Mount Kenya National Park and Reserve

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 things 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, water buck and Elands. Animals rarely seen include leopard, bongo, giant forest hog. Over 130 bird species have been recorded