Kilimanjaro National Park

KIA Lodge is just under 3 minutes drive from Kilimanjaro International Airport. The lodge is situated on a secluded hill in the heart of beautiful savannah scenery that is so typical for East Africa Centrally placed between the northern towns of Moshi and Arusha, KIA Lodge is ideally situated whatever your onward journey be it climbing the world's highest free standing mountain or starting a safari into some of Africa's amazing and unique wildlife wildernesses such as the Serengeti National Park and Ngorongoro crater to name just two..

The word "Kilimanjaro", also known as 'Mountain of Lights', 'Mountain of Greatness' or 'Mountain of Caravans'...... When you see this natural giant, you know that you have arrived in East Africa. It is the highest peak on the African continent and also the tallest free-standing mountain in the world, rising in break-taking isolation from the surrounding coastal scrub-land - elevation around 900 metres - to a massive 5,895 metres and is one of the largest volcanoes ever to burst through the earths surface. Visitors who come to climb Kilimanjaro will be surprised by every-changing fauna, which is know as 'vegetational zonation", a term used to describe the fact that certain plants will only grow at certain altitudes, leading to distinct bands of trees shrubs and flowering plants that change with height. Then off course the animals that live in this habitat, have adapted to certain extent to the everyday mountain life.