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Chyulu hills
national park
The
youngest volcanic
mountain range in Africa and Kenya, the Chyulu Hills form the major
water catchments for a wildlife and agricultural region in
excess of 20.000 kilometres. The hills generate the major
water supply for Mzima Springs, the sole water source of the
coastal towns of Mombasa and Malindi. The Chyulu Hills are
covered in a scenic and mysterious rainforest, home to a
great variety of wild and bird life. A perfect potential
tourist attraction.
Chyulu hills national
park is a magical land of
black-frozen lava flows with blazing red-hot poker trees; of
shoals of the extinct volcanoes wreathed in dense forests
and hung with Spanish moss, the Chyulu hills coil like
sleeping dragon on the lion-gold plains of this treasure.
The pink haloed peak of Mount Kilimanjaro rises to the west
and all around stretch the mirage miles of Masai land,
dusty, stalked and dry by scarlet cloaked herders and
dust-plumed cattle. The park comprises the eastern flanks of
the Chyulu hills including about half the forested area. The
park boundary runs down the centre of the hills along the
line of peaks. The remaining western portion of the hills is
part of the West Chyulu Game Conservation Area and owned by
several Masai communities and group ranches.
Eco-tourism in the area
will benefit the local population and will protect the 500
square kilometres Chyulu Hills National Park from further
deterioration. A single capital investment is required to
turn the Park into an economic and self sustaining hub for
the entire region.
Accommodation options in
Chyulu hills national park include;
Ol donyo wuas
Nyati safari camp
Umani springs camp |
