Última atualização: 21/06/2008.
Desconheço sobre girafas neste parque...
Com 20km², é administrada pelo Kenya Wildlife Services.
Around 65 kms out of Nairobi is Ol Donyo Sabuk National Park centred around an imposing 2,146 metre mountain. The local Mkamba name for this peak is Kilimambogo, or “Buffalo Mountain”, an appropriate name given the large population of Mbogo (Buffalo) that live in the surrounding montane forest and plainland.
The park is also a refuge for colobus monkeys, bushbuck, duiker, leopard and numerous bird species.
Just outside the park, the waters of the Tana river cascade 27 metres down through a series of spectacular cataracts, forming the “14 falls”.
It is one of Kenya's smallest park, only 3sq kms. Opened in 1974 to protect the semi-aquatic Sitatunga Antelope notable for its wide spread hooves which allow it to walk on the surface of the swamp.
It is also home of the endangered De Brazza Monkey and a variety of others, giant forest squirrel, Black and White Colobus monkey, bushbuck and grey duiker. Accommodation is available in Sirikwa tented camp outside the Park.
There is one camping ground and one serviced campsite within the Park. It has three nature trails, bridges for walking over the swamp and three Sitatunga viewing platforms.
The mountain rises to 8,000ft. covering 20sq kms. Particularly attractive for hikers or families wanting some freedom and exercise out of their vehicles. Visitors are recommended to approach via the spectacular Fourteen Falls on the Athi River.
The Park's attraction is its beauty and views of Mounts Kenya and Kilimanjaro; there is game including baboon, colobus, bushbuck, impala, duiker, Black Rhinoceros, Leopard, Sykes Monkeys and Black-faced Vervets are common.
The name is Maasai, meaning 'Big Mountain'. Today some two hundred and fifty buffalo roam the slopes. Kikuyu traditionalists call it Kea-Njahe, known as the 'Mountain of the Big Rain' one of the Ngai's lesser home.
The solitary mountain rears up to 2,145m from an otherwise flat area. The steep ascent requires a 4WD vehicle. Near the summit lie the graves of Sir William Northrup McMillan (1872-1925) and his wife Lady Lucie. He was a huge Scot, raised in St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.A. He arrived in Kenya in 1901 for the big game shooting, playing host to Roosevelt during his famous 1911 safari at their ranch Juja Farm (now a popular location for film crews). He and his wife were great philanthropists, creating the MacMillan Library in central Nairobi.
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