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Climbing Mount Kenya

Mt Kenya, Africa’s second highest peak is regarded as the realm of Ngai, god of the local Kenya tribe, Kikuyu people. Traditionally, all Kikuyu home were built to face this sacred Kenya peak. They call it Kirinyaga, or place of Kenya light.
This Kenya mountain is an awe-inspiring Kenya sight. Mount Kenya’s peaks are crowned with snow, and its slopes are thick with forest. Its highest peak is best seen at dawn, when the days early light silhouettes its impressive summit high over the surrounding plains.

Mount Kenya summit at 5199 metres, is accessible through technical climbing. The lesser peak of Point Lenana (4985m) can be easily reached by any fit mountain trekker. Trekking mount Kenya to point Lenana takes between 3 and 7 days, through a fascinating world of mountain forests, wildlife, unique montane vegetation including podocarpus and grounsel, and finally one of the worlds rarest sights, equatorial snow.

Mount Kenya climbing is a lifetime adventure with cool highlands surrounding its base. The forests are ideal for game viewing, and there are crystal clear mountain streams that abound with Trout.

This is Kenya's highest mountain, with its higher slope permanently covered in snow and ice, even though it sits astride the equator.

Mount Kenya National park comprises the mountain above the 320m [10,500ft] contour plus two salients astride the Naro moru and the Sirimon routes.