Mount Karthala
Good to know
- Best time to go
- May to October
- Budget
- $
- Accessibility
- not-accessible
- Coordinates
- Open in maps
An active shield volcano dominating Grande Comore, with one of the largest summit calderas of any volcano on Earth. The two-day trek from villages above Moroni climbs through rainforest and heath to a stark lunar crater rim at 2,361 metres. Endemic birds, including the Karthala scops owl, live on its forested flanks.
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