This hunter-gatherer people are known to be some of the earliest to have made a home in the vast slopes of the Aberdare mountain range that dominates the Eastern wall of the Great Rift Valley. The Aberdare Range is an extraordinary landscape of forested rock mountains that run through several kilometres! The Aberdare Range runs from the southern foothills of Nairobi’s suburb to Rumuruti in the Laikipia plains. Kenya boasts of many rare species of wildlife that are domiciled in the Aberdare Range. Colin Church’s Mel-el-Lek’s Mountain is an important book on conservation.

Source: The Star July 12, 2020 02:03 UTC