Ngakhale kuti mukuwomba pa mamita 16,400 mamita / 5,000, phiri la Kenya likuwonekeratu pafupi ndi phiri la Kilimanjaro . Komabe, ndilo phiri lalitali kwambiri ku Africa, ndipo nsonga yapamwamba kwambiri ku Kenya ... komanso yomwe ili kutalika, imakhala yoposa kukongola. Mphepete mwa mapiri a chipale chofewa, mapiri otentha ndi zomera zosiyanasiyana zimakwera phiri la Kenya kuti likhale lolimba kwambiri ku Africa .
Chimodzi mwa mfundo zazikuluzikulu ndi malo ake apadera a Afro-Alpine ndi malo ake a Dr. Seuss monga giant lobelias ndi Senecio daisies.
Kusankha Chidule Chake
Phiri la Kenya lili ndi mapiri osachepera atatu, ndipo pamwamba pake pali Batian pa mamita 17,199 / 5,199 mamita. Komabe, chiwerengerochi sichikwanitsa kwa onse koma kukwera kwakukulu kwambiri pamene ikukhala pa chimney, misampha ndi ma gullies. M'malo mwake, anthu ambiri amapita ku Point Lenana, yomwe imakhala pansi pa mapiri awiri a Batian ndi Nelion pamamita 16,355 / 4,985. Uku ndi kukwera kovuta, komwe kunapangitsanso kwambiri mwa njira yake yocheperapo ndi kukula kwachangu. Kuchokera pamsonkhanowu, mawonedwe okwana 360º akuyenda pamwamba pa zigwa za Africa kupita ku Kilimanjaro.
Zofunikira
Dera lapafupi ndi phirili ndi Nanyuki, komanso kwa anthu ambiri odzipereka okha, izi ndizoyamba. Kuchokera kuno, ndi kosavuta kukonza njira ndi kampani ya komweko (ngakhale onetsetsani kuti mukuchita kafukufuku wanu ndi kusankha wina wotchuka ndi chitetezo).
Ngati mwasankha kuti muyambe ulendo wopita patsogolo, malipiro anu angaphatikizepo zoyendetsa kupita ku Nairobi , yomwe ilipo maola anayi kuchokera pagalimoto. Othawa amatha kusankha kumanga msasa (pa malo osankhidwa) kapena kukhala mumapiri a mapiri. Chakudya chonse chiyenera kubweretsedwa ndi iwe ndipo ambiri amatha kusankha kukwera ndi wotsogolera, kuphika ndi antchito.
Njira Zowoneka Kwambiri ku Kenya
Pali njira zingapo zomwe mungasankhe kuyambira mukukonza kukwera kwanu. Ambiri amatenga masiku atatu ndi asanu ndi awiri kuti amalize.
Njira ya Sirimon-Chogoria
Sirimon-Chogoria akudutsanso ndi njira yopindulitsa kwambiri ya Mount Kenya. Amalowa pachipata cha Sirimon, akukwera ku Point Lenana ndikutsitsa njira ya Chogoria kupita ku Chipata cha Chogoria. Mtsinje ndiwo njira yotchuka kwambiri pamapiri, okondedwa ndi anthu omwe amawoneka mochititsa chidwi komanso ovuta kuyenda. Kuchokera kumeneko kumatsimikizira mochititsa chidwi mapiri, omwe ali ndi mapepala amodzi, omwe amadziwika bwino kwambiri. Njirayo ndi makilomita 37 / kilomita 60 m'litali ndipo imakhala ndi makwerero a mamita 2,400. Nthawi zambiri amatenga masiku asanu ndi limodzi kapena asanu ndi awiri.
Njira ya Sirimon-Naro Moru
Sirimon-Naro Moru akudutsa njira yomwe imapezeka kwambiri pa phiri la Kenya. Zimatchuka kwambiri ndi kuwonjezeka kwa (Sirimon) komanso kufulumira kumene kukutheka pa njira ya Naro Moru. Ngakhale sichikuphimba zonse zomwe zili m'phiri ili lokongola, njirayo ndi yooneka bwino, ikudutsa Mackinder's Valley kutsogolo kwa Shipton's Camp ndikudutsa mumtsinje wotchuka kwambiri wa nkhalango ndi nkhalango yowirira pa Naro Moru.
Njirayi ili pamtunda wa makilomita 37 / kilomita 60 ndipo imaphatikizapo kukwera kwa mamita 2,400.
Njira ya Burguret-Chogoria
Burguret-Chogoria ndi njira yochititsa chidwi yopitilira mapiri a Mount Kenya. Njira ya Burguret imangotulutsidwa kuchokera m'nkhalango pambuyo pa zaka zambiri za kunyalanyazidwa. Chotsatira chake chikuwonabe anthu ochepa chabe, kotero iyi ndi njira yosankha ngati mukufunafuna kukhala nokha ndi msasa. Atadutsa Burguret kupita pamwamba pa malo otchedwa Point Lenana (4,985m), mtsinjewo umadutsa mumsewu wokongola kwambiri pa phiri, Chogoria. Burguret-Chogoria akudutsa mtunda wamakilomita 38 / kilomita 61. Achenjezedwe kuti njirayi ingakhale yovuta makamaka chifukwa cha njira yake yovuta, yomwe nthawi zambiri imakhala yovuta.
Nthawi Yabwino Yokwera Mount Kenya
Phiri la Kenya lili ndi zipilala zing'onozing'ono (ngakhale izi sizikutha); ndipo kotero nyengo yake ikhoza kukhala yotentha chaka chonse.
Usiku, kutentha kumtunda kukwera kumakhala kochepa kwambiri kuposa 14ºF / 10ºC. Kawirikawiri, m'mawa kwambiri pamapiri muli dzuwa ndi louma, ndipo mitambo imapangidwa masana. Ngakhale kuti n'zotheka kukwera phiri la Kenya chaka chonse, zimakhala zovuta kwambiri (komanso zosavuta) nthawi ya mvula ya Kenya. Izi kawirikawiri zimatha kuyambira pakati pa mwezi wa March mpaka pakati pa mwezi wa June, ndipo kuyambira pa October mpaka pakati pa mwezi wa December. Yesetsani kukonzekera kukwera kwanu nyengo zowuma m'malo mwake.
Malawi pa Mount Kenya
Malo okhala ku Mount Kenya amachokera ku chinthu chofunika kwambiri kuti chikhale chapamwamba kwambiri. Malo ogona osungirako bwino amapezeka m'munsi otsetsereka, kumadera ndi kuzungulira nkhalango. Malo ogonawa amakhala ndi malo ogulitsira maofesi, kawirikawiri ndi moto wamoto ndi madzi otentha. Ambiri amapereka maulendo oyendetsedwa ndi zinthu zina monga kusodza ndi mbalame . Malo otchuka ndi Bantu Mountain Lodge, okhala ndi zipinda 28 zazikulu komanso malo odyera omwe ali m'munda wamaluwa; ndi Serena Mountain Lodge, malo abwino kwambiri ogwiritsa ntchito zipinda zogona komanso zipinda zamakono zomwe zikuyang'anizana ndi mtsinje wa madzi.
Pamwamba pa phirilo, malo okhala amakhala ndi mawonekedwe ophweka, ambiri okhala ndi malo osungirako ophikira ndi odyera. Ena ali ndi madzi othamanga, pamene ena amakhala ochepa kuposa malo ogona kuti agone. Mabedi m'nyumbazo akhoza kusungidwa pazipata za park. Zosankha zabwino zimaphatikizapo Mackinder's Camp, Camp Shipton ndi Old Moses Mountain Hut, zonse zomwe zimapereka mabedi a bunk ndi malo osambira. Ngati mwasankha kutenga mapasa awiri a Batian ndi Nelion, imodzi mwa nyumba zolemekezeka kwambiri zomwe mungayambitse kuyesera kwanu ndi Hutu wa Austria, ndi malo a anthu 30.
Analimbikitsa Mount Kenya Treks
Woyendetsa aliyense amayenera kulemba ku likulu la paki, ndipo palibe amene amaloledwa kuyendetsa yekha. Imodzi mwa njira zabwino kwambiri zopezera msonkhano wopambana ndikutsegula danga pa ulendo wapadera. Woyendetsa galimoto adzapereka malangizo othandiza, ogwira ntchito ndi ophika; ndipo konzekerani malo anu okhala pa mapiri kwa inu. Zina mwazinthu zodalirika ndikuphatikizapo Pitani ku Mount Kenya, yomwe imapereka maulendo anayi tsiku ndi tsiku pa Sirimon-Chogoria ndi Sirimon-Naro Moru; ndi Ulendo, zomwe zimapereka njira zoyendetsera misewu yonse yomwe ili pamwambapa.
Mapiri ndi Zanyama za ku Kenya
Kuwonjezera pa malo okongola kwambiri a mapiri, chimodzi mwa zinthu zazikulu za paphiri la Kenya ndi zinyama zosiyana kwambiri ndi zinyama zomwe mungathe kuziwona panjira. Mphepete mwa phiri la Kenya muli nkhalango zazikulu komanso zimakonda kusewera njovu, njati ndi ntchentche. Mapiri otsetsereka ali ndi malo osavuta a Afro-Alpine okhala ndi heathland, mapiri a glacial ndi moyo wina waukulu wa zomera. Onetsetsani kuti mukuwongolera makoswe, miyala ya hyraxes ndipo ndithudi, mitundu yambiri ya mbalame yosawerengeka.
Nkhaniyi inasinthidwa ndi Jessica Macdonald pa November 29, 2017.