Mount Meru
A dormant volcano, 4,566 metres high, inside Arusha National Park. The climb takes four days, through montane forest to alpine meadows, and is often used to acclimatise before Kilimanjaro.
- Time to allow
- Four days for the climb
- Part of
- Arusha National Park
About 8,000 years ago one side of the mountain blew out, and the landslide that followed shaped the hillocks, valleys and small lakes of the park below.
The four-day hike uses the Miriakamba and Saddle huts and has to be arranged through a local tour operator, with porters and an armed ranger. Buffalo, giraffe, monkeys, baboons and antelope are often seen on the way.
Wildlife
- Buffalo
- Giraffe
- Monkeys
- Baboon