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Adventure in Aberdare’s ‘open wilderness’

The Ark inside Aberdare National Park. (Photo: Elvis Ogina/Standard)

Nyeri is cold. That is what my colleague in Nyeri said when I told him I would be in his town towards the end of July. I was not going to Nyeri Town per se, but to Aberdare Country Club - 17 kilometres from the town - on the slope of Mweiga Hills in the Aberdare Highlands, and to The Ark, right inside the Aberdare National Park.

It was a three-day two-night affair, which started at the country club, with a late lunch, three hours after we left Nairobi.

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