ABOUT KILIMANJARO NATIONAL PARK

Located in Kilimanjaro Region of Tanzania, Kilimanjaro National Park is just 300 Km south of equator. The park includes the whole of Mount Kilimanjaro above the tree line and the surrounding montane forest belt above 1,820 metres. Since its establishment in 1977, Kilimanjaro National Park has a reputation of being the most visited park in Tanzania. Mount Kilimanjaro is situated at the heart of the park. It is one of the highest volcanoes and the highest freestanding mountain in the world. The mountain is surrounded by rising cultivated farmlands, lush rainforest and alpine meadows. The lower rainforest is home to many animals, including buffaloes, elephants, leopards and monkeys, and elands are occasionally seen in the saddle area between Kibo and Mawenzi.
Kilimanjaro National Park boasts of rich wildlife. Mammals found here include Kilimanjaro tree hyrax, the grey duiker, bushbuck red duiker, Cape buffaloes Elephants blue monkeys, western black and white colobuses, bushbabies, and leopards. The place is also famous for birds such as – white necked raven, silvery cheeked hornbill, variable sunbird, plainer sunbird, Hartlaub’s turaco, common bulbul, Ruppell’s robin chat, scarlet-tufted malachite sunbird and alpine swift.

WHEN TO GO ?

January, February and September are best months to visit the park as one can enjoy weather at its best.