Kora
National Park
Background Information
The Kora National Park was gazetted in 1973 as a reserve
and gazetted as a park in 1990. It comprises of an area
of a little over 1700 km2. This triangle of dense woodland
and scrub is limited along its 65 km northern boundary by
the Tana River, which rises in the highlands between Aberdares
and Mount Kenya, before commencing its 700 km passage to
the Indian Ocean. The western boundary follows a straight
line from Tana River which a joint boundary with the adjacent
Mwingi N. Reserve, while the eastern boundry runs along
Mwitamyisi River.
The land surface slopes gently from an altitude of 490m
in the south-west and about 270m in the north-east. Central
areas comprise of an undulating peneplain through which
Basement ridges protrude above the surface as rocky inselbergs
the highest of which are Mansumbi 488 m, Kumbulanwa 450m
and Kora Rock 442m. The park also has several seasonal rivers.
Location:
Coast region, Tana District and covers 1,787 km2.
How To Get There
Roads:
Kora is 280 km to the north-east of Nairobi. Access is via
Thika to Mwingi then north-east through Kyuso village. A
bridge across the Tana River joins the park with Meru National
Park.
Airstrips:
There is an airstrip that is used for reserve's administration.
With another airstrip about 10km away on the eastern side.
Park Roads:
The park has a road network.
Major Attractions
Pristine wilderness, Inselbergs, Tana River with Adamson's
Falls, Grand Falls and Kora rapids, diverse birdlife George
Adamson's grave.
Activities
Game viewing, rock climbing, fishing in River Tana.
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