Waterfalls
In the forest.
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Aberdare National Park is a range of high mountains in central Kenya, east of the Rift Valley. Wide moorland spreads above the forest, deep V-shaped valleys cut through it, tall waterfalls drop between moss-hung trees, and bamboo and rainforest cover the lower slopes. The park was established in May 1950, covers 767 km² and runs from 2,000 to 4,000 m above sea level. It is known as the place where Elizabeth II became Queen in 1952, on the death of her father, while staying at the Treetops Hotel. It holds elephant, buffalo, leopard, lion and black-and-white colobus monkeys, with rarer sightings of bongo and the African golden cat. You drive the park's tracks between forest and moorland, stop at viewpoints to see the waterfalls, and watch for animals at the forest edge. The park is about 100 km north of Nairobi and about 24 km in a straight line west of Nyeri. It is cold and wet up high, and tracks turn muddy in the rain, so a four-wheel drive is best.
In the forest.
Above the forest.
At the forest edge.
Aberdare Range, central Kenya
Yes, especially in the rains.
In the drier months.