The Five Climate zones of Kilimanjaro
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The Five Climate zones of Kilimanjaro
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Climb Kilimanjaro and you pass through five completely different worlds, from warm farmland at the base to a frozen arctic summit nearly six kilometres up. In a single week, you travel the rough equivalent of walking from the equator to the poles.
In this episode of The Vertical Sky Journal, we climb the mountain stage by stage through its five climate zones, and meet the remarkable plants and wildlife of each:
- The cultivated lower slopes, farmed for generations by the Chagga people
- The lush montane rainforest, alive with colobus monkeys and birdsong
- The otherworldly heath and moorland, home to the giant groundsels and lobelias found almost nowhere else on earth
- The harsh, beautiful alpine desert
- The frozen arctic summit, the roof of Africa
It is one of the quiet wonders of Kilimanjaro, and a big part of why the mountain stays with people long after they come home.
The Vertical Sky Journal is brought to you by Vertical Sky, an ethical Kilimanjaro climbing company that climbs the mountain the right way, looking after the guides and porters who make every summit possible.
Prefer to read? There is a full written companion to this episode over in our Journal at vertical-sky.com.