Wildlife in Kilimanjaro is intense. As expected, more animals can be found down in the forest zone than anywhere else on the mountain. If you’re lucky, you’ll find wild animals such as colobus monkeys, blue monkeys, honey badgers, bushbabies, and even black rhinos.

On heath, moorland and terrains above, wildlife sightings can be rare. However, the usual animals seen around are mice species, elands, duikers, bushbucks, and high-altitude spiders. Buffalos, leopards, and giraffes sometimes wander around the slopes, too. 

On the Shira Plateau, lions occasionally roam around the area, and on the northern side of the mountain particularly on the Rongai Route, you can find animals especially elephants amble up the slopes from Amboseli National Park, a Kenyan park which lies on the foot of the mountain on that side.

Kilimanjaro’s high altitudes have also created a habitat for exotic life forms. Some of these can be found only on some of the Seven Summits. These include the delicate elephant flower, the groundsel plants, and the beautifully bizarre Kilimanjaro tree.