The top of Mt Meru just peeps out above the clouds in this early morning photoThis is a photograph of Mount Meru taken early one morning this week, from the farm workshop area which is just behind our house/back yard. Mt Meru last erupted in 1910 *gulp*
Mt Meru is on the one side of our farm, and Mt Kilimanjaro is to the other. Mt Meru rises to 4566 metres in height (14980 feet) and is the 5th highest mountain in Africa (and the 2nd highest in Tanzania). Kilimanjaro, as a comparison, is 5895 metres in height (19340 feet).
You can climb Mt Meru, although she is not as well known as Kilimanjaro and I have heard that she is more challenging in places and a more enjoyable climb as not as many people try to climb her as they do Kilimanjaro.
Many subsistence farmers live on her slopes and grow coffee, fruit and vegetables and she is also home to a wide variety of plant and animal life.
(Oh, and just in case you were wondering, no I have no intention of ever trying to climb her ! But you are more than welcome to if you like, in fact if you do, you can walk the extra distance at her base to reach our farm and I will be ready waiting for you with a nice cold drink and a good meal, and you can tell me what it was like and show me the photo’s. Okay ?!)
You can climb Mt Meru, although she is not as well known as Kilimanjaro and I have heard that she is more challenging in places and a more enjoyable climb as not as many people try to climb her as they do Kilimanjaro.
Many subsistence farmers live on her slopes and grow coffee, fruit and vegetables and she is also home to a wide variety of plant and animal life.
(Oh, and just in case you were wondering, no I have no intention of ever trying to climb her ! But you are more than welcome to if you like, in fact if you do, you can walk the extra distance at her base to reach our farm and I will be ready waiting for you with a nice cold drink and a good meal, and you can tell me what it was like and show me the photo’s. Okay ?!)
