United Republic of Tanzania - Kilimanjaro
Hello Steemians! How about climbing the Kilimanjaro in Tanzania?
The Kilimanjaro is 5,895 meters high and hence the highest mountain of the continent of Africa. The top of the mountain is covered with snow and ice. This is also the only place in Africa to find ice and snow. The mountain consists of three extinct volcanoes; Kibo Peak with a height of 5,985 meters, Mawenzi Peak with 5,149 meters high and Shira Peak at 3,962 meters altitude.
Climbing the mountain brings you through five different landscapes. The climb begins with tropical rainforest where you can see a variety of tropical birds and monkeys, including the black and white colobus monkey. Then you go through a savannah landscape followed by 'alpine moorland' a so-called moon landscape of only sand, stone with here and there some cacti, lobelia and proteas. Following is a desert landscape followed by thick ice walls and plains with snow.
You see the mountain as it comes from nothing from the savannahs of the Kilimanjaro National Park, a breathtaking sight. It is also the highest single mountain in the world.