Aberdare N.P
Overview
Aberdare National Park, located in Central Kenya to the east of the East African Rift Valley, is a safari park which covers an area of more than 767 sq km and stretches across the higher areas of the Aberdare Mountain ranges. To the east, it is covered by the Aberdare Salient. Located at 18,29 m above sea level, the park is relatively low in altitude, but has been identified as a landscape park.
In general, the terrain features a wide variety of terrains with deep ravines that go along the slopes of the eastern and western forested part of the mountains. In addition to the Black Rhinos that are often sighted within this park, there are also baboons, sykes monkeys, white and black Colobus monkeys as well as leopards. The bamboo forests here are home to a number of rare species, including the lion, golden cat, as well as bongos, which are hard to find forest antelopes that live in the bamboo forests. On the verdant slopes of the Aberdare ranges, one can see a very large Mugumo (fig) tree that is very old; by simply looking at it, one can see that this tree has a very rich history that is best narrated by the people living in this region.
Attractions
Aberdare National park has a variety of habitats that are host to a variety of animals that include the African elephant herds, the huge forest hog, leopards, buffaloes, reed bucks, the black rhinoceros, hyenas, the bongo antelope, the warthog, the Genet cats, wild dogs, the elands, the Columbus monkey, the red duiker, the baboon, the Sykes monkey, among others, as well as a profusion of birds that live in this region. As one of the closest communities to the park, the Kikuyu people believe that these ranges are some of the places that their gods live, and they consider them among their homes. Originally named Nyandarua (which means drying hide in the native tongue), this area was named by the natives because of the numerous distinctive folds that can be found here.
How to get there
By Road :
It takes approximately 2 or 3 hours to travel 160km from Nairobi to get to the national park when using road transportation. Getting to the airport in Nairobi requires you to fly, and then you have to connect by road through the Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta international airport, where you will drive along a tarmac road. It has a number of gates, such as Shamata or rhino gate, which can be accessed from Nyahururu and Mutubio gate, which can be accessed from Naivasha.
By Air:
As far as air transport is concerned, you will book scheduled or chartered flights from Wilson airport, which is located in the southern part of Nairobi, to the airstrips at Mweiga and Nanyuki, and then connect to the park headquarters by road.
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