Friday, January 22, 2010

Mt kilimanjaro post 10


In this post im going to talk about costs and fees to get in the national park of mt Kilimanjaro. Park fees are payable through agents that run the park. Park fees are $60 per person per day, entry fee plus $50 per person per night camping. So its expensive to walk around mt Kilimanjaro so enjoy my blog!

Mt Kilimanjaro post 9


In this post im going to talk about records made on mt Kilimanjaro. Youngest and First 4 sisters to climb Kilimanjaro are Jillian, Velma, Lynette and Cheryl Hunter. Oldest person to reach mt kilimanjaro is Karl Haupt age 79.

Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Mt Kilimanjaro post 8


In this post I'm going to talk about plants in mt Kilimanjaro. There are many exotic plants that you maybe have seen. First im going or talk about where the plants are found. Some plants are in an area called the Garden of Senecias and some of the plants are enormous, bigger than people.

Mt kilimanjaro post 7


In this post im going to talk about where mt kilimanjaro is located. Mt. Kilimanjaro is located off the coast of Kenya. If you go to the coast of kenya youll find mt kilimanjaro and what a sight you will see.

mt kilimanjaro post 6


In this post i'm going to talk about how mt Kilimanjaro got its name.Mt. Kilimanjaro got its name from the the Swahili word kilima which means hill, little mountain. European explorers have used that name since 1860. According to some, it is an ancient Swahili word for white.

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Mt. Kilimanjaro Post 5


In this post I'm going to talk about mt. Kilimanjaro's climate and weather. Kilimanjaro is huge enough to have its own weather pattern. The south-east trade wind bringing rain from the Indian Ocean arrives between May or March. Kilimanjaro lies 55 miles from the East African Rift Valley along a splinter running off it.

Mt. Kilimanjaro Post 4

In this post I'm going to talk about 3 volcanic cones but not all, these are the volcanic cone. First one that I found is called Kibo. The next is called Mawenzi. The last but moslty not least is the Shira. These are the volcanic cones of Mt Kilimanjaro.

Mt. Kilimanjaro Post 3


Mt. Kilimanjaro has quiet a few people living near it these are some of them and what I'm going to talk about. The first people I found that live near mt Kilimanjaro are the chagga tribe. Yet in the smaller villages,year by year, traditional Chagga culture remains fairly strong. This is the main people that live in or near mt Kilimanjaro. They moslty live in a cultural life styles than just hanging around places.

Monday, January 11, 2010

Mt. Kilimanjaro Post 2


Animals are more conferable in the forest part of mt Kilimanjaro than anywhere else on the mountain. These are a few animals you would see at mt Kilimanjaro. You can find monkeys leopards mongooses and many more. Mt kilimanjaro is the homeland of the Chagga people, one of Tanzania’s largest ethnic groups.The weathers of mt. kilimanjaro is usually windy and dry.




Mt. Kilimanjaro Post 1

In this post I'm going to talk about how high mt Kilimanjaro is. Mt. Kilimanjaro is 19,314 ft. Mt Kilimanjaro is the highest peek in Africa. Mt kilianaro is 5,100 meters or 16,700 feet from the plains of Moshi. Mt.Kilimanjaro one of the biggest volcanoes on Earth, covering an area of approximately three hundred and eighty nine thousand!