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6 Top Reasons Why You Should Visit Mount Longonot National Park in kenya.
Here are 6 top reasons why you should visit Mt longonot National Park National park in kenya.
Mount Longonot national park is strato volcano located southeast of Lake Naivasha in the Great Rift valley of Kenya, it is thought to have last erupted in the 1860’s and its name is delivered from the Maasai word Oloonong’ot, meaning mountains of many spurs .
Mount Longonot is protected by the Kenya Wildlife Services as part of Mount Longonot National Park. The park covers an area of 52 square kilometres with a landscape of 2,776 meters above the sea level, the landscape of the park is composed of Mount Longonot, V –shaped valley, ridges and little vegetation cover.
Therefore the park is one of the must-visit travel destinations while you are in Kenya . Its location is i southeast of lake Naivasha . The park covers kenya’s with mountain longnot . Strato volcanoes national park offers travelers a variety of tourist attractions and activities, which together make a complete kenya safari package.
1.)Hiking of mountain longonot.
There are steeps which can be necessary used by different visitor to hike Mt longonot with its entire rim of crater.
An up-close encounter with the world’s endangered wildlife is reviewed as the best wildlife experience in the world. Mt longnot national park is a home to wildlife animal families available for trekking every day. Also, hiking in mounatain longonot is less demanding compared to other wildlife habitats, which makes it more interesting.
2.)Mountain climbing.
Mount Longonot offers some of the best hiking experiences on the continent, with its great high rising ranges to the great peaks. The hike is an awesome challenge to the tourist but rewarding in the sense of fence the tourist reach the peak of the mountain are able to have a site of Lake Naivasha.
The Mount Longonot national park also offers the excellent selection of the wildlife which can be seen on your way up to the rim, and to those adventuring into the forested crater should also spot out animals like Buffalos, Giraffes, Zebra, several species of antelopes, Baboons and leopards but tracks are done inside the park. You can as well spot out notable number of Rift Valley birds such a host of raptors which can be viewed catching thermals over the crater, common birds in the park includes the Verreaux’s Eagle and Lammergeier
3.)Bird watching.
It shelters over 8000 bird species 27 f which are endemic to the Albertine region. Expect to see birds like Red-faced Barbet, Miombo Wren-warblers, woodpecker Genolek, red-faced barbet, shoebill stork, yellow-eyed black flycatcher, Rwenzori double collared, Masked mountain Apalis, Grauer’s rush, stripe breasted tit among others. Enjoy the sweet melodies of birds, which sing continually up in the trees of Mt longonot national park.
4. )Nature walks.
Taking a guided forest walk is the best way to explore and enjoy the quiet and peaceful natural beauty of the national park. Travelers follow different forest trails, which end at certain tourism spots like waterfalls and caves among others. The most done forest trails in Mt longonot national park include the 8.4 mile loop trail near kijabe, Rift valley trails and among others.
5.)safety.
The national park is secure enough with security personnel that safeguard the parom poachers and also encroachers who can be a threat to the tourists and wild animals in the park. At the entrance of the park, the security team first checks the tourists for any security threats, and after they are then allowed to proceed to the reception area where they are briefed about how the activities in the park should be carried out i.e. the Dos and Dots before they participate in any activity. During activities in the park, you are accompanied by the tour guide and armed ranger to avoid any accidents like animal attacks.
6.)Wildlife Viewing.
There is an awesome and amazing scenic view availed by Mountain Longonot National Park that is uncommon in any another park. The activities here look similar to others from other parks but the best of it all is that it is the area of hidden touristic treasures, in the park the wildlife can be spotted around the mountainous regions such as the buffaloes, antelopes, baboon and numerous tree monkeys.