Mountain climbing in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda!

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Africa's second highest mountain at 5,199 m forms part of the central highlands and is a very complex mountain. It has more than one peak, many rock spires and summits.

Of the three main peaks (Batian, Nelion and Lenana) only Point Lenana can be reached by trekkers, the
other two being only for technical climbers.
Although Mount Kenya can be climbed all year
round, it is best to avoid the two rainy seasons
from mid-March until June and from late October
to the end of December.

After the cultivated farmlands on the lower slopes
the trails pass through the rain forest, rich in trees
of many species but noticeably camphor's, then
onto a bamboo zone growing to heights of more
than 12m or more, up through open moorland
before reaching the moonscape of the higher slopes.

The forest are rich in wildlife including elephant, buffalo and monkeys with even the moorlands
offering along list of mammals including the rock hyrax, the nearest living relative of
the elephant.