KILIMANJARO MOUNTAIN CLUB

The place to meet people interested in Africa's highest mountain and its surrounding areas

The Kilimanjaro Mountain Club is a voluntary organization which has an interest in Africa’s highest standing mountain and its surrounding.

It organizes monthly meetings, excursions and camping trips.

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The Kilimanjaro Mountain Club was started at the beginning of the last century and it organized mountain expeditions and built the first mountain huts. It continued to operate until 1914. In 1929 the East African Mountain Club was formed with its HQs in Moshi and it organized climbing activities and hut bookings. With the establishment of separate clubs in Uganda and Kenya, the Kilimanjaro Mountain club was reinstated in 1961.

Although the huts were taken over upon the formation of the Kilimanjaro National park in 1976, the KMC has continued to promote an interest in the mountain and its surrounding areas. The KMC continues to be active in planning monthly indoor meetings and excursions. The magazine ICE CAP is published by the Club once every decade, a new publication planned for 2010.

Every month the Committee invites a speaker to give an evening talk not only related to Mount Kilimanjaro and it s environs, but also on other interesting topics on nature, culture, economy and many other topics.

During the year we often organise day trips, usually on a Saturday, and in the past we have walked between villages on the slopes Kilimanjaro, a tour to a Masai herbalist, visit to historic old Moshi and a guided tour of the Coffee Curing Plant.

 

During the year we often organise day trips, usually on a Saturday.

In the past we have walked between villages on the slopes Kilimanjaro, a tour to a Masai herbalist, visit to historic old Moshi and a guided tour of the Coffee Curing Plant.

 

Usually the last weekend of the month, the Mountain Club organises a trip out of Moshi to an interesting location “in the bush” where we camp overnight. These are very worthwhile breaks away from everyday commitments so that members can enjoy the beautiful scenery of Northern Tanzania, cook food, pitch tents and have pleasant company for an evening around the campfire. Often there will be bush or forest walks to keep fit and explore the countryside. In the past year we have camped on the shores of Lake Natron, Nyumba ya Mungu Reservoir and on the planes of West Kilimanjaro.

The annual membership is equivalent to US $ 10 and this will be used to support the activities of the Mountain Club.

Visitors to the monthly meetings or trips will be asked to contribute a visitors fee.