It has misty valleys, hills and spectacular twin peaks/towers mountain ranges that sit
across Nyeri and Nyandarua counties . Open moorlands and dense forests characterize the
vast park and lash of clean air, very relaxing and peaceful; The park is popular for its
torrential waterfalls plunging from cloud-shrouded heights to spray-filled ravines. The
magnificent Karuru water falls, whose ice cold crystal clear waters drop an impressive
300meters, the spectacular Gura water falls which torrent from the opposite side of the
same gorge, the sheer drop of the Chania water falls, and the enchanting Magura water
falls which cascade across the yawning mouth of the Queen's Cave.
Other unique attractions include; the dragon teeth, which is a volcanic, rock formation
assuming the rugged look of a set of teeth sitting on a jaw located in the northern
moorlands part of the park, south of the equator.
Rare wildlife species include–Black rhino, Black Serval, Black Leopard (seldom seen) and
the Eastern Bongo (a huge forest Antelope). There are elephants, buffalos, giraffes,
blue and colobus monkey, leopard, lion, warthog, giant forest hog, bushbuck, red duiker,
suni, reedbuck and eland.
A belt of bamboo vegetation is a reserve of the rare and elusive forest antelope. The
Treetops Lodge , famed for housing Princess Elizabeth when she got news that she was
going to be a queen upon the death of her father.
