One of Kenya’s least-visited parks, Chyulu Hills National Park are an oasis of green rising above the arid plains of southern Kenya. The park, just northwest of Tsavo West National Park, is dominated by extinct volcanoes that rank among the world’s youngest range of mountains – some of the mountains here were formed perhaps no more than 500 years ago. There are fine views of Mt Kilimanjaro and the Amboseli plains of Maasailand to the east.
At the same time, you’re likely to see more herders with their cattle than wildlife, and poaching remains a problem here. Not surprisingly, wildlife populations – elands, klipspringers, giraffes, zebras, baboons, Sykes monkeys and wildebeest, plus a small number of elephants, lions, leopards and buffaloes – are small and generally shy, but you are likely to have them to yourself.
