Destination
Kenya
Mount Kenya, Laikipia and the conservancies at the mountain's foot.
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The gentler side
of the high country.
A wide bowl of Afro-alpine moorland rather than a tight glacial valley, with tussock grass and giant lobelia as much the point as the water itself.
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Overview
Mount Kenya's high country, from a different angle.
A softer, more open setting, but no less remote on foot.
Lake Ellis sits apart from Alice and Michaelson, in a wide bowl of Afro-alpine moorland rather than a tight glacial valley. It is usually flown as part of the same alpine-lakes circuit as the other two, giving a fuller picture of Mount Kenya's high country in one outing.
The moorland around it, all tussock grass and giant lobelia, is as much the point as the water itself — a landscape that belongs more to the Afro-alpine zone than to the safari country most guests have just come from.
Good To Know
Everything you need to know.
Often flown together with Lake Alice and Lake Michaelson in the same outing.
Altitude
Roughly 3,500 metres, in open moorland.
Often Paired With
Lake Alice and Lake Michaelson, in one circuit.
The Terrain
Afro-alpine moorland of tussock grass and giant lobelia.
The Character
A gentler counterpoint to the tighter Gorges Valley tarns.
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Where this fits in your safari.
Usually flown in the same outing as Lake Alice and Lake Michaelson.
Also By Air
Lake Alice & Lake Michaelson
The tighter glacial tarns flown in the same alpine circuit.
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Journey
Laikipia's Royal Sanctuaries
A Laikipia circuit within easy reach of Mount Kenya's alpine lakes.
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