Mostly Kilimanjaro FAQ.
HOW DO YOU GET TO KILIMANJARO?
To get to Kilimanjaro you need to fly to Kilimanjaro International Airport (KIA): CODE (IATA: JRO, ICAO: HTKJ) which is served daily by many airlines. The closest major cities to Kilimanjaro National Park are the city of Arusha and the town of Moshi. Depending on where you are traveling from, you can usually fly direct to Kilimanjaro Airport (JRO) via the Gulf (Qatar airlines, Emirates) or via Europe (KLM). Follow this link for flight option: Kilimanjaro Flight Options
Alternatively, you can fly into Tanzania’s capital, Dar-Es-Salaam (DAR), for a short internal flight to (JRO), or to Kenya’s Jomo Kenyatta International (NBO) airport for a connection to JRO (Kenya Airways, Precision Air).
One of the best way to find cheap flights to Kilimanjaro International Airport is by flying into Nairobi Kenya. It’s also possible to travel by road from Kenya after flying in there. There are numerous bus and shuttle options to take you to Moshi town or the city of Arusha , though the roads can be quite rough at times; you might consider this if you’re feeling adventurous, trying to save money and have sufficient time.
Where to fly to climb Kilimanjaro – International Flights to Kilimanjaro
If you want To get to Kilimanjaro you need to fly to Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO). The airport is situated south-west of Mount Kilimanjaro National Park. Below we have listed airlines that fly directly to Kilimanjaro airport (JRO).
- KLM: Direct flights from Amsterdam to Kilimanjaro airport
- Condor Air : Direct flights from Frankfurt to Kilimanjaro airport
- Turkish Airlines: Direct flights from Istanbul to Kilimanjaro airport
- Kenya Airways: Direct flights from Nairobi to Kilimanjaro airport
- Precision Air: Direct flights from Nairobi to Kilimanjaro airport
- Qatar Airlines: Direct flights from Doha to Kilimanjaro airport
- Ethiopian Airlines: Direct flights from Addis Ababa to Kilimanjaro airport
- RwandAir: Direct flights from Kigali to Kilimanjaro airport
If you are unable find direct flights to Kilimanjaro airport, you can fly to Kilimanjaro airport via Dar Es Salaam or Nairobi (Kenya). Mount Kilimanjaro is much closer to Nairobi than it is from Dar Es Salaam. Nairobi receives a lot more air traffic than Kilimanjaro Airport, making it have competitive prices.
WHAT IS KILIMANJARO FAMOUS FOR ... ?Finding interesting facts about Mount Kilimanjaro isn’t difficult. After all, it is a UNESCO World Heritage Site with fascinating ecology, millennia-long history, and mind-blowing sceneries!
These interesting Mt. Kilimanjaro facts will show some of the lesser-known things about Tanzania’s famous attractions and dig into eccentricities travel nerds will love.
Mind- BLOWING MOUNT KILIMANJARO FACTS
1. Mount Kilimanjaro is the highest freestanding mountain in the world: Mount Kilimanjaro’s biggest claim to fame is, without a doubt, its height. Standing at a majestic 5,895 meters above sea level, it holds the title of Africa’s tallest mountain.
But the highest freestanding mountain in the world? What does that mean, and what happened to Everest? Kilimanjaro isn’t part of any mountain range. It’s in an entire league of its own.
Everest, on the other hand, is a peak in the Himalayas mountain range.
2. There are 5 major climate zones on Kilimanjaro
The start of your trek up Mount Kilimanjaro will look completely different by the time you summit. And no, it’s not the icy caps of “Everyone’s Everest” that make the difference.
Kilimanjaro is home to five different climate zones:
i.Cultivation Zone: Lowland forest and farmland.
ii.Montane Rain Forest: Dense, damp tropical forest home to plenty of flora and fauna.
iii.Heath/Moorland: Small scrubs replace the forest, and temperatures start to drop.
iv.Alpine Desert: Little water and hardly any plants. Expect high daytime temperatures, which drop to below freezing at night.
v.Ice Cap Zone: Also known as the Arctic Zone, it has half of the available oxygen you’ll find at sea level.
It’s like walking from the Equator to the North Pole. Pretty incredible that you get to experience all those climates in one climb, right?
3. Mount Kilimanjaro is one of the seven summits
As Africa’s highest peak, Kilimanjaro is one of the Seven Summits. What are the Seven Summits? These are the highest mountains on each continent. For mountaineers around the world, conquering each one is the ultimate goal.
4. Mount Kilimanjaro is a dormant volcano
Kilimanjaro is a stratovolcano, a large volcano made of ash, lava, and rock. It’s made up of three volcanic cones Shira, Mawenzi, and Kibo. While the other two are extinct and cut off from the flow of lava, Kibo is dormant.
If you hike to the Ash Pit (a 2-hour trek across the crater floor), you can smell the sulfurous gases.
What does this mean? You’re hiking a volcano, and one day it could become active again. However, there has been no volcanic activity for hundreds of years.
