Mt. Kenya is Africa’s second highest mountain after Kilimanjaro. This extinct volcano is estimated to be 2.5 million years old. Time has taken its toll on the former, reducing the peak from 6500m to 5199 m today, while nature’s untiring eroding agents long ago eroded the crater.Mt. Kenya is located 180km north of Nairobi within the mount Kenya National park. The park protected area 3200m above sea level and was established in 1949 and covers an area of 715 sq km. The mountain comprised of three main zones: - the rocky peak zone, the afro-alpine moorland with it’s scattering of giant vegetation and the extensive tower slope covered with mountain forest and a bamboo there are over 81plant species. Any fit and prepared person can reach point Lenana, the so-called trekker’s peak, the summit has the twin peaks of 5199m Batian and Nelion and is considered more technically challenging than the higher Mt Kilimanjaro at 5894m. Click here

Mt.Kilimanjaro Climbing in Tanzania as Africa’s highest mountain at an attitude of 5896 m no climbing experience is required but you should be in good physical condition and consider equipping yourself with the necessary climbing gears, we recommend that climbers be “open minded” and a well-developed sense of humor for us to maintain our high standards of operation. We limit our climb to 10 people per group. Click here

Other Mountains in East Africa Mt.Meru and Mt.Elgon