Tourist Attractions in Aberdare National Park
Aberdare National Park’s cool climate, pervading mists, cold rivers, streams, and unique vegetation create a paradise for distinct Tourist Attractions in Aberdare National Park which range from the stunning topography and unique wildlife species. The park being a high altitude park, it is an ideal location for viewing Kenya’s birds and animals as well as for topography enthusiasts, it’s fascinating landscapes feature among the things to see in Aberdare National Park harboring mountainous peaks with high alpine vegetation, deep v-shaped valleys of dense and misty tropical rainforests plus lush grasslands that are intersected by streams, wide rivers and 300-meter-high magnificent waterfalls as well as open wild moorland, baboon grooves.
Wildlife!
Wildlife species featuring as the major Tourist Attractions in Aberdare National Park are the eastern black rhinoceros, the National Park is known as home to 2nd the largest population of these rhinos. The park also hosts sightings of very rare animal species such as the African golden cat and Bongo a giant antelope, other residents wildlife species to the Aberdare National Park are the large herds of elephants over 2,000 in number, east African wild dog, bushbuck, mountain reedbuck, waterbuck, cape buffalo, eland, giant forest hog, warthogs, duiker, olive baboon, black and white colobus monkey, and sykes monkeys. Sightings of spotted hyenas, bush pigs, serval cat, and on occasions the elusive black leopard are common in this park, the lion is also present here but not often spotted.
The Aberdare National Park also hosts prolific birdlife which features over 250 recorded bird species which include the endangered Aberdale cisticola, Jackson’s spurfowl, sparrow hawk, African goshawk, African fish eagles, sunbirds, and plovers. In the cool glades of the park, you may see raptors such as buzzards and the African crown eagle, butterflies are plentiful as well especially in the two major environments of the park – the forests and the moorlands.
Apart from wildlife, other Tourist Attractions in Aberdare National Park include the magnificent waterfalls with the main ones being Karuru waterfalls which fall in three steps of 117, 26 and 130meters, making a total of 273meters high, Chania waterfalls and may other smaller ones additional to many ridges and river valleys which create beautifully sceneries that usually attract scenery photographers.