What animals live on Mount Kilimanjaro
and where can you see them?
Kilimanjaro Wildlife Pictures: 1-3
Monkeys
Black and white colobus monkeys, animals of Kilimanjaro,
Blue Monkey on Kilimanjaro,
Kilimanjaro Animal Pictures: 4-6
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,
Kilimanjaro Wildlife Photos: 7-8
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.Kilimanjaro Wildlife Pictures: 9-12
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