Mount Elgon National Park
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Highlights
- Witness The Best Part Of Safari.
- Make Memories For Life Time.
- Be a Part of Heritage Route.
The park is 140 kilometres north east of Lake Victoria. The park covers an area of 1279 square kilometres and is bisected by the border of Kenya and Uganda. The Ugandan part of the park covers 1,110 sq km while the Kenyan part covers 169 sq km. The Kenyan part of the park was gazetted in 1968, the Ugandan part in 1992. This national park is named after Mount Elgon, an extinct Shield volcano on the border of Uganda and Kenya. Mount Elgon National park is uniquely split down the middle by the Kenyan Ugandan border. Mount Elgon is an important water catchment for the Nzoia River in Uganda that flows into Lake Turkana.
Climate of the park
The climate is moist to moderate dry. Annual rainfall is over 1,270 mm. The dry seasons run from June to August and from December to March, even though it can rain at any time.
Vegetation
Elgon’s slopes also support a rich variety of vegetation ranging from montane forest to high open moorland studded with the giant lobelia and groundsel plants. The vegetation varies with altitude. The mountain slopes are all covered with olive olea hochtetteri.
Wildlife in the park
Mammals
Elephants and buffalos can be found on the lower slopes. The park is home to a variety of small antelope and the duiker, as well as the forest monkeys, including the black and white colobus and the blue monkeys, red tailed monkey have been reported after being thought to be locally extinct. You can also find leopard and the hyenas.
The birds
Mount Elgon is home to at least 144 bird species. The most common species include; the eastern bronze naped pigeon, the Hartlaub turaco, Tacazze sunbird and the lammergeyer and many more.
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