![]() “Love is in the air” Shira RidgeĪpart from the Shira plateau at Shira, another striking attraction on Shira is surely the Shira Ridge which stands at 3,600m or 11,811 ft. This just shows you how beautiful Shira is to the extent of playing host to a wedding. They used the Machame Route, climbing on a seven-day itinerary. What is little known is that they chose this beautiful peak as their wedding venue on Shira Camp 2 to be specific, one of the trekking camps. On 21 st, September of 2014 two climbers tied the knot on Africa’s rooftop. ![]() ![]() It is a somehow challenging trek but will reward you with amazing views of the Mountain especially the Southern Icefields as you traverse a variety of Mount Kilimanjaro’s climatic zones that include rainforest, moorland, and the arctic zone.įirst-ever wedding on Mount Kilimanjaro took Place Here In order to reach and walk along Shira’s plateau, you must use the Machame Route on your way to the Uhuru peak. The principal summit points of Shira are : Johnsell Point (3962 m) and Klute¨Peak on Shira Ridge, the Cone (3840 m), Shira Needle, Shira Cathedral, and East Shira Hill.īook a Machame Route climb How to get to Shira Lava outbursts solidified and turned into rock, forming this fascinating landmark. The Shira Plateau is a vast (6200 ha) rocky collapsed crater located halfway between Shira and Kibo (caldera). Later Kibo material is used to cover the northern and eastern walls. This ridge is nothing more than the original Shira crater’s western and southern rims. The Shira ridge, on the mountain’s western border, is a highly eroded ridge with Johnsell Point at 3962 meters. Shira, the oldest and smallest of the three volcanoes Shira, Mawenzi, and Kibo, was the first to go extinct. Shira is categorized extinct, the last time it was ever active was 2.5 million years ago when it erupted. Shira is one of Mount Kilimanjaro’s three volcanic cones, with the other two cones being the “Kibo” and “Mawenzi”. At the top of the Shira Peak a broad plateau, known as the Shira Plateau. Shira peak, one of the three peaks of Mount Kilimanjaro and the third highest peak after Mawenzi and Kibo, stands at a staggering height of 4,005m (13,140 ft) tall.
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