Aberdare National Park is a protected region in central Kenya’s Aberdare Mountain Range. The Mountain Rage is located east of the East African Rift Valley and offers a breathtaking view of the African savannahs. The National Park encompasses the higher elevations as well as the Aberdare Salient to the east. Aberdare National Park is known for its steep forested ravines and open moorland, which provide visitors on safari with breathtaking scenery. The park is home to a diverse range of animals, including some of the world’s big game. Wildlife safaris to Aberdare National Park are never disappointing just like in any other Kenya National Parks and Reserves.
The Aberdare Mountains National Park was formed in 1950 with the goal of conserving and protecting them. Aberdare National Park has now expanded to include an area of 767 km2, making it one of Kenya’s most important conservancies.
Aberdare National Park is located about 100 kilometers north of Nairobi and spans a wide range of topography at elevations ranging from 2,000 meters (6,600 feet) to 4,000 meters (13,000 feet). The park has a diverse topography, with mountain peaks up to 4,000 meters (13,000 feet) above sea level and deep, v-shaped valleys traversed by streams, rivers, and waterfalls. Lower altitudes are home to moorlands, bamboo forests, and rainforests. A safari with Vacanza Adventure Safaris gives you the opportunity to explore Kenya’s Aberdare National Park on your own terms.
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Some African wildlife resident species include the lion, leopard, elephant, East African wild dog, giant forest hog, bushbuck, mountain reedbuck, waterbuck, Cape buffalo, suni, side-striped jackal, eland, duiker, olive baboon, black and white colobus monkey, and sykes monkey. The rarer sightings, like as the African golden cat and the bongo, should not be missed when on a safari in Kenya’s Aberdare National Park.
Other species, like as the common eland and serval, reside in the upper moorlands of Aberdare National Park. Aberdare National Park also has a great population of eastern black rhinoceros.
The National Park also has some birdlife, with over 250 bird species recorded here. The endangered Aberdare cisticola, Jackson’s spurfowl, sparrowhawk, African goshawk, African fish eagle, sunbirds, Abyssinian crimsonwing, African green pigeon, African paradise flycatcher, African yellow warbler, and others are regularly seen on safaris. The Ayres’s hawk eagle, the Augur buzzard, and Trogon with a barbed tail, Sunbird brooding, The cinnamon-chested bee-eater Doherty’s bush-shrike, Crowned eagle Hartlaub’s turaco, Hunter’s cisticola, Jackson’s francolin, Montagu’s harrier, golden-winged sunbird Mountain buzzard, Moorland chat, Moorland francolin, Moustached green tinkerbird, Narina trogon, Olive ibis Sparrowhawk with a rufous breast, Sharpe’s longclaw, Silvery-cheeked hornbill, Tacazze sunbird, Tambourine dove, White-headed wood-hoopoeand plovers are among the species.
Aberdare National 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 in Aberdare, book with Vacanza Adventure Safaris and have a life changing experience as you get transported from rainforest to bamboo groves to high alpine vegetation while enjoying the beautiful sceneries of the wild Africa.
What is special about Aberdare National Park?
The National Park has historical significance for both Kenya and the British Empire. Aberdare National Park is well known as the location where Princess Elizabeth learnt she was Queen after learning of her father King George VI’s death while visiting at the Treetops Hotel in 1952. A visit here will keep you enthralled because the area offers a variety of attractions and safari activities in which you may participate. Vacanza Adventure Safaris offers a team of experts ready to make your African journey one to remember.
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