Kilimanjaro lies 3° south of the equator, an ice cap covers the crater of Kibo year-round; this ice cap is pierced by several small craters. “The Snows of Kilimanjaro” (1938), one of the most famous stories of American writer Ernest Hemingway, is set in the region. Kilimanjaro has a number of different vegetation zones on its steep slopes. Coffee and plantains are grown on the lower slopes of Kilimanjaro. The mountain was successfully scaled for the first time in 1889 by German geographer Hans Meyer and Austrian mountain climber Ludwig Purtscheller.kilimanjaro have 7 different routs this include machame,lemosho.rongai,marangu,umbwe,mweka,moram.kilimanjaro is located near chaga region which is sorounded by the different tribe like chagga tribe which is the biggest tribe which is sorrounded it and also maasai tribe which are the pastrolalist tribe.kilimanjaro is also cointain the different view that from the top of kilimanjaro you can be able to see the beutifully view of moshi town including the coffe plantation ,sugar plantation rice field anda the flat land.kilimanjaro is the mountain that you can climb without the support of the techinique machine