Mountain Climbing
- Written by Super User
- Category: Mountain Climbing
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Mount KenyaMount Kenya is a breathtaking spectacle that’s the predominate landmark of the central part of Kenya and has inspired peoples life’s in many strange ways. It is perhaps unsurprising that due to it majestic beauty the Kikuyu people who reside on its lower slopes believed that this was their God's abode. The Mountain’s original name was “Kirinyaga” from a word meaning a place with Ostrich.
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Mount KilimanjaroMount Kilimanjaro, with its three volcanic cones, Kibo, Mawenzi, and Shira, is a dormant volcanic mountain in Tanzania - East Africa. It is the highest mountain in Africa and the highest free-standing mountain in the world at 5,895 metres. The term Kilima-Njaro has generally been understood to mean the Mountain (Kilima) of Greatness (Njaro). This is probably as good a derivation as any other .... See Mount Kilimanjaro Itineraries |
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Mount MeruMt Meru (4,566m) is only 50km from Kilimanjaro but with superb trekking and immense natural beauty the excellent potential for acclimatisation on this volcano is often overlooked. With an armed ranger escort we avoid the main track and take a route up through the ancient forest. Higher up there is thrilling trekking around the crater rim with stunning views across to Kilimanjaro or back to the plains and volcanoes... See Mount Meru - 3 or 4 days trek safari
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The Aberdares Mountain RangesThe Aberdare Ranges is located in Western Central Kenya in close proximity to Mount Kenya. Traditionally the Kikuyu tribe who resided on the Eastern slopes of the range related this two mountain closely. They believed that their God “Ngai” had his sleeping hide “ndaruwa” spread out on top of the mountain .... See 3 days trek on Aberdares safari.
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Mount ElgonMount Elgon is an extinct volcano with the largest surface area in the world being 50 by 80 kilometres and has an enormous crater which covers 40 kilometres at the top of the mountain. The land around Mt. Elgon is highly fertile and is known for cultivating excellent quality coffee. Mount Elgon Trekking safari
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Rwenzori Mountain RangesRwenzori mountain range is a home to the konjo and Amba peoples and word Rwenzori in their Bakonjo language means “Rain maker or Rain Mountains”. Rwenzori is famous for its 5 vegetation zones ranging from forest, Alpine, grassland to snow cape and for their unique animal population with forest elephants, several primates coupled with endemic bird species. |
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