Mt. Kilimanjaro in Tanzania at 5895m a.s.l. is the highest mountain in Africa. It is also the highest free-standing mountain in the world.

I decided to climb Mt. Kilimanjaro after I successfully trekked to Chomolongma (Everest) Base Camp in Nepal in October 2006, and I decided to do it in conjunction with a trip to Kenya to do safaris in August 2007.

12 of us flew in to Nairobi, the capital of Kenya, on 15.08.2007 and we did our safaris from 16 till 27.08.2007. 5 members of the group went back to Nairobi for their return flight ... (more)