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Kenya
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Requirements, Things To Do, When
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Aberdares
National Park
The Aberdare Range (formerly, the Sattima Range, Kikuyu: Nyandarua) is
a 160 km long mountain range of upland north of Kenya's capital of
Nairobi with an average elevation is 11,000 feet (3,350 m). It is
located in west central Kenya, northeast of Naivasha and Gilgil and
just south of the Equator. It forms a section of the eastern rim of the
Great Rift Valley running from the Kinangop Plateau, to the Laikipia
Escarpment, roughly north to south. On the east, the range falls off
steeply into the Great Rift Valley and views of Lake Naivasha and the
distant Mau Escarpment can be seen.
The Aberdare Range has an average elevation of 12,000 - 13,000 feet
above sea level and is heavily-forested. Much of the range has been
protected within the Aberdare National Park since its creation in 1950.
The range attracts large numbers of hikers and climbers, operating out
of the main centers of Naivasha and Gilgil. The lower slopes are
farmed, while higher areas are known for their wildlife. The Rhino
Charge is an annual event run by conservationists in Kenya to pay for
fencing off the Aberdare National Park as a means of protecting East
Africa's largest indigenous forest from destruction.
The former name of the range survives still in Oldoinyo la Satima ("the
mountain of the young bull"); at 4,001 meters (13,120 feet), it is the
highest peak in the Aberdare Range. Mount Kenya (5,199 m, 17,057 ft),
the second highest mountain in Africa (after Kilimanjaro), lies several
kilometres east of the Aberdare Range.
The Aberdares National Park can be combined to be part of a bigger safari itinerary that takes in the Masai Mara, Samburu National Reserve or even Amboseli National Park.
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The Ark
provides a buzzer alarm in each cabin which is sounded by the
game-spotter on duty to alert you when an interesting animal appears,
or when something unusual happens. If you do not wish to be disturbed,
the buzzer can be turned off.
At night the forest comes alive, the cries of hyrax and the distinctive rasping growl of leopard echoing among the trees.
Quietly observe the procession of wildlife that come to drink buffalo, rhino, leopard, especially around the watering holes.
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