Mount Meru is a dormant stratovolcano located 70 kilometres west of Mount Kilimanjaro in the country of Tanzania. At a height of 4,562.13 metres, it is visible from Mount Kilimanjaro on a clear day, and is the fifth-highest of the highest mountain peaks of Africa, dependent on definition.

You don’t have to be a climber or an athlete to be able to climb Mount Meru, but you need to be in shape. The ascent is physically less demanding than that of Kilimanjaro, and this is the best way to prepare yourself for Kilimanjaro