Mount Kenya National park
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Mount Kenya National park
Mount Kenya National Park appears to be Africa's second highest mountain, with rewardingly stunning views and a fantastic spot for breath-taking. It is ideally a gorgeous wilderness with lakes, glaciers, deep forest, mineral springs, a diverse range of wildlife species, and because it is situated at a high altitude, it attracts wild game, alpine vegetation, and a distinctive montane.
Visitors to the park are astonished by the extraordinary experience of mountain climbing, camping, and seeing caves with the mountain's rough glacier-clad summits providing a stunning backdrop..
Mount Kenya national park, on the other hand, was founded in 1949 to conserve Mount Kenya, its diverse fauna, and the surrounding environment, which serves as a refuge for wild animals. Kenya Wildlife Service is in charge of protecting the park.
ReMount Kenya National Park has a lowland area of 715 square kilometers and a forest reserve of 705 square kilometers. The overall size of the UNESCO World Heritage site is 1,420 square kilometers when combined. The park is surrounded by volcanic material and a large amount of fresh water that flows down the slopes, making it an ideal location for farming.
Before being gazetted as a national park, the land was a forest reserve. The area was recognized as a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve in April 1978, and the national park was recently encompassed by the forest reserve. They are both integrated national parks and forest reserves, and they were designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997..
Mount Kenya is the second highest mountain in Africa, behind Kilimanjaro Mountain in Tanzania, and it is located south of the Equator. Mount Kenya national park in Kenya is not just a mountainous region, but it also has a forest reserve that is home to a diverse range of animal species. Buffalos, waterbucks, elands, leopards, elephants, tree hyrax, white tailed mongoose, black fronted duikers, mole rats, and black rhinos are just a few of the animals on the list.
Top things to do in Mount Kenya national park
Game Drive Safaris
Game drive safaris in Mount Kenya national park are a fantastic experience since you can observe a range of wild animals along the park's water bank, which connects to the lake. Animal species to be seen include elephants, buffaloes, a variety of antelopes, leopards, and many others
Guide Nature Walks
This guided nature walk can be done in a forest reserve, where you can be delighted by the greenery as you travel through the woodland pathways while listening to birds sing wonderful tunes. Travellers can view unusual tree species, birds, and primates such as black and white colobus monkeys, mole rats, white tailed mongoose, Genet cats, Giant forest Hog, bush pig, and more on their guided nature walk
Mountain climbing
Mountain climbing is the most popular sport in the area, and it demands physical fitness to trek to the third peak, which rises to 4.895 meters, and takes seven to 10 days to reach the top, where you are rewarded with breathtaking views of the landscape.
Birding
Many lovely bird species can be seen on your birding tour in Mount Kenya national park, including Olive Ibis, Ayres's Hawk Eagle, African Crowned Eagle, Long-tailed Widowbird, Abyssinian Owl, Cape Eagle Owl, Abbott's Starling, Lesser Kestrel, and many others.
Maasai Tribal Experience
You’ve seen pictures of them – adorned with the brilliant red, blue and purple patterns of the shukas they wear. The men with their spears, tall and proud. The women bejeweled with bright beaded earrings and scarves. These are the some of the oldest inhabitants of East Africa, the Maasai people. They live in small mud-thatched villages, surrounded by their cattle and smaller livestock. For hundreds of years the Masai have roamed these lands of Amboseli & Masai Mara, living a free, nomadic lifestyle. Their traditional lands now comprise much of Kenya’s national parks. A highlight of your Kenya safari vacation is a visit with these Maasai people.
