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Take A Kenyan Safari To Mount Kenya National Park And Reserve
Kenyan Safari to the
Mount Kenya National Park You will find dry upland forest
and Reserve should be on in the lower slopes, then after
your list of options when about 7000 ft this changes to
planning a safari if only because montane forest of cedar and podo
of its height, being the second which then changes to thick
highest mountain in Africa. Mount bamboo at a little over 8000 ft,
Kenya is 17,058 feet high and the and then these die out as you
National Park and Reserve has climb higher, and you find
1300 square kilometres of forest smaller trees and high altitude
reserve with 715 square mosses. After 10000ft you come
kilometres above the 10,500 ft onto high altitude heath and
tree line, where the entire shrubs , and then finally above
mountain is National Park 11000 feet there is open
moorland.
This height means that what you
are going to see a huge variety A Kenya safari is mostly about
of spectacular scenery which wildlife, and Mount Kenya
makes the Park very special. national park has its fair share,
There are lakes, tarns, glaciers, again changing with altitude, and
peaks, natural mineral springs, the season of the year. During
and the vegetation changes quite the rains it is the dispersal
dramatically with the height from area for Meru National Park
sea level. Add to this high especially elephant and buffalo.
altitude adapted plains game, and In fact electrified fencing has
unique alpine vegetation with been put up near populated areas
eleven species of endemic plants. to keep the elephants off
The surroundings in the Mount farmland.
Kenya Safari Park are truly
breathtaking The wildlife in the forest below
the Park Boundary includes the reserve.
aforementioned elephant and
buffalo. To which can be added There is excellent game viewing,
lion, several different species fantastic scenery, with the
of antelope including the very lakes, tarns, glaciers, and high
rare bongo. If you are incredibly peaks. A number of rare birds and
lucky you might see up to eleven animals, and the high altitude
species unique to this area above plains game and the mountain
2500 metres. There are the black forest. Added to this the natural
leopard, black and white Colobus mineral springs, and for a few
and Sykes monkeys, bushbuck, intrepid souls mountain climbing
buffalo, elephant. Then lower itself, but this is not for the
down Olive baboon, waterbuck, hill walker but more the skilled
black rhino, black fronted mountaineer.
duikers, leopard, giant forest
hog, genet cat, bushpig and If you are planning a memorable
hyena.. The very privileged few Kenyan Safari then a trip to the
might even see albino zebra. Mount Kenya National Park and
Above the treeline you’ll find Reserve promises to be a
high altitude zebra and eland. wonderful experience.
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