Me ka heleʻana ma kahi o 16,400 kapuaʻi / 5,000 mīmita, e kahi mau ana ka mauna Kenya i ka maunaʻo Kilimanjaro . Akā,ʻo ia ka lua o nā mauna kiʻekiʻe loa ma'Afelika, aʻo ka piko kiʻekiʻe loa i Kenya ... a me ka mea iʻole i ke kiʻekiʻe,ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o ka nani. Hoʻopiʻiʻia nā puʻu o ka hau, a me nā awāwa nani a me nā mea ulu likeʻole e piʻi i ka mauna Kenya i mea ikaika nui no ka holoʻana o'Afelika .
ʻO kekahi o nā mea koʻikoʻi he kumu kū hoʻokahiʻo Afro-Alpine a me kahiʻoihana Dr. Seuss-like e like me ka lobelias nui a me Senecio daisies.
Koho i kou Peak
ʻO kaʻilikaiʻo Kenyaʻaʻole i emi iho ma mua oʻekolu mau pali,ʻo Batian ka nui loa o 1755 feet / 5,199 mika. Akā naʻe,ʻaʻole hiki ke kiʻekiʻe i kēia kiʻekiʻe no nā mea āpau, akā,ʻo ka piʻiʻana o nā mea kiʻekiʻe loa i kona wā e kau ana ma luna o ka pūpū o nā kapuahi hoʻohilahila, nā pae a me nā huewai. Ma ka hakahaka, makemake nui nā trekkers iā Point Lenana, kahi e noho kūʻokoʻa ana i nā piko lua o Batian a me Nelion ma 16,355 kapuaʻi / 4,985 mau mika. He piʻi paʻakikī kēia, aʻoi aku keʻano o ka piʻiʻana ma ke ala ākea a me ka piʻi nuiʻana o ka kiʻekiʻe. Mai ka piko mai, 360º mau kiʻini e holo ana ma luna o nā 'Ālapa'Ālika a hiki i Kilimanjaro mamao.
Nā kumuhana
ʻO Nanyuki ka palena kokoke loa o ka mauna, a no ka nui o nā trekkers hilinaʻi, he wahi hoʻomaka kēia. Mai kēia wahi, he mea maʻalahi ka hoʻonohonohoʻana i kahi helehelena me kahi hui kaiaulu (ʻoiai e hoʻomaopopo ponoʻoe e hana i kāu noiʻi a koho i kahi me ka inoa no ka palekana).
Inā hoʻoholoʻoe e hui pū me ka holomua i mua o ka manawa, hiki i kāu uku ke hoʻokomo i nā halihali mai a me Nairobi , kahi e holo ai iʻehā hola. Hiki i nā Trekkers ke koho i kahi hoʻomoana (ma nā wahi i kohoʻia) aiʻole e noho ma kahi o nā kuahiwi. Pono e lawe pūʻia nā meaʻai a pau meʻoe aʻo ka nui o nā trekkers e koho i ka piʻiʻana me ke alakaʻi, ka kuke a me nā kiaʻi puka.
ʻO nā Kino Popular Popular o Kenya
Nui nā ala e koho ai mai ka wā e hoʻolālā ai i kou piʻiʻana. ʻO ka hapa nui i waena oʻekolu a me nā lāʻehiku e hoʻopau ai.
ʻO ke alanuiʻo Sirimon-Chogoria
ʻO ke Sirimon-Chogoria ke alahele o ka'āinaʻo Kenya. Komoʻo ia i ka pukaʻo Sirimon, piʻi i luna a hiki i Point Lenana a ma lalo o ke alaʻo Chogoria a hiki i ka'īpukaʻo Chogoria. ʻO ke alapiʻi ke ala nui loa i ka mauna, i alohaʻia e ka trekkers no kona mākaʻikaʻi nani a me ka wikiwiki wikiwiki. ʻO ka hāʻule ma waena o ke kuahiwi ka meaʻoi loa loa o ke kuahiwi, e hōʻike ana i nā kālaiwaʻi kūʻokoʻa, nā tarns a me nāʻauwai. ʻO ke ala he 37 mau mile / 60 mau mika ka lōʻihi a me kahi piʻiʻana o 7,875 kapuaʻi / 2,400 mika. Heʻeono aʻehiku paha lā o ka lōʻihi.
ʻO ke alanuiʻo Sirimon-Naro Moru
ʻO ka Sirimon-Naro Moru ke alahele kaulana loa no nā trekkers ma ka mauna Kenya. ʻO ia ke kūlana kaulana i ka piʻi mau o luna (ʻo Siriman) a me ke ala wikiwiki e hiki ai i ke alaʻo Naro Moru. ʻOiaiʻaʻole ia e uhi i nā hiʻohiʻona o kēia mauna nani, heʻano nani loa ke alanui, e piʻi ana i ke kahawaiʻo Mackinder i ka pūʻali o Setepe a laila e iho ana ma waena o keʻano kūkākūkā o ka'ākau a me ke kuamoʻo nui ma ke alaʻo Naro Moru.
ʻO ka ala ma lalo o 37 mau mile / 60 mau mile aʻo ka piʻiʻana o 7,875 kapuaʻi / 2,400 mika.
ʻO ke alanuiʻo Burguret-Chogoria
ʻO ka Burguret-Chogoria kahi alaheleʻoluʻolu loa e pili ana i nā mauna trekkers o ka maunaʻo Kenya. ʻO ka alanui Burguret i hoʻihoʻi houʻia mai ka ululāʻau ma hope o nā makahiki o ka mālamaʻole. Ma muli o ka hopena, keʻike neiʻo ia i nā wahi hele wāwae he nui loa, no laila, eia ke alanui e koho ai ināʻoe eʻimi ana i kahi kaʻawale maoli a me ka hoʻolālā hihiu. Ma hope o ka piʻiʻana i kahi Burgure a hiki i kahi kiʻekiʻe o trekker ma Point Lenana (4,985m), hele i lalo ke alahele ma ke ala maikaʻi loa ma ka mauna,ʻo Chogoria. ʻO ka Burguret-Chogoria e lele nei i kahi mamao aku he 38 mau mile / 61 kilomita. E aoʻia e hiki ke hoʻoikaika i kēia ala ma muli o kona alaʻeleʻele, pinepineʻole.
ʻO ka manawa maikaʻi loa i ke kuahiwi o Kenya
He nui nā'ākīkī liʻiliʻi o ka mauna Kenya (ʻoiai ua halaʻole kēia mau mea); a no ka mea e like me keʻano o kona huliau he hiki ke hoʻopiʻi i ka makahiki holoʻokoʻa.
I ka pō, hiki ke hoʻonui i nā mahana ma luna o ke kiʻekiʻe i 14ºF / -10ºC. ʻO keʻano,ʻo nā kakahiaka kakahiaka ma ke kuahiwi ua maloʻo a maloʻo, me nā ao e hana mau ana i ke awakea. ʻOiai e hiki ke holo i ka mauna Kenya i loko o ka makahiki, hiki ke paʻakikī loa (a me kaʻoluʻoluʻole) i nā kauwela o Kenya. ʻO kēia mauʻoihana maʻamau mai waena o Malaki a hiki i ke kau waena o Iune, a maiʻOkakopa a waena o Kekemapa. E ho'āʻo e hoʻolālā i kāu hike no nā kau maloʻo ma kahi o ka.
Kahi ma ka mauna Kenya
ʻO nā loina ma ka maunaʻo Kenya ka mea i maʻalahi i nā meaʻono. Loaʻa nā hale hoʻomaha maikaʻi loa ma kaʻaoʻao haʻahaʻa, i loko a puni o ka nahele. ʻO kēia mau lodges he hale hoʻolālā hale'āina, he pinepine me nā ahi ahi a me ka wai e wela ana. He nui ka poʻe e hele i nā helehelena alakaʻi a me nā hana'ē aʻe e like me ka lawaiʻa a me ka manu manu . ʻO nā koho kiʻekiʻe loa,ʻo ia ka Bantu Mountain Lodge, a he 28 mau keʻena ākea a me kahi haleʻai i hoʻonohonohoʻia ma loko o ka māla'āina; a me Serena Mountain Lodge, he koho maikaʻi loa me nā lumi hoʻokipa piha a me nā kauhale e nānā ana i ka waihole.
ʻO ka piʻiʻana o ka mauna, hoʻolālā ka nohoʻana o nā hale maʻalahi, ka nui me nā hale noho a me nā wahi āpau no ke kukeʻana a me kaʻaiʻana. ʻO kekahi hoʻi he wai e holo ana,ʻoiai heʻuʻuku nā mea'ē aʻe ma mua o kahi wahi e moe ai. Hiki ke mālamaʻia nā lū o nā hale i nā puka pā. ʻO nā koho kiʻekiʻe he Mackinder's Camp, ka Shipton a me ka Old Moses Mountain Hut, aʻo lākou a pau e hāʻawi aku i nā moena moe a me nā lumi hale lole. Inā hoʻoholoʻoe e lawe i nā piko lua o Batian a me Nelion, kahi o nā hale i kaulana loa kahi e ho'āla ai i kou hoʻolālā kiʻekiʻe e hiki i ke Austrest Hut, 30 manawa.
Paipaiʻiaʻo Mount Kenya Treks
Pono e hoʻopaʻa inoa i kēlā me kēia trekking ma ka keʻena poʻokela o ke keʻena, aʻaʻohe mea eʻaeʻia e ho'āʻo wale i ka holo. ʻO kekahi o nā ala maikaʻi loa e loaʻa ai kahi hālāwai hopena maikaʻi,ʻo ia ka kākauʻana i kahi manawa ma kahi alakaʻi hoʻonohonoho. E hoʻolako ka mea lawelawe i nā alakaʻi, nā mea kiaʻi puka a me nā kuke; ae hoʻolālā i koʻoukou mau hale noho mauna. ʻO kekahi o nāʻoihana i hilinaʻi nuiʻia, hele i Mount Kenya, a hāʻawi i nā lāʻehā ma ke alaʻo Sirimon-Chogoria a me Sirimon-Naro Moru; a me Tourdust, nā mea e hāʻawi nei i ka pūnaewele no nā alaloa i hōʻikeʻia ma luna nei.
ʻO ka maunaʻo Kenya a Flora a me Fauna
Ma waho aʻe o ka nani o nā mauna mauna,ʻo kekahi o nā mea kiʻekiʻe o kahi alaheleʻo Mauna Kenya,ʻo ia keʻano o nā mea hihiu a me nā pua nani eʻike aiʻoe ma ke alanui. ʻO nāʻanuʻu lalo o ka maunaʻo Kenya ua ulu nahele nui a pāʻani i kaʻele, buffalo a me eland. Aia nāʻaoʻao o luna i kahiʻano o ka'āinaʻo Afro-Alpine me nā heathland, nā awāwa a me nā mea ulu nui. E mālama i nā maka o nā koʻi, nā mīkini pōhaku a me nā papa, a he nui o nā manu manu.
Ua hoʻopuka houʻia kēiaʻatikala e Jessica Macdonald i ka lā 29 o Nowemapa 2017.