Mt Kenya National Park is a high altitude park lying at an altitude of between 3100 and 5300 meters and is home to a wide variety of exotic Kenyan plants as well different species of wildlife. Most famous as the home of Mt Kenya, the second highest mountain in Africa, many visitors return here each year for the excellent climbing opportunities this park offers and the breathtaking scenery that includes moors and glaciers and tarns and glades and peaks.

According to local legend, Mt Kenya, also known as Kirinyaga, is the hallowed abode of Ngai, the God of the Kikuyu ethnic group.Many different types of climbing expeditions, some amateur and others professional, take place here each year from the base camps of Naro Moru, Timau ,Sirimon or Chogoria. Some of the routes are more difficult than others and it is always recommended that visitors consult and seek more professional information from the Mountain Climbing Club of Kenya or be accompanied at all times by professional guides.

At the lower ranges of the mountain are some of Kenya's most fertile farmlands lush green and laden with coffee and tea, wheat and maize and bananas and green vegetables , making a trip to these parts well worth a visit for the splendid scenery that it offers.

Mount Kenya Safari

3 Day climbing Safari
The three day safari is designed for those who are reasonably fit and healthy and who wish to take a trek up to Point Lenana, the third highest peak of Mt Kenya. The trek starts in the afternoon.