Mount Kenya National Park

Centered around Africa’s second-highest mountain with forest, alpine moorland, and mountain wildlife.

Mount Kenya is the second highest peak in Africa and is an ancient extinct volcano. There are 12 remnant glaciers on the mountain, all receding rapidly, and four secondary peaks that sit at the head of the U-shaped glacial valleys. With its rugged glacier-clad summits and forested middle slopes, Mount Kenya is one of the most impressive landscapes in East Africa.

There are about 20 glacial tarns (small lakes) of varying sizes and numerous glacial moraine features between 3,950 m and 4,800 m. The highest peaks are Batian (5,199m) and Nelion (5,188m). The third peak is Point Lenana (4,984m).

The scenery and ecological formations surrounding this designated World Heritage Site is breathtakingly beautiful. The park is also a Biosphere Reserve.

Wildlife

Include Elephants, tree hyrax, white tailed mongoose, suni, black fronted duiker, mole rat, bushbucks, water buck and Elands. Animals rarely seen include leopard, bongo, giant forest hog .

Birds

Over 130 bird species have been recorded.

Important Information for Visitors

All visitors should enter the park with a qualified and certified guide. Guides and potters have identification cards issued by the park management.

Disposable plastic water bottles are not allowed in the park.

Guides and potters are not allowed to carry luggage that exceed 25KG. Weighing of luggage will be done at the gate on entry.

All visitors are required to check in and out of the park, this is done by recording personal information in the entry and exit books.

Climate

Climate, flora and fauna on Mt. Kenya varies with altitude

What to take with you

Personal effects, drinking water, food, warm clothing and camping equipment.

Also important are; camera, binoculars, sunscreen, insect repellent, first aid kit, sunglasses, appropriate hiking/mountaineering gear and reserve car fuel.

The snowcapped mountain that the Agikuyu, Aembu and Ameru communities believed to be the home of their traditional God-Ngai is definitely a puller. It is a place to be treated with respect and reverence by visitors who come here, among other thing,s seeking divine and spiritual nourishment. Pristine wilderness, lakes, tarns, glaciers and peaks of great beauty, geological variety, the forest, mineral springs, rare and endangered wildlife species, high altitude adapted game, unique montane and alpine vegetation with 11 species of endemic plants are a sight. Wildlife includes Elephants, tree hyrax, white-tailed mongoose, suni, black-fronted duiker, mole rat, bushbucks, waterbuck and Elands. Animals rarely seen include the leopard, the bongo, giant forest hog. Over 130 bird species have been recorded.