Mount Kenya National Park
Mount Kenya National Park is situated on the eastern side of the Great Rift Valley, about 175 kilometers northeast of Nairobi It was established in 1949 to protect the region surrounding Mount Kenya scenery. This designated World Heritage Site is breath-taking. It is pristine wilderness with lakes, tarns, glaciers, dense forest, mineral springs and a selection of rare and endangered species of animals, high altitude adapted plains game and unique montane and alpine vegetation.
Wild animals that can be seen include elephant, Black and White Colobus monkey, Sykes monkey, Olive Baboon, buffalo, bushbuck, waterbuck, eland, black rhino, black fronted duiker, leopard, giant forest hog, genet cat, bush pig, mole rats, tree hyrax, porcupine, white tailed mongoose and hyena. More elusive is the bongo, a rare type of forest antelope. A number of other rare or endangered species can be found here such as the Sunni Buck, Mount Kenya Mole Shrew, skinks (lizard), and a variety of owls. Occasional sightings have been recorded of albino zebra. The park also boast of More than 130 species of birds been including sunbirds, alpine chats, starlings, olive pigeons, giant kingfishers, red-fronted parrots, Lammergeiers, Augur Buzzards and Verreaux’s Eagles.
The park can be reached on Nanyuki-Isiolo road via Sirimon Track or Nyeri-Nanyuki road near Naro Moru. It is also reachable via Chogoria on the Embu – Meru road, about 150 kilometers north of the capital. The closest commercial airstrip to the park is Nanyuki Airport (NYK).
The park has 6 gates – Naro Moru Gate, Sirimon Gate, Chogoria Gate, Mawingu Gate, Kamweti Gate and Kihari Gate.
Attractions in the Park
Mountain climbing- At 5,199 m high, Mount Kenya is Africa’s second highest mountain after Mount Kilimanjaro (5,895 m) in Tanzania. The mountain offers easy or challenging ascents with superb scenic beauty. Its highest peaks are Batian (5,199 m), Nelion (5,188 m) and Point Lenana (4,985 m)
Bird watching-for the bird lovers birds in Mount Kenya comes in all sizes and colours with more than 130 species of bird recorded for those love watching they are fully catered.The species include sunbirds, alpine chats, starlings, olive pigeons, giant kingfishers, red-fronted parrots, Lammergeiers, Augur Buzzards and Verreaux’s Eagles.
Pristine wilderness with lakes, tarns, glaciers and peaks of great beauty, geological variety, forest, mineral springs, rare and endangered species of animals, High altitude adapted plains game, Unique montane and alpine vegetation with 11 species of endemic plants.
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2 Days Mount Kenya National Park safari
3 Days Mount Kenya climbing safari-Naro Moru route
4 Days Mount Kenya National Park safari
5 Days Mount Kenya Climbing Safari-Naro Moru Route
7 Days Mount Kenya trekking safari
