At 5895 metres (19,341ft) Kilimanjaro is Africa's highest mountain. Yet with no mountaineering skills necessary to reach the summit, even non-climbers can experience the thrill of climbing one of the world's greatest peaks. Taking you from the dusty plains of East Africa through jungle and moorland to the glacier-clad summit, this is one of the most beautiful and challenging treks there is.

Features:

• Comprehensive trail guide and maps (now with GPS waypoints) to the six major routes: Machame, Marangu, Rongai (Loitokitok), Lemosho, Shira and Umbwe - by a writer who's climbed them all
• City guides - where to stay, eat and what to see en route to Kili in: Dar es Salaam, Nairobi, Arusha, Moshi and Marangu
• Planning your trip and booking a trek - when to go, what to take, how to book your trek: extensive reviews of trekking agencies
• Mount Meru - a popular pre-Kilimanjaro trek
• Background information - comprehensive history, geology, climate, flora and fauna, plus cultural information on the Chagga people
• Health and safety on Kilimanjaro
• Green trekking - minimizing your impact
• Porters' rights - how you can help

'tedman is something of a Kili obsessive...and that shows on every page of this fully revised and expanded edition of his guide... Recommended. ' - Trek & Mountain

'A model of what a guidebook should be.' - David Dean

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