The Aberdares offer striking mountain scenery, a mix of the alps combined with stretches of dense jungle and amazing waterfalls, and a large variety of animals. The vegetation of the reserve is separated between the high moorland and the forested Salient which has an abundance of wildlife including buffalos, elephants, lions, leopard, warthogs, bushpigs, eland, bushbucks, reedbucks, Sykes monkey, and black rhinos. The Aberdares offer the unique opportunity to see these animals at a drinking hole and observe their behaviour at night from the comfort of a lodge. Above the forest is a belt of bamboo, a favourite haunt of the Bongo, a rare and elusive forest antelope.

At 3,000 meters, the bamboo gives way to moorland, home to eland, spotted and melanistic serval cats. Other features are the giant alpine varieties of lobelia, groundsel and heather. Ideal for walking, picnics, camping and trout fishing in the rivers, the moorlands are reminiscent of the Scottish highlands. Mountain ranges and peaks soar above the moorland to around 4000 meters giving way to deep V-shaped valleys with streams and rivers cascading over spectacular waterfalls with the largest plunging dramatically more than 300 meters.

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