Aberdare National Park
This park is located 180 km from Nairobi and stretches over a wide variety of terrains because it covers altitudes
from about 7,000 feet to 14,000 feet above sea level.
Established in May 1950, the Aberdare National Park covers an area of 767 square kilometers and forms part
of the Aberdare Mountain Range.
The park offers a wide range of beautiful landscapes - from the mountain peaks that rise to 14,000 feet above sea level,
to their deep, v-shaped valleys intersected by streams and rivers, waterfalls, and even moorland, bamboo forests
and rainforests as one goes down to lower altitudes.
Visitors to the park can find different types of accommodation according to their taste, ranging from the Treetops tree-house lodge, to the Ark - built in the shape of Noah's Ark - and three self-help banda sites, eight special campsites and a public campsite in the moorland.
There are also five picnic sites.
Both Treetops and Ark provide excellent nighttime wildlife viewing.
From here, visitors can observe various animals, such as elephant, buffalo, lion and rhino, which get attracted to the waterholes.
The park also includes two airstrips - at Mweiga & Nyeri.
Animals easily observed include the lion, leopard, baboon, black and white Colobus, and sykes monkey.
Rarer sightings include those of the Golden Cat and the Bongo - an elusive forest antelope that lives in the bamboo forest.
Animals like the eland and spotted and melanistic serval cats can be found higher up in the moorlands.
The Aberdare National Park also contains the second largest population of the Black Rhino, unique to Kenya.
Visitors can also indulge in walking, picnics, trout fishing in the rivers and camping in the moorlands.
from about 7,000 feet to 14,000 feet above sea level.
Established in May 1950, the Aberdare National Park covers an area of 767 square kilometers and forms part
of the Aberdare Mountain Range.
The park offers a wide range of beautiful landscapes - from the mountain peaks that rise to 14,000 feet above sea level,
to their deep, v-shaped valleys intersected by streams and rivers, waterfalls, and even moorland, bamboo forests
and rainforests as one goes down to lower altitudes.
Visitors to the park can find different types of accommodation according to their taste, ranging from the Treetops tree-house lodge, to the Ark - built in the shape of Noah's Ark - and three self-help banda sites, eight special campsites and a public campsite in the moorland.
There are also five picnic sites.
Both Treetops and Ark provide excellent nighttime wildlife viewing.
From here, visitors can observe various animals, such as elephant, buffalo, lion and rhino, which get attracted to the waterholes.
The park also includes two airstrips - at Mweiga & Nyeri.
Animals easily observed include the lion, leopard, baboon, black and white Colobus, and sykes monkey.
Rarer sightings include those of the Golden Cat and the Bongo - an elusive forest antelope that lives in the bamboo forest.
Animals like the eland and spotted and melanistic serval cats can be found higher up in the moorlands.
The Aberdare National Park also contains the second largest population of the Black Rhino, unique to Kenya.
Visitors can also indulge in walking, picnics, trout fishing in the rivers and camping in the moorlands.
