Mt. Kilimanjaro Wildlife Pictures

What animals live on Mount Kilimanjaro
and where can you see them?

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Monkeys

Black and white colobus monkeys,                 animals of Kilimanjaro, 

Just look at that tail... Black and white colobus monkeys are really good looking monkeys, spectacular even. They are comparatively shy companions, but you do have a very good chance of spotting them in the forest.

Blue Monkey on Kilimanjaro,

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Sunbirds

Malachite sunbird on a protea, Animals of Kikimanjaro,

This is a male malachite sunbird. The plainer female is shown in the photo below.

 The plainer female sunbird, also on a protea flower, Kilimanjaro wildlife

Variable Sunbird,

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More birds

The Silvery-cheeked Hornbill, Kilimanjaro animals,

The silvery-cheeked hornbill is a rather large bird that lives in the forest, but also around houses and plantations. It likes to eat fruit...

White-necked Raven, Kilimanjaro wildlife

White-necked ravens are big birds with large, strong, scary looking beaks. They hang around the campsites and huts on Kilimanjaro (and Mt. Meru), scavenging life style.

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Mt. Meru Wildlife

If you climb Mt. Meru (which by the way is a great warm up and acclimatization trek before climbing Kilimanjaro) then you will walk across a plain known as "the little Serengeti". Both that plain as well as the forest above it are very, very rich in wildlife, and the vegetation on the slopes is spectacular, too.

Water Buffalo in "Little Serengeti" at the foot of Mt. Meru,

Little Serengeti was named for the similarity of the vegetation on the plains and also for the abundance of wildlife.

Giraffe in Arusha Nt. Park, at the foot of Mt. Meru,

Giraffe prefer their vegetation a bit taller so they don't get sore necks when feeding. And you will walk right between them.

Water buffalo and ranger on Mt. Meru

At the top of the page I mentioned that on Mt. Meru you need to be protected by an armed ranger. Here you can see why. The biggest danger on Mt. Meru are not the leopards but the Buffaloes.
A charging leopard can usually be discouraged with a shot into the air. It's not so easy to stop a charging buffalo. The rangers do not want to kill any animals, but with buffaloes they sometimes have no choice.

Ranger with buffalo skull on Mt. Meru