Phiri la Meru lili pa mtunda wa mamita 14,980 / 4,566, ndipo phiri la Tanzania ndilo lachiwiri pamwamba pa phiri la Tanzania. Dera la Meru lili kumpoto kwa Tanzania pafupi ndi Phiri la Arusha. Ndi phiri lophulika lomwe lili ndi mapiri, ndipo kutuluka kwapang'ono kwakumapeto kwazaka mazana angapo zapitazo. Patsiku lomveka bwino, mukhoza kuona phiri la Kilimanjaro kuchokera ku phiri la Meru, pomwe mapiri awiriwa akusiyana ndi mtunda wa makilomita 80 / kilomita 80.
Kuwukwera koyamba koyambirira pa mbiri kumakali kutsutsana. Amatchulidwa kuti ndi Carl Uhlig mu 1901 kapena Fritz Jaeger mu 1904 - onse a Germany, akuwonetsa ulamuliro wa chigawo cha Germany ku Tanzania panthawiyo.
Phiri la Meru Trekking
Phiri la Meru ndi ulendo wa masiku atatu kapena anayi ndipo nthawi zambiri amagwiritsidwa ntchito ngati anthu omwe akuyembekeza kupita ku phiri la Kilimanjaro . Chotsogolera chili chovomerezeka paulendo uliwonse ndipo pali njira imodzi yokha yomwe ikuyimira msonkhanowo. Njirayi imadziwika bwino ndi nyumba zapakhomo popereka mabedi osavuta, ogontha. Njira zopanda malire kumadzulo ndi kumpoto kwa mapiri ndizoletsedwa. Kulumikizana kwachinsinsi ndi kofunika, ndipo pamene simukufunikira oxygen, mutha masiku angapo kumtunda musanayese kukwera phirilo. Nthawi yabwino yopita kukayenda ndi nyengo yadzuwa (June - October kapena December - February).
Njira ya Momella
Njira ya Phiri la Meru imatchedwa Momella Route.
Zimayambira kummawa kwa phiri la Meru ndipo zimakwera kumpoto kwa chigwacho kupita ku Socialist Peak, pamsonkhanowu. Pali njira ziwiri zopita ku nyumba yoyamba, Miriakamba (mamita 8,248 / 2,514) - njira yayitali, yowonjezereka kapena pang'onopang'ono, kukwera pang'onopang'ono. Pakadutsa ola limodzi kapena asanu ndikuyenda tsiku lotsatira ndikubweretsa ku Saddle Hut (mamita 11,712 mamita 3,570), ndikuwona bwino pamphepete mwa msewu.
Pa tsiku lachitatu, zimatenga pafupifupi maora asanu kuti akambirane ndi kubwerera ku Saddle Hut nthawi yamadzulo, asanapite ku Miriakamba usiku womaliza. Kuyenda pamtunda kumatengedwa kuti ndi chimodzi mwa zinthu zochititsa chidwi kwambiri padziko lapansi.
Amatsogolere ndi Amalonda
Malangizo ali ololedwa pa ulendo uliwonse pa Phiri la Meru. Iwo ali ndi zida ndipo alipo chifukwa cha chitetezo chanu malingana ndi zinyama zambiri zakutchire. Anthu ogwira ntchito saloledwa koma amachititsa kuti ulendowu ukhale wosangalatsa kwambiri pothandiza kunyamula zipangizo zanu. Mlonda aliyense amanyamula makilogalamu 33/15 kilogalamu. Mukhoza kukonzekera onse awiri ndi alangizi ku Momella Gate, koma ndibwino kuti musankhepo pasadakhale tsiku. Ngati mukuyenda ndi ogwiritsira ntchito, mautumikiwa nthawi zambiri amawaphatikiza pamtengo. Funsani kuzungulira zotsatila zowonongeka monga nsonga za othaka maulendo amapanga gawo lalikulu la ndalama zonse zothandizira mapiri, antchito ndi ophika.
Phiri la Meru
Phiri la Meru palokha, Saddle Hut ndi Miriakamba Hut amapereka malo okhawo okhala. Mudzazaza bwino pasadakhale, choncho ngati mukukonzekera ulendo wautali (December - February) nthawi zambiri zimakhala bwino kuti mutenge tente lopepuka. Malinga ndi malo otchedwa Arusha National Park mumzindawu muli Hatari Lodge, Momella Wildlife Lodge, Meru Mbega Lodge, Meru View Lodge ndi Meru Simba Lodge.
Kufika ku Phiri la Meru
Phiri la Meru lili m'kati mwa Paka National Park. Alendo ambiri amapita ku Kilimanjaro International Airport, yomwe ili pamtunda wa makilomita 60/35 kuchokera pakiyo yokha. Mwinanso, Arusha (likulu la kumpoto kwa Tanzania) ndilo mphindi 40 kuchokera pagalimoto. Mabasi oyendetsa ndege kupita ku Arusha achoka tsiku lililonse kuchokera ku Nairobi ku Kenya. Kuchokera kwina kulikonse, ku Tanzania, mungathe kukwera mabasi akuluakulu kupita ku Arusha kapena kukalemba ndege mkati. Kuchokera ku Arusha kapena ku Kilimanjaro International Airport, woyendetsa ulendowu nthawi zambiri amapereka njira yopititsira patsogolo pakiyo; kapena mungathe kukonzekera ma tekesi.
Maulendo Okayenda ndi Ogwira Ntchito
Mtengo wamtundu wa phiri la Meru kawirikawiri umayambira pafupifupi $ 650 pa munthu kuphatikizapo chakudya, malo ogona komanso malipiro otsogolera. Mukufunikira chilolezo chokwera ndipo zimatenga maola 12 kuti mupeze.
Kuthamangitsani kukwera kudutsa mumalonda omwe mukuyenda bwino ndi okwera mtengo, komanso kumapangitsa kuti ulendowo ukhale wophweka. Ogwirizanitsa opangidwa ndi Maasai Wandering, Mount Kenya Expedition ndi Adventures Osakwaniritsa.
Nkhaniyi inayang'aniridwa ndi Lema Peter, katswiri wodziwa ulendo wothandizira komanso wochokera ku fuko la Meru.
Linasinthidwa ndi Jessica Macdonald pa December 16, 2016.