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Ngorongoro highlands hiking trails

The Ngorongoro highlands are ranges of volcanoes at the edge of the eastern branch of the great rift valley and are believed to have erupted 250 million years ago. Ngorongoro main crater is the most acclaimed features for being the world widest caldera measuring 21 km wide. The floor of the crater is mostly savannah grasslands and a home to a large concentrate of Africa most sought after wildlife. The other parts of the highlands form a scenic rainforest with exciting natural features. Even though you cannot explore the main crater on foot, much of the other regions of the highlands can be explored in a walking trail, taking you through several peaks and caldera. Importantly, the…

Mt Longonot hiking guide

Mt Longonot is a cone shaped volcano in Kenya’s central rift valley just 74 km to the northwest of Nairobi and 95 km south east of Nakuru. The name ‘longonot’ come from a masai word, ‘oloonong’ot’ which means ‘steep ridges’. The volcano having lastly erupted in 1863 is now dormant. The mountain most impressive feature is the large caldera near its peak. The caldera measures 1.8  and is its floor is mainly a dense rainforest. The mountain also has several parasitic cones, some of which are still perfectly shaped, which give evidence of volcanic activities having taken place just a few hundreds of years ago. The peak on the mountain is at 2780 m a.s.l. The mountain…

Mt Kilimanjaro hiking guide

Set at 3.0674° S, 37.3556° E in Northern Tanzania region, Kilimanjaro is the highest peak in Africa and the world highest free-standing mountain soaring at 5895 m a.s.l. The dormant volcano is believed to have first erupted 750,000 years ago. Though not an easy ascent, Kilimanjaro is a favorite for most hikers as it doesn’t require advanced mountaineering skills to summit. When compared to nearby mt Kenya whose crater has been completely disfigured, Kilimanjaro is still a perfect stratovolcano with its caldera relatively collapsed. Here hikers can trek to point Uhuru (5895 m) , the highest peak without any challenges save on when you are having altitude complication.

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