcano in Africa, and the only one of the great isolated stratovolcanoes of East Africa which is still active.
		Meru's upper slopes were shattered by a massive eruption about 7800 years ago, which formed its oblong 5 mile (8 km) wide caldera that is open to the east.
		Meru sits just below the permanent snowline, so there are presently no glaciers or snowfields on its slopes, and the caldera-forming eruption erased any evidence of the Ice Age glaciers which may have once crowned it.
	www.skimountaineer.com /ROF/ROF.php?name=Meru (312 words)

	Mount Meru Game Lodge
		Mount Meru Game Lodge and Sanctuary is nestled between the peaks of Mount Meru and Mount Kilimanjaro.
		Mount Meru is located within 33 acres of mature, well manicured gardens bounded on one side by the tranquil waters of the Usa River and on the other by the Animal Sanctuary where the resident animals and birds live out their lives in peace.
		Mount Meru Game Lodge has joined forces with ‘Redds Hair Design And Beauty Treatments’ of Arusha to offer guests a range of treatments during their stay.
	www.nahdytravel.com /hotel-accommodation.php?active_page=stay&accommodation_idea=112 (543 words)

	Mt Meru, Tanzania's second highest mountain and acclimitisation trek before tackling Mt Kilimanjaro
		Mount Meru is one of Africa's highest and most beautiful volcanoes, with a route which passes through a wide range of vegetation up into a moorland.
		Mt Meru is home to over 400 species of birds as well as large herds of elephant, buffalo, rhino, giraffe, baboon, warthog, monkey and monkey.
		The climb is often used as an acclimatisation trek prior to ascending its larger sister, Kilimanjaro, and can be completed in either three of four days.
	www.nomadicsventures.com /Tanzania/Mt_Meru/Mt_Meru.html (419 words)

	Mount Meru Game Lodge - Arusha Hotel - Tanzania Hotels
		Mount Meru Game Lodge is situated 25 kilometers east of Arusha Town, on the main Nairobi-Moshi road.
		Many of the animals brought to Mount Meru Game Lodge were either orphaned or injured, and could not be relocated in the wild.
		Some of the birds seen at Mount Meru Game Lodge are merely migrants, guests for a few days, relaxing before they take off again to their various destinations around the globe.
	africanmeccasafaris.com /tanzania/hotels/arusha/mountmerugamelodge.asp (632 words)

	Climbing Mt. Meru in Arusha National Park, Tanzania, Africa
		Meru in the shadow of Kilimanjaro, its more famous and crowded big sister.
		At 4,566 metres (14,979 feet) above sea level, Meru is as high as any mountain in the USA and Canada save a frozen few far north.
		Meru is an arduous hike; no "technical" mountain climbing is involved.
	www.paulgross.com /tanzania/meruascent.htm (297 words)

	Safari Holiday - African safari
		MOUNT MERU TREKKING (4566m) is a second highest mountain in Tanzania, Is also an extinct Volcano.
		The higher forest including giant bamboo, offers an ideal habitat for small duiker antelopes and primates, notably blue monkeys and fl-and-white colobus monkeys, which are often seen by climbers.
		Meru is a big mountain in Tanzania and should not be under estimated.
	www.predators-safaris.com /meru.shtml (246 words)

	Mount Meru Climbing - Tanzania's Second highest mountain
		The first Mount Meru ascent was made by Dr. Fritz Jaeger, 1904.
		Mount Kenya is roughly circular, about 60km across at the 200mm contour, where the steep font hills rise out of the gentler slopes of the centered highlands.
		Africa's highest mountain, Mount Kilimanjaro stands on featureless part of the East African plateau, on the Tanzanian side of the Kenya border near Moshi, side by side with the smaller Mount Meru.
	www.mountkenyaclimbing.com /mountainclimbing/mountmeruclimbing.html (793 words)

	Mt. Meru
		Mount Meru is located in Arusha National Park, about 35 km out of Arusha.
		Meru leaves in the middle of the night, so be sure to pack a headlamp.
		At 2514 m is the camp, consisting of 2 bunkhouses for hikers and cooking and sleeping huts for the crews.
	home.arcor.de /uwe.kazmaier/tansania/mt_meru/mt_meru.htm (977 words)

	Mount Meru - Victoria Expeditions Tanzania
		Eclipsed by the majestic dome of its near neighbor Kilimanjaro, Mount Meru has never gained its rightful place as a major tourist attraction in the Northern circuit.
		Once a volcano cone, Mount Meru lost its top and its entire eastern side in a gigantic explosion perhaps million years ago that left the asymmetric walls of a cardera or crater that now constitutes the main mass of the mountain.
		The latest eruption of Mount Meru was a lava flow believed to have occurred in 1879.
	www.victoriatz.com /meru.htm (315 words)

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