Day 1. Nairobi Kisumu Leave Nairobi in the morning, have lunch at Kericho. Walk in the tea plantations then drive via Lwanda Magere (the Luo warrior who was killed and turned into a stone) continue...
Chyulu Hills is a mountain range in eastern Kenya. It forms a 100 kilometre long volcanic field in elongated NW-SE direction. Its highest peak is 2188 metres high.
Chyulu Hills are located about 150 km east of the Kenya Rift (the Great Rift Valley). The hills consists of several hundred small flows and cones. Volcanism in the area started about 1.4 million years ago in the northern parts of the hills, and over time the volcanism propagated towards the South East. The last two eruptions (Shaitani and Chainu) occurred in the mid-19th century. Within the hills is the Leviathan cave, one of the longest Lava tubes in the world.Kibwezi town is located 30 km northeast of Chyulu Hills.Chyulu Hills have no permanent rivers, but rainfall on hills feeds the Tsavo and Galana rivers and Mzima Springs on the surrounding plains.Chyulu hills divide the Tsavo and Amboseli plains. The area is inhabited by Maasai and Kamba people.
Lower parts of the hills are composed of grassland and thicket, while above roughly 1800 metres is dominated by montane forest. The forest comprisest of Neoboutonia macrocalyx, Tabernaemontana stapfinaa, Prunus africana, Strombosia scheffleri, Cassipourea malonsana, Olea capensis and Ilex mitis. Some isolated parts are dominated by Erythrina abyssinica. Lower parts of the forest are dominated either by Juniperus procera or Commiphora baluensi.Mammals found in the hills include. Black Rhino (subspecies Diceros bicornis michaeli),Buffalo, Bushbuck, Eland, Elephant, Forest Bush Pig, Giraffe, Leopard, Lion, Mountain Reedbuck, Steinbok, Wildebeest and Zebra. Various snakes inhabit the hills, like Black Mamba, Puff Adder and Rock Python.There are various bird species on the hills, with some endemic races. Bird species include: Francolinus shelleyi, Pogonocichla stellata, Zoothera gurneyi, Bradypterus cinnamomeus, Hieraaetus ayresii, Stephanoaetus coronatus, Polemaetus bellicosus and Cinnyricinclus femoralis.There is wild khat growing on the hills, which is picked by local people. There is also some cultivation of khat around the hills. Khat from Chuylu hills is known as Chuylu, as opposed to Miraa, which is cultivated in the Meru District.
The Chyulu Hills National Park comprises the eastern flank of the hills and is operated by the Kenya Wildlife Service. The park was formed in 1983. It forms a northwestern continuation of Tsavo West National Park. Western flank of the hills is covered by the West Chyulu Game Conservation are owned by Maasai group ranches.
Potential threats to the ecosystem include poaching, overgrazing by growing population of maasai herders and scarcity of water.
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