Destination guide · Mountains
Mount Meru
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Why come
What Mount Meru is known for
The best acclimatisation there is
Climb it before Kilimanjaro and your summit odds change materially.
A walking safari on day one
Inside Arusha National Park, with a ranger, among giraffe and buffalo.
The crater rim at sunrise
Kilimanjaro floating across the plain, from a mountain almost nobody is on.
At 4,566m Tanzania's second mountain, and the one climbers who know both often prefer. The Momella route walks up the inside of a collapsed crater with the ash cone below and Kilimanjaro floating across the plain at sunrise. Because it sits inside Arusha National Park, the first day is a walking safari with a ranger rather than a trudge.
Best time: June to February, avoiding the long rains. How long: three or four days, and it is the best acclimatisation there is before Kilimanjaro.
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