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Zone 1: Cultivated Areas
Altitude: roughly 2,600 to
6,000 feet
Kilimanjaro's rich volcanic soils, irrigated by water
percolating through underground channels from the rain forest
higher up, have attracted Chagga people to settle on the
mountain's lower slopes. Today, crop- and grasslands have
replaced the natural bush and lowland forest, and large wild
animals are few. Small, noctural mammals thrive, however,
including the lemur-like galagos and the tree hyrax, a furry
creature with a distinct click-and-screech cry. Birds also are
plentiful. Speckled mousebirds with their long, tapering
tails, and the tropical boubou, a black-and-white bird with a
pleasant flute-like call, are two standouts.
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