Mount Kenya National Park is a national park in Kenya that was established in 1949 around Mount Kenya to protect its surrounding environment and wildlife. The park is located about 175km (108 miles) from Nairobi. It covers around 700 square kilometres protecting the mountain between altitudes of 11,000ft and 17,058ft above sea level. The park offers a landscape of Mountain Rivers, forest, moorland rock and ice and is crowned by  twin peaks of Batian and Nelion  for the Kikuyu people.

The vegetation is mainly alpine and sub-alpine flora, bamboo forests, moorland and tundra. The vegetation changes notably as you ascend because of the variations in temperatures .Initially, it was a forest reserve, before being announced as a national park. The other major attractions in the park are; Pristine wilderness, lakes, tarns, glaciers and peaks of great beauty and mineral springs, the unique montane and alpine vegetation and it’s the magnificent wildlife with over 130 species of birds. There are a number of activities that can be enjoyed within the park. Among these are; game drives, mountain climbing, camping and cave exploration .

In the lower forest and bamboo zone mammals include giant forest hog, tree hyrax, white-tailed mongoose, elephant, black rhinoceros, suni, black-fronted duiker and leopard. Moorland mammals include the localized Mount Kenya mouse shrew, hyrax and common duiker. The endemic mole-rat is common throughout the northern slopes and the Hinder Valley at elevations up to 4000 m . An impressive array of birdlife includes green ibis (local Mount Kenya race); Ayres hawk eagle; Abyssinian long-eared owl; scaly francolin; Rüppell’s robin-chat; numerous sunbirds (Nectariniidae); the locally threatened scarce swift; and near endemic alpine swift.