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A safari SUV is lit by sunrise in Amboseli National Park in Kenya's Kajiado County, below Tanzania's Mount Kilimanjaro., in East Africa.

A safari SUV is lit by sunrise in Amboseli National Park in Kenya's Kajiado County, seen below Tanzania's Mount Kilimanjaro, in East Africa. Most African safari vehicles are Toyota Land Cruisers specially-converted with a pop top for game viewing. Amboseli National Park was created in 1974 from a 1948 game reserve which was formerly a 1906 Maasai reserve, in Kenya. In 1991, the Park was listed as a UNESCO "Man and the Biosphere Reserve." Based on recommendations endorsed by UNESCO, Kenyan presidential directives in 2005 and 2023 transferred control of Amboseli National Park to the local Kajiado County Government, who will share park fees locally. The local people are mainly Maasai, plus others attracted by the tourist-driven economy and intensive agriculture along the system of swamps that makes this low-rainfall area one of the best wildlife-viewing experiences in the world. // The dormant stratovolcano of Kilimanjaro in Tanzania is protected within Kilimanjaro National Park, a major hiking and climbing destination. Kilimanjaro is the world's highest single free-standing mountain above sea level: 5,899 m or 19,354 ft (2014 measurement). It's the highest mountain in Africa and the highest volcano in the Eastern Hemisphere. The name Kilimanjaro was adopted by European explorers by 1860. In the 1880s, the mountain became a part of German East Africa and was called Kilima-Ndscharo in German. In 1889, Hans Meyer reached the highest summit on the crater ridge of Kibo and named it Kaiser-Wilhelm-Spitze (Kaiser Wilhelm peak). That name was used until Tanzania formed in 1964, when the summit was renamed Uhuru Peak, meaning "Freedom Peak" in Kiswahili.

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A safari SUV is lit by sunrise in Amboseli National Park in Kenya's Kajiado County, seen below Tanzania's Mount Kilimanjaro, in East Africa. Most African safari vehicles are Toyota Land Cruisers specially-converted with a pop top for game viewing. Amboseli National Park was created in 1974 from a 1948 game reserve which was formerly a 1906 Maasai reserve, in Kenya. In 1991, the Park was listed as a UNESCO "Man and the Biosphere Reserve." Based on recommendations endorsed by UNESCO, Kenyan presidential directives in 2005 and 2023 transferred control of Amboseli National Park to the local Kajiado County Government, who will share park fees locally. The local people are mainly Maasai, plus others attracted by the tourist-driven economy and intensive agriculture along the system of swamps that makes this low-rainfall area one of the best wildlife-viewing experiences in the world. // The dormant stratovolcano of Kilimanjaro in Tanzania is protected within Kilimanjaro National Park, a major hiking and climbing destination. Kilimanjaro is the world's highest single free-standing mountain above sea level: 5,899 m or 19,354 ft (2014 measurement). It's the highest mountain in Africa and the highest volcano in the Eastern Hemisphere. The name Kilimanjaro was adopted by European explorers by 1860. In the 1880s, the mountain became a part of German East Africa and was called Kilima-Ndscharo in German. In 1889, Hans Meyer reached the highest summit on the crater ridge of Kibo and named it Kaiser-Wilhelm-Spitze (Kaiser Wilhelm peak). That name was used until Tanzania formed in 1964, when the summit was renamed Uhuru Peak, meaning "Freedom Peak" in Kiswahili.
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