Mt Kenya National Park

Information

Park in: Kenya

Park Area: 715 km2

Park Longitude: 0° 0' N

Park Latitude: 0° 0' E

Distance to : 175

Way Time to : 03:00

Annual Temperatures: 26

Climate in Park: Soft

Local Relief: Tropic

Best Months to Visit: August, July, March, February, January

Available Attraction

Rent Boat: Not Available

Balloon Safari: Not Available

Night Safari Game Drive: Available

Walk Game: Not Available

Picnic Place: Available

Airstrips: Available

Lookout: Available

Short Description

Mt. Kenya is an imposing extinct volcano dominating the landscape of the Kenyan Highlands, East of the Rift Valley. Mt. Kenya lies about 140 km North, North-East of Nairobi with its Northern flanks across the Equator. The mountain has two main peaks - Batian (5200m) and Nelion (5188m). The mountains slopes are cloaked in forest, bamboo, scrub and moorland giving way on the high central peaks to rock, ice and snow. Mt. Kenya is an important water catchment area, supplying the Tana and Northern Ewaso Ngiro systems. The park includes a variety of habitats ranging from higher forest, bamboo, alpine moorlands, glaciers, tarns and glacial morains.

Interesting Facts

The park, which was inscribed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site in 1997 and is also a Biosphere Reserve, covers 715 km2, and includes the Peaks consisting of all the ground above 3200m with two small salients extending lower down to 2450m along the Sirimon and Naro Moru tracks. Surrounding the park is Mount Kenya National Reserve with an area of approximately 2095 km2.

Birds and Animals in : Mt Kenya National Park

This Birds Easy to see:

African Jacana

Hamerkop

Grey Parrot

Black-bellied Bustard

Black Crowned Crane

Archer's Buzzard

American Golden Plover

African Jacana

African Harrier Hawk

African Fish Eagle