The Mountain Bongo has seen a dramatic decline in numbers , from an estimated population of 25,000 to 150 individuals
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A Look Inside the Newly Opened Fairmont Mount Kenya Safari Club
The charm of Fairmont Mount Kenya Safari club is that it showcases all the beauty Nanyuki has to offer. Look one way, you see the majestic Mount Kenya, turn around 100 acres of landscaped gardens, home to 110 luxurious villas and hotel rooms.
#Travel: How I made 168 friends at an Animal Orphanage
During my most recent visit to Fairmont Mount Kenya Safari Club, I became a different type of friend. No, I don’t mean a cheerleader that provides moral support for someone, or a leech that drains…
Life Lessons: Riding a horse can help you find balance
Clip-clop…clip-clop. The steady rhythms from my horse – a beautiful, well-groomed stallion, dark, tall, noble, and handsome – propelled me forward, deeper into the Mount Kenya National Park. My companion and I came across a…
#TRAVEL: The ultimate spa weekend on slopes of Mount Kenya
The sounds of Mount Kenya unfold as I drift away. The whispering wind, trickling flow of water from nearby rivers and streams fed from glaciers, clip-clop of hooves, chirping birds and sharp crackles from a…
Riding horses around Mount Kenya
I honestly never knew horse-riding was so much work. In fact, the phrase ‘so and so has the thighs of a horse-rider’ never aroused any ‘huhs?!’ in me, but now I get it. It was…
10,000 Trees to be planted on Mt Kenya thanks to Tweets
Africa Point Ltd will be joined by Capital FM, East African Wildlife Society and other partners, Saturday, November 19, 2011, as they plant 10,000 trees on Mount Kenya through an initiative that encourages the use…
Enduring 6 days of Mount Kenya 4975 m
August 9, 2011 (Margaret Allison Wilton-Siegel) – Though not as high in elevation, Mount Kenya is said to be more challenging a climb than its Tanzanian counterpart, Mount Kilimanjaro. With its tallest peak at over 17,000…