Aberdare National Park offers a scenic drive for road trip overlanders in Kenya due to its location in the mountain ranges within Central Kenya within the Rift Valley areas.
 Aberdare National Park hosts a diverse collection of African ecosystems covering the valleys with traversing streams, rivers, and swamps, at once backed by the Aberdare mountain range with heights about 4000m (13000 feet.
History of Aberdare National Park
Aberdare National Park was established in 1950 with the aim of conserving and protecting the Aberdare Mountains. Since then, it has grown to a size of an area of 767 km2
The streams and rivers are from the uphill of the mountain, flowing towards the valley, making waterfalls. The temperate grassland borders the bamboo forest and also rich, diverse rainforests.
There exist some waterfalls, and these act as a home for the wildlife; among the predators are lions, leopards, African wild dogs, hyenas, jackals, and the African golden cat. Though there is other wildlife within the park, some of the species here include bushbuck, buffalo, reedbuck, giant forest hog, warthog, and the endangered black rhinoceros.
There is a home for over 250bird species, of which the major ones include the African Fish Eagle, African goshawk, and so many others.
If your planning long term overland self drive road trip in Kenya , then its important to consider a visit to Aberdare National Park for unique Wildlife watching experience with Self Drive Africa.
Things to do in Aberdare National Park
Aberdare National Park is purely known for wildlife watching experiences and nature walks for exciting adventures for adults and children , when your self driving in Kenya as family , then the best prefect national Park to explore is aberdare national Park to enjoy the following:
Game Drives
On the private self-drive game drive to see the big five animals within the park during the random in the morning or evening for exotic wildlife watching. The Game drive time is 6:30 am to 10:30 and 2:00 pm-6.00 pm as you search for:Â
- black Rhinos
- buffalo
- spotted hyenas leopards,
- black colobus monkey
- bush bucks
- elands
- bongo antelopes
- giant forest hogs
Guided nature walks
Explore Aberdare National Park on Foot as you enjoy the story about the park from the expert local knowledgeable guides about the history and seeing animals as you walk around in the designed trails, which are close to points where wildlife animals can be spotted. See the magnificent waterfalls such as Chania Karuru that falls, Gura, and Magura falls.
Birding
Aberdare National Park is blessed with over 200bird species, including the native birds and the seasonal birds. The most common species within the park are noted here: sunbird, goshawks, Jackson’s francolin, mountain buzzard, rufous-breasted sparrow hawks, Ayres hawk and many other species. Bird watching is done in the early morning when the birds have just started singing for easy to see those in thick trees.
Horse riding
Horse riding is a beautiful experience that the park offers, with visitors riding horses on a beautiful landscape teeming with a variety of animals. Horseback riding can be carried out by guides in the savannah grassland and end up with a perfect adventure for most nature lovers.
Accommodations in Aberdare Park.
If you're planning to travel to Aberdare National Park, note that there are developed camping grounds and safari lodges for the ultimate Kenya Safari experience.
- Ark Tree lodge.
- Tusk Camp
- Fishing lodge
- Aberdare cottages.
Overland road trips in Kenya are also taken care of by booking the public campsites and private ones that are close to the park gates. 4WD Africa has got you covered for this unique experience in Kenya.
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| Landcruiser 76 Series | UGANDA | TANZANIA | KENYA | RWANDA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SELF DRIVE | $100 | $150 | $150 | $140 |
| WITH A DRIVER | $140 | $210 | $210 | $200 |
| ROOFTOP TENT | $20 | $20 | $20 | $20 |