Mount Kilimanjaro is one of those special places that everyone should visit at least once in their lifetime. If you’ve had it in the back of your mind, why not now? Brought to worldwide attention by Hemingway’s story, “The Snows of Kilimanjaro,” the mountain itself is an inactive stratovolcano, with three volcanic cones: Kibo, Shira, and Mawenzi. Situated in northeastern Tanzania, Mount Kilimanjaro boasts the tallest peak in Africa, at 19,331 feet. There are six different climbing routes, but if you want to camp, Rongai is the easiest route. Machame, however, despite being the steepest route, is also the most scenic, and can be completed in six to seven days. The forests of Kilimanjaro offer a unique example of both human and animal influence on the African landscape. The mountain also offers several unique plant species, among them the water holding cabbage in the tussock grassland. These sub alpine forests represent the highest-elevation forests on the continent.

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