Mount Meru Climbing
Mount Meru is the first sight you can see when reaching Arusha town. The mountain is 4,566 m (14,990 feet) Tanzania's second highest peak after Kilimanjaro and the fifth highest in Africa. The mountain has two peaks: Meru summit, the highest point, and Ash Cone, an additional peak inside the crater which was formed after a more recent volcanic activity. On clear days one can see Great Rift Valley and in the east its neighbor Mount Kilimanjaro with Kibo and Shira Plateau..
...Mount Meru was formed after the formation of the Great Rift Valley, when a million years ago the volcano standing on this area lost its top after a gigantic explosion. This explosion gave Mount Meru its shape of a horseshoe. Mount Meru is still an active volcano with the last smaller eruption in 1910.
The local Waarusha people who live around Mount Meru regard it as a sacred place. They sacrifice a bull or sheep every year to the mountain for a rainy season.
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4 Days Mount Meru Climbing
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