The second highest peak in Africa (5,199 m) after Kilimanjaro in Tanzania (5,892 m), Mount Kenya is less well known, but no less worthy of note. Many travelers think that a visit to Mount Kenya National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is limited to climbing its peaks and do not see the point of staying there. They are wrong, because this park offers a multitude of activities in the middle of sumptuous landscapes. There are dozens of easy hikes of a few hours that will allow you to discover a unique flora in the world.The less athletic can be satisfied to admire buffalos, elephants or leopards from their lodge lost in the middle of a real jungle. Those who opt for a simple hike... Those will not regret it. It is the occasion to discover imposing landscapes and a quite exceptional vegetation. Many antelopes, but also elephants and especially buffalos live on the slopes of Mount Kenya.You will walk at the foot of the glaciers, in a tropical forest composed first of podocarpus and cedars (between 2,000 m and 2,500 m), then of giant bamboos (around 2,500 m) and, finally, of stunted trees (around 3,000 m). Beyond 3 000 m, the vegetation is impoverished, you walk then in a kind of moor covered with giant heathers, then with lobelia and ragwort which can reach more than 5 m height. The road to Chogoria is probably the most beautiful one where you pass from valley to valley in the middle of tens of small lakes. Unfortunately it is not the easiest to access The ascent of Mount Kenya is to be done with a guide. If the trail is not particularly difficult to follow, the real difficulty lies in reaching the summit by sunrise, which implies leaving Mackinder's Camp around 3am, and following what does not really look like a trail anymore, and moreover, at night!Be sure to ask about the difficulties of the climb, as Mount Kenya is not a walk in the park. There is the problem of altitude on the one hand (at 5 000 m, the effects of altitude sickness are well felt), of physical condition (count between 10 and 12 hours of walking on the last day), then that of balance. Indeed, if the last step to reach the summit does not require any particular skills, you will still have to pull yourself up on the rocks. People who suffer from vertigo might find this step very difficult..

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