Why
Gemsbok Tours?
We
make sure you have the best experience travelling with us, by providing better
services with excellence and outstanding value.
About Us
Gemsbok Tours & safaris is small locally
owned company based on the slopes of Mount kilimanjaro that offers a wide range
of safaris including climbing Mount Kilimanjaro, cultural tourism, wildlife
safaris and adventure, bike tours and beach holidays. We provide highest
quality service and products that are within your budget.
About Kilimanjaro
Mount Kilimanjaro is
the highest mountain in Africa and the highest free-standing mountain in the
world; free-standing means that Kilimanjaro is not part of a mountain range.
Mount Kilimanjaro ’s summit is called Uhuru Peak (meaning freedom peak) and it stands
at 5,895 m above sea level; for perspective, Mount Everest’s peak stands at
8,848 meters – this is just about 2,950 meters above that of Kilimanjaro.
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Kilimanjaro Information
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The highest mountain in Africa
Mount Kilimanjaro
Mount Kilimanjaro is the highest mountain
in Africa and the highest free-standing mountain in the world; free-standing
means that Kilimanjaro is not part of a mountain range. Mount Kilimanjaro ’s
summit is called Uhuru Peak (meaning freedom peak) and it stands at 5,895 m
above sea level; for perspective, Mount Everest’s peak stands at 8,848
meters – this is just about 2,950 meters above that of Kilimanjaro.
Facts
About Mount Kilimanjaro
- Mount Kilimanjaro is the
highest mountain in Africa and the highest free-standing mountain in the
world – free-standing means that Kilimanjaro is not part of a mountain
range.
- The mountain and the
surrounding national park are home to extraordinary biodiversity; almost
every kind of ecological system is found on the mountain: cultivated land,
rainforest, heath, moorland, alpine desert and an arctic summit.
- Mount Kilimanjaro is
comprised of three volcanic cones – Shira, Kibo, and Mawenzi. Mawenzi and
Shira are extinct but Kibo the highest of the three is dormant and could
erupt again. The most recent volcanic activity happened about 200 years
ago; the last major eruption was 360,000 years ago.
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