Mount Elgon National Park (Kenya)

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national park

Mount Elgon National Park (Kenya) is a protected area on the Kenyan side of Mount Elgon, renowned for its montane forests, diverse wildlife, and extensive cave systems formed by ancient volcanic activity.

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Mount Elgon National Park 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf national park ⓘ
accessFrom Kitale town NERFINISHED ⓘ
area approximately 169 square kilometres ⓘ
borderingCountryAcrossMountain Uganda NERFINISHED ⓘ
cavesFormedBy ancient volcanic activity ⓘ
cavesUsedBy elephants ⓘ
cavesUsedFor salt licking by wildlife ⓘ
climate cool and wet montane climate ⓘ
conservationChallenges encroachment ⓘ
human–wildlife conflict ⓘ
illegal logging ⓘ
country Kenya ⓘ
designation National Park ⓘ
drainsInto Nzoia River system NERFINISHED ⓘ
Turkwel River system NERFINISHED ⓘ
elevationRange approximately 2000–4300 metres above sea level ⓘ
established 1968 ⓘ
governingBody Kenya Wildlife Service NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasBirdSpecies Hartlaub’s turaco NERFINISHED ⓘ
crowned hornbill ⓘ
taciturn greenbul NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCave Chepnyali Cave NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kitum Cave NERFINISHED ⓘ
Makingeny Cave NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ngwarisha Cave NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasGeologicalOrigin extinct shield volcano ⓘ
hasHabitatType afro-alpine grassland ⓘ
bamboo zone ⓘ
montane forest ⓘ
moorland ⓘ
hasMammalSpecies African elephant NERFINISHED ⓘ
blue monkey ⓘ
buffalo ⓘ
bushbuck ⓘ
colobus monkey ⓘ
giant forest hog ⓘ
hyena ⓘ
leopard ⓘ
highestPointFeature Mount Elgon summit area ⓘ
isImportantFor water catchment ⓘ
IUCNCategory II ⓘ
knownFor diverse wildlife ⓘ
extensive cave systems ⓘ
montane forests ⓘ
locatedIn Western Kenya NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInCounty Trans Nzoia County NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOn Mount Elgon NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainTouristActivities birdwatching ⓘ
camping ⓘ
cave exploration ⓘ
hiking ⓘ
nearestCity Kitale NERFINISHED ⓘ
nearestTown Kitale NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOfEcosystem Eastern Afromontane biodiversity hotspot NERFINISHED ⓘ
sharesMountainWith Uganda NERFINISHED ⓘ
vegetationZone Hagenia–Hypericum woodland NERFINISHED ⓘ
podocarpus forest ⓘ

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Mount Elgon → protectedBy → Mount Elgon National Park (Kenya) ⓘ
Kenya national parks system → includes → Mount Elgon National Park (Kenya) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mount Elgon National Park
Rift Valley Province → containsProtectedArea → Mount Elgon National Park (Kenya) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mount Elgon National Park