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| TANZANIA TOURISM |
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| KILIMANJARO |
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| Kilimanjaro is a giant stratovolcano
reaching an elevation of 19,335.6 ft.
(5,895 m). Other names for this volcano
are: Kilima Dscharo, Oldoinyo Oibor
(white mountain in Masai), and Kilima
Njaro meaning shining mountain in Swahili.
This volcano's highest and youngest
cone is named Kibo. Shira to the west
and Mawenzi in the east are older cones
that make up Kilimanjaro. Kibo has not
been active in modern times, but steam
and sulfur are still emitted. At the
top of Kibo's summit is a 1 1/2 mile
(2 1/4 Km) wide crater. |
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Kilimanjaro is the largest of an
E-W belt of about 20 volcanoes near
the southern end of the East African
Rift Valley. Also prominent in this
belt are Ngorongoro caldera - a superb
wildlife refuge, Ol Donyo Lengi -
a carbonitite volcano, and Meru. Kilimanjaro
is a triple volcano with the youngest
and central peak of Kibo being 7.5-8.7
miles (12-14 km) from Shira to the
west and Mawenza to the east. As all
of Kilimanjaro's climbers know the
gentle lower slopes steepen to 30
degrees about 13,000 ft.(4 km) elevation.
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| MANYARA |
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| Your first view as you approach Lake
Manyara National Park is spectacular,
regardless of direction. When you approach
it from the east the Rift Valley escarpment
looms on the horizon forming an impressive
backdrop to the lake. If you come from
the west and pause at the top of the
escarpment, the Park lies in a green
strip below you, the lake glistening
in the sunlight. |
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| You can easily pick out the mosaic
of the Park's different habitats. In
the tall trees of the ground water forest
monkeys leap from branch to branch,
on the slope of the escarpment elephants
stand in the shade of a baobab. In the
acacia woodland lions lie draped along
the branches of umbrella trees, in the
pools along the lake shore the hippos
wallow, and in the lake itself wade
colorful flamingos. |
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