Aberdare National Park
The park is as well-known for its 300m-high waterfalls, mountainous terrain, misty tropical forests and rich trekking as for its wealth of wildlife. Go for a mountain hike and you’ll be transported from rainforest to bamboo groves to high alpine vegetation.
Along your route you may see buffalo, antelope, baboon, monkey and elephant emerging from the dense forest. The park is home to over 2,000 elephants and some very rare species such the bongo – a giant antelope that lives in the bamboo forest. Also found here is the very rare African golden cat.
Aberdare is home to the second largest herd of black rhino in Kenya. And sightings are common of spotted hyenas, bush pigs, waterbuck, jackal, eland and on occasions the elusive black leopard. The lion is present here too but not often spotted.