Tanzania destination is rich and gifted with many highlands that offer spectacular topology in various areas of the country like; the Northern Arc Mountains, Eastern Arc Mountains, Crater Highlands, and Southern Arc Mountains. These areas have made Tanzania destination to become one of the attracting places for mountain climbing, trekking, hiking, and viewing points. A good example is when climbing mount Meru, you will get a nice view of Mount Kilimanjaro’s snow cap.

Tanzania destination has a number of the world’s first class and famous mountains. Tanzania acts as the roof of Africa because it has the highest mountain in Africa and the first free-standing mountain in the world the Kilimanjaro Mountain. Kilimanjaro Mountain, one of the dormant mountains in the world has 19,340 feet (5,895m) of height above sea level. The three summits of Mount Kilimanjaro are known as Shira, Kibo and Mawenzi. Kibo summit is the highest summit among the other two and it is located in the center of the mountain. Kilimanjaro mountain’s snow capped top attracts worldwide trekkers.

Apart from Mount. Kilimanjaro, Tanzania has a number of other famous and attracting mountains like; the second highest mountains in Tanzania and the fifth in Africa, Mount Meru. Mount. Meru has 4,566 meters of height and it offers diversity of attractions including; game-filled lower slopes, chattering forests with tropical birds and monkeys, a spectacular crater and, throughout the year nice views of famous snows across the Steppe. The other mountains that attracts Hiking, Flower watching, Bird watching, Picnic sites, and Culture tourism include; Oldonyo Lengai, meaning the ‘Mountain Of God’, the only active Soda Carbonate volcano in the world and is located in the northern part of Tanzania

The name itself is a mystery wreathed in clouds. It might mean Mountain of Light, Mountain of Greatness or Mountain of Caravans. Or it might not. The local people, the Wachagga, don’t even have a name for the whole massif, only Kipoo (now known as Kibo) for the familiar snowy peak that stands imperious, overseer of the continent, the summit of Africa. Park size: 755 sq km (292 sq miles). Kilimanjaro, by any name, is a metaphor for the compelling beauty of East Africa. When you see it, you understand why. Not only is this the highest peak on the African continent; it is also the tallest free-standing mountain in the world, rising in breathtaking isolation from the surrounding coastal scrubland – elevation around 900 metres – to an imperious 5,895 metres (19,336 feet) ..

Mount Meru is part and parcel of Arusha National Park. The dramatic crater of Mt Meru is often neglected in favor of its famous neighbor to the east, but a visit to this spectacular mountain, located within Arusha National Park, is cherished experience. Its lower slopes are covered in dense highland forest, where Colobus monkey play and buffalo gaze concealed beneath the thick foliage. The extinct volcano’s extensive base gives way to a perfectly formed crater a subsidiary peak and the Momella Lakes and Ngurdoto Crater are visible from Meru slopes. Mount Meru is Tanzania’s second highest peak 4566m after Kilimanjaro. Climbing up and down on the same route with spectacular diversified view of Mt. Kilimanjaro, Ngorongoro highlands, Arusha ..

Oldoinyo Lengai means “The Mountain of God” in the Maasai language. The summit of this strato-volcano is 2962 metres above sea level, and affords direct views into the caldera of Tanzania’s only officially-certified active volcano, and the world’s only carbonatite volcano; records of eruptions have been maintained since 1883, the largest of which deposited ash 100 kilometres away in Loliondo on the Kenyan border to the north west. It is located in northern Tanzania lying just south of Lake Natron in the Rift Valley, in the heart of Maasai country, and locally regarded as a sacred mountain. Looking north from it’s summit crater, the hot barren salt flats of Lake Natron stretch into the distance. To the south stretch the crater Highlands and the Ngorongoro Game Reserve. The eastern ..