Things to do
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Kilimanjaro National Park
Gates at Marangu, Machame, Londorossi and Rongai control access to the mountain, and every climb runs through a licensed operator with porters and a registered guide. Day visits are possible at Marangu gate, where a forest walk reaches a waterfall without any of the altitude. Park fees are paid per night on the mountain.
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Mount Kilimanjaro
From the rainforest at Lemosho Gate you walk up through moorland and alpine desert to the ice on Africa's highest summit, and every night on the way gives your body time to adjust to the height.
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Lake Chala
A crater lake on the Kenyan border changes colour with the season, held in steep walls below the eastern flank of Kilimanjaro. A rim path circles it and a steep track drops to the shore, where kayaks are available and swimming is restricted because crocodiles have been recorded. Access is by rough road, about ninety minutes from Moshi.
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Marangu
Waterfalls, banana groves and Chagga homesteads spread across the southeastern slopes around the oldest of the Kilimanjaro trailheads, and the village keeps its own reason to visit. Underground caves dug as refuges during nineteenth century raids are open with a guide, alongside coffee walks and a small local museum. It makes a full day out of Moshi with a vehicle.
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Materuni Waterfalls
Chagga villages above Moshi sit at the head of a valley where a single fall drops into a cold plunge pool, reached by a slippery path of about forty minutes through banana and coffee plots. Visits usually pair it with a coffee roasting demonstration in the village. The pool water comes off the glaciers and stays bracing.
