Kilimanjaro. Dzinalo palokha ndi chinsinsi chozunguliridwa ndi mitambo. Lingatanthauze Phiri la Kuwala, Phiri la Ukulu kapena Phiri la Makamu. Kapena silingatanthauze. Anthu am'deralo, a Wachagga, alibe dzina la phiri lonselo, koma Kipoo (yomwe tsopano imadziwika kuti Kibo) ndi dzina la phiri lodziwika bwino la chipale chofewa lomwe lili ndi ulamuliro, woyang'anira kontinenti, komanso pamwamba pa Africa.
Kilimanjaro, dzina lililonse, ndi fanizo la kukongola kochititsa chidwi kwa East Africa. Mukaiwona, mumamvetsa chifukwa chake. Sikuti iyi ndi phiri lalitali kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi, komanso ndi phiri lalitali kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi, lokwera modabwitsa kuchokera ku savannah yozungulira pafupifupi mamita 900 - mpaka kufika pa MASL ya mamita 5,895 (19,336 mapazi).
Kilimanjaro ndi imodzi mwa mapiri okwera kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi, chizindikiro cha alendo ochokera padziko lonse lapansi. Anthu ambiri okwera mapiri amafika m'mphepete mwa phirilo ndi ndodo yoyendera, zovala zoyenera komanso kudzipereka. Ndipo anthu omwe amafika ku Uhuru Point, pamwamba pake, Stella Point kapena Gillman's Point pakamwa pa phirilo, adzakhala atalandira ziphaso zawo zokwera. Ndi zokumbukira zawo.
Koma pali zambiri zokhudza Kilimanjaro kuposa phiri lake. Kukwera kwa mapiri ndi ulendo wowonera dziko lonse lapansi, kuyambira kumadera otentha kupita ku Arctic. Ngakhale musanadutse malire a paki ya dzikolo (pafupifupi mamita 2700), mapiri olimapo amapatsa mpata nkhalango yobiriwira yamapiri, yokhala ndi njovu zosawoneka bwino, kambuku, njati, duiker wa abbot yemwe ali pafupi kutha, ndi antelope ndi anyani ena ang'onoang'ono. Pamwamba pake pali malo a moorland, komwe kuli chivundikiro cha chimphona chachikulu chokhala ndi lobelia zina zazikulu zapadziko lonse lapansi. Pamwamba pa mamita 4,000, chipululu cha alpine chosayembekezereka chimasunga zamoyo zochepa kupatula mosses ndi lichen ochepa olimba. Kenako, potsiriza, zomera zomaliza zosafunikira zimapatsa mpata dziko lodabwitsa la ayezi ndi chipale chofewa m'nyengo yozizira - komanso kukongola kodabwitsa kwa denga la kontinenti.
