The African continent is wild animals, ancient tribes, incredible nature and very high mountains. The latter are good because on their slopes you can meet both rare animals and Aboriginal people, and much more that will amaze any European.
If you choose where to go, then you should pay attention to the highest mountains in Africa, because some of them are located very close to each other.
List
- 10. Ras Degen, 4533 m
- 9. Meru, 4546 m
- 8. Luigi di Savoy, 4627 m
- 7. Jesse, 4715 m
- 6. Emin, 4798 m
- 5. Baker, 4844 m
- 4. Speak, 4890 m
- 3. Stanley, 5109 meters
- 2. Kenya, 5199 m
- 1. Kilimanjaro, 5895 m
10. Ras Degen, 4533 m
Ras Degen - the highest mountain in Ethiopia, as well as the highest mountain in the Horn of Africa and the tenth highest in the continent (also known as Ras Dashan).
Each visitor has a chance to see also endangered animals: rare species of goats and Ethiopian wolf, the latter being one of the rarest “wild fangs” in the world.
Despite all the good things that can be said about this area (some landscapes are at an exorbitant level of beauty), it is worth noting that the policy of the Simien Mountains National Park is focused on receiving as much income as possible from foreign visitors, without worrying about customer service and maintaining the environment Wednesday. This is sad, because in a couple of decades with this approach the fauna will not be so diverse.
9. Meru, 4546 m
Meru (not to be confused with the mountain in India with the same name) - a stratovolcano in Tanzania, which has a rather "explosive" history. He had four eruptions, the last of which occurred in 1910. The eruption of lava from Meru ranges from thin streams to thick intuitive domes. The main cone of the volcano has a caldera of 3.5 km in diameter.
8. Luigi di Savoy, 4627 m
Luigi di Savoy is part of the Ruvenzori Mountain Range in Uganda. Its highest peak, Sella Peak, is the fourth highest in Uganda with a height of 4627 m above sea level.
The mountain is part of the Ruvenzory National Park. The first ascent was possible in 1906 by the Italian naval officer, Duke of Abruzzi, Luigi Amedeo di Savoy, in whose honor the peak was named. He himself named the mountain after the African explorer Joseph Thomson, but at the request of the Royal Geographical Society, the mountain had to be associated with the name of the Duke.
The Ruvenzori Mountains are a small but impressive mountain range in central Africa, located on the border between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, with a height of up to 5,109 m. The highest peaks are constantly covered with snow, and they, along with Kilimanjaro and Mount Kenya, are the only ones like in Africa.
7. Jesse, 4715 m
Mountain Jessie - one of the six mountains of the Rwenzori Range. Like Mount Emin, it is located north of the triangle formed by Mount Stanley, Speke and Baker. Emin and Hesse lie on both sides of a long narrow valley running from north to south. Its double peaks are Yolanda and Bottego.
For tourists there are huts and good trails from Zaire and Uganda. You can hire locals from Mucori in Zaire as guides or porters: for many, this is the only source of income.
6. Emin, 4798 m
Twin peaks Emina - Umberto and Kraepelin. The mountain rises to the rocky ridge from north to south with a higher peak in the southern part. All the ranges on this mountain are very narrow and rocky. Guides and porters can also be found in Mucori.
The mountains are located very close by, so if you have arrived for more than one day, then there is the opportunity to at least walk along the slopes of several, or even climb the peaks.
5. Baker, 4844 m
Like all peaks in Ruvenzory, the mountain Baker has many serrated peaks along the ridge. The highest is Edward. The ridge line of Mount Baker was first reached in January 1906 by the Austrian climber Ruber Grauer, accompanied by two British missionaries.
In February of the same year, and then in April, the same rocky point was reached by an English expedition, which included Alexander Wollaston, Alfred Wosnam and Michael Carruthers. The highest point of Mount Baker was finally conquered in June by an expedition led by the Duke of Abruzzi.
During his expedition in June 1891, Franz Stühlmann saw the peak and called it “Semper” or “Ngemvimbi”. Abruzzi renamed the mountain after Samuel Baker, a 19th-century British explorer who in 1864 became the first European to reach Lake Albert northeast of Ruvenzory and who was reportedly seen in the distance "large mountain ranges."
4. Speak, 4890 m
Climb the mountain Spike to the peak of Vittorio Emanuele (4,890 meters) without a good alpine preparation will not be an easy walk, even if you climb in good weather conditions. In particular, there are a couple of places where maximum attention is required: for example, near the Bujuku hut (the starting point in the route) there is a rocky slope 20 meters long, slightly stepped, which is covered by tree roots from above. We have to climb the roots of the tree and try not to fall, as this can be fraught with serious injuries.
3. Stanley, 5109 meters
With a height of 5109 m, it is the highest mountain in the Congo and Uganda and the third largest mountain on the continent after Kenya and Kilimanjaro. The peaks are high enough to support the glacier, which was named after explorer Sir Henry Morton Stanley.
It is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site, which is part of the Ruvenzori Mountains National Park. The peak was first conquered in 1906 by the Duke of Abruzzi and his fellow climbers and was named Margarita in honor of the Queen of Italy.
Stanley - a mountain that should be subdued carefully, since it is not easy to descend from it during altitude sickness or any kind of injury. Help may be in a few days, but there is no medical help.
2. Kenya, 5199 m
Kenya is the highest mountain in the country of the same name, and in all of Africa it is second only to Kilimanjaro. Batian (5199 meters) and Nelion (5188 meters) are its highest peaks. Kenya is a stratovolcano created about 3 million years after the discovery of the East African Fault.
Before the glaciation, the mountain had a height of 7000 m. The summit was covered with an ice cap for thousands of years, which led to very blurry slopes and numerous valleys emanating from the center. There are currently 11 small glaciers that are rapidly shrinking, and are likely to disappear forever by 2050 due to global warming.
1. Kilimanjaro, 5895 m
At Kilimanjaro three cones - Kibo, Shira and Mawenzi. The highest is Kibo (5895), and the Shira, having collapsed, created a plateau on the western side of the mountain. Mawenzi is a rocky peak with a height of 5149 meters.
Shira and Mawenzi are extinct volcanoes, and Kibo is a sleeping volcano that can erupt again. The last major eruption was 360,000 years ago, and the last activity was 200,000 years ago. Those who visit this “ashtray” will enjoy the smell of sulfur from the lava of the volcano.
The origin of the name Kilimanjaro is not established. The most popular answer is that the name comes from the Swahili word “kilima "(mountain) and the Chagg word "nyaro "(whiteness) Another possible option is that Kilimanjaro is the European pronunciation of the phrase Ki Chagga, meaning "we could not climb it. "