Every year, about 35,000 people try to climb Tanzania’s Mt. Kilimanjaro. To the people of Kenya (the country took its name from the mountain), it is like Mount Olympus. The highest, Batian ...

Situated on the equator about 180 km north of Nairobi, Mount Kenya is a solitary mountain of volcanic origin. A belt of moist Afromontane forest (1,800 to 3,200 meters above sea level) changes to a ...

Mount Kenya is considered by UNESCO to be one of the world’s heritage sites because of its vast ecosystem. The mountain and its surroundings are a habitat for many exotic animals, plants and birds.