Your Essential Guide yekukwira Gomo reKenya

Pasinei nekuputika pamamita 16,400 mamita / 5,000, Gomo reKenya richiri kuratidzika serakakomberedzwa neGomo reMi Kilimanjaro . Kunyange zvakadaro, ndeyechipiri gomo refu muAfrica, uye nechepamusoro-soro muKenya ... uye izvo zvisingakoshi, zvinopfuura zvinogadzirirwa kunaka. Kutinhira kwemakomo echando, yakaputika mabani uye miti yakasiyana-siyana inokwira gomo reKenya simba rakasimba reAfrica rukuru .

Chimwe chezvinhu zvinonyanya kukosha ndeye nzvimbo yavo yakasiyana yeAfro-Alpine pamwe neDkt Seuss-iyo nzvimbo ye giant lobelias uye Senecio daisies.

Kusarudza Peak Yako

Gomo reKenya rine zvishoma pane zvitatu zviduku, zvakakwirira kupfuura zvaro ndezveBatian pamamita 17,057 / 5,199 mamita. Kunyange zvakadaro, chikwata ichi hachikwanisi kusvika kune vose kunze kwekukwirira kunonyanya kukwirira sezvo ichigara pane dzimwe dzinyengeri dzinosvibisa chimneys, mapango uye gullies. Panzvimbo pezvo, vakawanda vanoenda kunzvimbo yePenan Lenana, inogara zvakasununguka pamapapiro maviri aBatian neNelion pamamita 16 355 / 4,985 mamita. Icho chikwata chakakosha, chakaitwa zvakanyanya zvakadaro nekusvika kwayo kwakanyanyisa uye kukurumidza kukura kure. Kubva kumusangano, ma 360 ° maonero anotambanudza pamusoro pemapani eAfrica kusvika kure neKirimanjaro.

The Basics

Guta iri riri pedyo neguta ndiNanyuki, uye kune vakawanda vanozvimiririra, iyi inotangira pachena. Kubva pano, zviri nyore kuronga kufamba nekambani yeko (kunyange uine chokwadi chekuita tsvakurudzo yako uye sarudza imwe ine mukurumbira wekuchengeteka).

Kana ukasarudza kubatana nehurongwa hwakarongeka mberi kwenguva, mari yako inogona kuisa kutakura kuenda nekubva kuNairobi , iri maawa mana motokari. Vatengesi vanogona kusarudza kudzika musasa (panzvimbo dzakasarudzwa) kana kugara muzvikamu zvezvikomo zvemakomo. Zvokudya zvose zvinoda kuunzwa newe uye vazhinji vanofamba vanosarudza kukwira nemutungamiri, kubika nevarindi vemikova.

Gomo reKenya Rakakurumbira Routes

Kune nzira dzakasiyana siyana dzokusarudza kubva paunenge uchigadzirira kukwira kwako. Vazhinji vanotora mazuva matatu kusvika manomwe kuti apedze.

Sirimon-Chogoria Route
I-Sirimon-Chogoria inotenderera mberi ndeyechokwadi kuMakomo Kenya. Inopinda paSuo reSirimoni, inokwira kuenda kuPoint Lenana uye yakadzika nzira yeChogoria kuGedhi reChogoria. Kukwidza ndiyo nzira inonyanya kuzivikanwa pamusoro pegomo, inodiwa nehanho nekuda kwenzvimbo yayo inoshamisa uye iri nyore kufamba. Kubva kwacho kunonyatsoratidza kuti makomo anoyevedza zvikuru, ane zvikwangwani zvinoshamisa zvinokonzerwa nemhepo, zvinoputika nemvura. Iyi nzira iri makiromita makumi matatu / makiromita makumi matanhatu pakureba uye inosanganisira kukwira kwemamita 7 875 / mamita 2,400. Zvinowanzotora mazuva matanhatu kana manomwe muhuwandu.

Nzira yeSirimon-Naro Moru
I Sirimon-Naro Moru inotenderera ndiyo nzira inonyanya kufarirwa kune vanofamba paGomo reKenya. Iyo inokweretwa nekududzirwa kwayo kusvika pakukwira kwekukwirira (kumusoro Sirimon) uye kukurumidza kukurumidza kunogona kuitika pasi Naro Moru nzira. Kunyange zvazvo iyo isina kuvhara zvinhu zvose zvegomo iri rakanaka, nzira yacho pachayo inofadza, ichidarika Mackinder's Valley ichienda kumusasa weShipton uye ichiburuka kuburikidza nehogi yakakurumbira yemvura uye dense rainforest mumugwagwa weNaro Moru.

Nzira yacho iri pasi pemakiromita makumi matatu / makiromita makumi matanhatu muhuwandu uye inosanganisira kukwira kwemamita 7 875 / mamita 2,400.

The Burguret-Chogoria Route
IBurguret-Chogoria inzira inofadza inofamba nayo yeGomo reKenya. Nzira yeBurguret yakanga ichangobva kununurwa kubva musango mushure memakore ekuregererwa. Somugumisiro uchiri kuona vashoma vashambadzi, naizvozvo iyi ndiyo nzira yekusarudza kana uri kutsvaga chaiye woga uye musango wekukara. Sezvo wakakwira Burguret kuenda kunzvimbo yepamusoro yeTalk Lenana (4,985m), kuyambuka kunoburuka nenzira yakanakisisa kune gomo, Chogoria. IBurguret-Chogoria inotenderera nzvimbo ine makiromita makumi matanhatu nematanhatu. Ngwarira kuti nzira iyi inogona kunge yakaoma zvikuru pamusana pekutsvaira kwayo, kazhinji kunowirirwa.

Nguva Yakanakisisa Yokutasva Gomo reKenya

Gomo reKenya rine mavhirikiki akawanda (kunyange izvi zvinokurumidza kuparara); uye saizvozvowo mamiriro okunze angave anonaya gore rose.

Usiku, kutsetseka panzvimbo dzakakwirira kunogona kuderera pasi kusvika 14ºF / -10ºC. Kazhinji, mangwanani-ngwanani pagomo kune zuva uye rakaoma, uye makore anowanzotanga masikati. Kunyange zvazvo zvichibvira kukwira Gomo reKenya gore rose, rinowedzera kuoma (uye kunyanya kunetseka) munguva dzekuKenya dzemvura . Izvi zvinowanzotangira kubva pakati paMarch kusvika pakati paJune, uye kubva munaOctober kusvika pakati paDecember. Edza kuronga kukwira kwako kwemawaka akaoma pane.

Accommodation on Mount Kenya

Nzvimbo dzekugara paGomo reKenya dzinotanga kubva kune zvakakosha kusvika kune dzakanaka. Makamuri akachengetedzeka akanyanya kuwanikwa anowanika pamatenhe ari pasi, mukati uye akapoteredza musango. Aya majetera ane hotera-style yekugara, kazhinji ane log log uye mvura inopisa inopisa. Vakawanda vanopa mafambiro akatungamirirwa uye mamwe mabasa akadai sehove uye nekuvhima shiri . Nzvimbo dzepamusoro dzinosanganisira Bantu Mountain Lodge, ine makamuri makamuri makumi mana uye nzvimbo yekutoro inogara mumunda unobatanidzwa; uye Serena Mountain Lodge, chisarudzo chakanakidza ne-en-suite bedrooms uye mabhalconi anotarisa mumvura.

Kukwidziridza gomo, nzvimbo yekugara inotora maitiro ezvinyorwa zvisingashamisi, zvizhinji nezvigaro uye nzvimbo dzomunharaunda yekubika nekudya. Vamwewo vane mvura inonaya, asi vamwe vari zvishoma pane nzvimbo yakachengetwa kurara. Mabhedhi mumatumba anogona kuchengetwa pamasuo epaki. Zvisarudzo zvepamusoro zvinosanganisira Mackinder's Camp, Camp Shipton uye Old Moses Mountain Hut, izvo zvose zvinopa mabhedha emabhedha uye nzvimbo dzokugezera. Kana iwe ukasarudza kutora mapatya maviri eBatian neNelion, imwe yezvivako zvakakurumbira zvinobva kune iyo yekutanga mutsva wako wekutonga ndiAustria Hut, ine nzvimbo yevanhu 30.

Yakakurudzirwa Mount Kenya Treks

Munhu wese anofamba anofanirwa kunyoresa pahofisi yepaki yepaki, uye hapana munhu anobvumidzwa kuedza kubuda chete. Imwe yenzira dzakanakisisa dzekubudirira musangano unobudirira ndeyokunyora nzvimbo pane imwe nzira yakarongeka. Munhu anofamba anofamba achapa mazano ekuziva, vatariri nevabiki; uye kuronga nzvimbo yako ye-on-mountain iwe. Zvimwe zvevashandi vanovimbika zvinosanganisira kuenda kuGomo reKenya, iro rinopa mazuva mana kumigwagwa ye Sirimon-Chogoria uye Sirimon-Naro Moru; uye Kutarisa, iyo inopa mafambiro emigwagwa yose yakanyorwa pamusoro apa.

Gomo reGomo reKenya neFauna

Kunze kwekunaka kwemakomo, chimwe chezvinhu zvinoshamisa zveGomo reKenya rwendo ndeyezvipenyu zvakasiyana-siyana zvemhuka nemafuta iwe unogona kuona munzira. Mitsutso yakadzika yeGomo reKenya yakazara masango uye inotamba nherera, bhuta uye eland. Iyo mitambo yakadzika ine nzvimbo isina kuwanikwa yeAfro-Alpine nzvimbo ine heathland, mipata yegungwa uye humwe hupenyu husina miti hunoshamisa. Ramba uine ziso kunze kwekutora makirati, dombo hyraxes uye zvechokwadi, a plethora yevasingaone shiri shiri.

Nyaya iyi yakarongedzwa naJessica Macdonald musi waNovember 29, 2017.