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Kilimanjaro

The Trekking Guide to Africa's Highest Mountain, also includes Mount Meru & guides to Arusha,...

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Trailblazer Publications
05 February 2018

Walking, hiking, trekking; Adventure holidays

Practical guide to climbing Mount Kilimanjaro, Africas highest mountain. At 5895m (19,341ft) Kilimanjaro is Africas highest mountain. Yet with no mountaineering skills necessary to reach the summit, even non-climbers can experience the thrill of climbing one of the worlds greatest peaks. Taking you from the dusty plains of East Africa through jungle and moorland to the glacier-clad summit, this is one of the most beautiful and challenging treks there is.
* Comprehensive trail guide and maps (with GPS waypoints also downloadable from the Trailblazer website) to the six major routes: Machame, Marangu, Rongai (Loitokitok), Lemosho, Shira and Umbwe by an author whos climbed them all numerous times
* City guides - Where to stay, eat and what to see en route to Kili in: Dar es Salaam, Nairobi and gateway towns of Arusha, Moshi and Marangu
* Planning your trip and booking a trek - when to go, how to book, full reviews of trekking agencies
* Mount Meru - a popular pre-Kilimanjaro trek
* Background information - comprehensive history, geology, climate, flora and fauna - including a detailed bird spotters guide and a flora identification section - plus cultural information on the Chagga people
* Porters rights - how to help
* Health and safety
* Fully updated 5th edition of this best-selling guidebook to Africas most popular trek. Kilimanjaro is the worlds tallest freestanding peak. Its the most popular trek in Africa, both for independent trekkers and for charity organisations.
* Routes covered on 35 detailed walking maps in the proven Trailblazer style; all walking times are indicated along with points of interest and gradients.
* Extra colour sections plus a 16pp colour introduction to Kilimanjaro and the climb.

Imprint: Trailblazer Publications
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: 5th Revised edition
Dimensions: Height: 180mm, Width: 120mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 365g
ISBN: 9781905864959
ISBN 10: 1905864957
Pages: 384
Publication Date: 05 February 2018
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Henry Stedman is a best-selling author who has written or co-authored more than a dozen guidebooks. He runs www.climbmountkilimanjaro.com and visits Kilimanjaro several times a year leading groups to the summit.

Reviews for Kilimanjaro: The Trekking Guide to Africa's Highest Mountain, also includes Mount Meru & guides to Arusha, Moshi, Marangu, Nairobi & Dar es Salaam

`Stedman is something of a Kili obsessive...and that shows on every page of this fully revised and expanded edition of his guide... Recommended. ' TREK AND MOUNTAIN (UK); `Comprehensive' WANDERLUST (UK) `A model of what a guidebook should be' DAVID DEAN (READER, UK) `... so much more than just a route guide' BACKPACK (UK)