Places to Visit in Kilimanjaro National Park

Explore the landmark places on and around Mount Kilimanjaro — from the summit at Uhuru Peak and its glaciers to the huts and camps along the climbing routes, crater viewpoints, waterfalls, crater lakes and montane forest. Discover where to go on your journey to the Roof of Africa.

Kosovo Camp

Kosovo Camp

Campsite

Kosovo Camp (around 4,800 m) is a high summit-launch camp above Barafu, used by strong climbers on the southern routes f...

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Stella Point

Attraction

Stella Point (around 5,756 m) is a landmark on Kilimanjaro's southern crater rim, reached at sunrise on the summit night...

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Gilman's Point

Attraction

Gilman's Point (around 5,681 m) is the crater-rim landmark reached by climbers on the Marangu and Rongai routes, marking...

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Mawenzi Peak

Attraction

Mawenzi (around 5,149 m) is Kilimanjaro's jagged secondary summit — a dramatic, heavily eroded volcanic peak that is a t...

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Western Breach

Attraction

The Western Breach is a steep, dramatic gap in Kibo's crater wall offering a direct but challenging route to the summit...

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Barranco Wall

Attraction

The Barranco Wall is a steep 250-metre rock face on the Machame and Lemosho routes — a fun, hands-on scramble that is on...

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Barranco Valley

Attraction

The Barranco Valley is a dramatic, green ravine beneath the Great Barranco Wall, famous for its forests of giant grounds...

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Karanga Valley

Attraction

The Karanga Valley (around 3,995 m) is a lush green valley on the southern circuit, home to the last reliable water sour...

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The Saddle

Attraction

The Saddle (around 4,400 m) is a broad, high-altitude alpine desert plateau linking Kibo and Mawenzi — one of the larges...

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Northern Ice Field

Attraction

The Northern Ice Field is the largest surviving ice body on Kilimanjaro, spread across the northern summit plateau of Ki...

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Southern Ice Field

Southern Ice Field

Attraction

The Southern Ice Field lies across the southern summit plateau of Kibo and once formed Kilimanjaro's most extensive ice...

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Eastern Ice Field

Eastern Ice Field

Attraction

The Eastern Ice Field is a small remnant of ice on the eastern summit plateau of Kibo — a fraction of its historic exten...

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