Towering across the wildlife-laden lands of the Amboseli National Park, Mount Kilimanjaro’s snow-dusted summit is a tantalizing beacon for adventurous souls who long to conquer her lofty heights. The tallest free-standing mountain in the world looms 5,896 metres into a piercingly blue African sky, herds of elephants and zebras walking in its shadow across the dusty savannah below.