Mount Kenya has shaped the cultures of groups who live around it. The Kikuyu tribe are agriculturalists who live on the southern and western sides of the mountain, and they revere Mount Kenya as the sacred throne of their god, Ngai. The Kikuyu used to design their houses with doors that faced the hallowed mountain. Located in central Kenya, the landscape of Mount Kenya National Park is dominated by Mount Kenya (5,199m), the second-tallest mountain in Africa after Mount Kilimanjaro.
Mount Kenya National Park supports a unique afro-alpine ecosystem, and it serves as a crucial drainage basin that supplies Kenya’s water. In 1978, the Kenyan Government established a national park around Mount Kenya to boost tourism in the area and conserve the nation’s biodiversity. The park is surrounded by a forest reserve and both areas became UNESCO World Heritage Sites in 1997. Mount Kenya National Park encompasses several landscapes, including alpine rivers, forests, and mountain slopes across its surface area of 715 km².
During the two rainy seasons, the trails are more difficult, and the visibility is poor.
The forests sustain larger mammals like elephants, Cape buffaloes, and leopards, and smaller mammals such as several species of antelope. Black-and-white colobus monkeys also inhabit the forests. Several animals have evolved to thrive at high altitudes on Mount Kenya, including the Mount Kenya hyrax, a small, herbivorous mammal, and the common duiker, a small antelope.
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Tsavo West contains about half of this area
Lake Nakuru is a UNESCO World Heritage Site
Maasai Mara (Masai Mara) is situated in southwest
Mount Kenya has shaped the cultures of groups
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