This Week's Dream: Kilimanjaro's Peaceful Cousin

As the continent’s highest mountain, at around 19,000ft, Kilimanjaro is the African climb “everyone talks about”.

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But just 213 miles from it lies another peak, Mount Kenya – the continent’s second highest, at just over 17,000ft – that is more beautiful, and less crowded, says Matthew Parris in The Times. On Mount Kenya, you can feel as though you’re on your own “private adventure”. The massif has wonderfully dramatic topography, with jagged snowy ridges and “breathtaking” cliffs, gorges, canyons and waterfalls. And with its unique ecosystem, it bristles with varied and spectacular flora. The way up is not quick, nor easy, and only experienced climbers reach the summit. But if, as an ordin