Kilimanjaro National Park is a Tanzanian national park located 300 kilometers south of the equator and in Kilomajaro region, Tanzania. The park is located near the region of Moshi. The park includes the whole of Mount Kilimanjaro above the tree line and the surrounding montane forest belt above 1,820 meters. It covers an area of 1,688 square kilometers. The park is administered by the Tanzania National Parks Authority.

The park generated $ 51 million in revenue in 2013, the second most of any Tanzanian National park and was one of only two Tanzanian National parks to generate a surplus during the 2012-13 budget year. The Ngorongoro Conservation Area includes the heavily visited Ngorongoro crater, is not a national park. In the early twentieth century, Mount Kilimanjaro and the adjacent forests were declared a game reserve by the German colonial government. It was designated a forest reserve in 1973 and it was reclassified as a national park. It was declared a world Heritage site by the united Nations Educational, scientific and cultural organization in 1987.

There are variety of animals that can be found in the park. The Kilimanjaro tree hyrax, the grey duiker, and rodents are frequently encountered. The bushbuck and red duikers appear above the timberline in places. The cape buffaloes are found in the montane forest and occasionally in the moorland and grassland. Elephants can be found between the Namwai and Tarakia rivers and sometimes occur at higher elevations. In the montane forests, blue monkeys, western black and white colobuses, bush babies and leopards can be found.

Since its official opening in 1977, Mt Kilimanjaro National park has become one of Tanzania’s most visited parks. Unlike the other northern parks, this isn’t a place to come for the wildlife, although it’s here. At the heart of the park is the 5896m, Mt Kilimanjaro, Africa’s highest mountain and one of the continent’s most magnificent sights. Kilimanjaro is also one of the world’s highest volcanoes, and it’s the highest free standing mountain on earth, rising from cultivated farmland on the lower levels, through lush rain forest to alpine meadows. The lower rain forest is home to many animals, including buffaloes, elephants, leopards and monkeys and elands.