Mount Elgon National Park
A national park on Mount Elgon, 140 kilometres northeast of Lake Victoria, shared between Kenya and Uganda. It covers 1,279 square kilometres in all, of which only about 169 square kilometres lie on the Kenyan side.
- Where
- Kitale, Bungoma, Kenya
- Grade
- Local gem
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site
- Coordinates
- 1.1333, 34.5833
Get the Mount Elgon National Park stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Mount Elgon National Park. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Bungoma volume with your photos and a note.
Near Mount Elgon National Park
Mount Elgon 6.5 km
An extinct shield volcano on the border of Kenya and Uganda, with one of the largest volcanic bases in the world. Its highest point, Wagagai, lies in Uganda, while the Kenyan side has caves, hot springs and moorland.
Kitum Cave 9.4 km
A large cave in Mount Elgon National Park, where elephants come at night to dig salt from the cave walls with their tusks. Visitors can walk inside to see the tusk marks and the roosting bats.
Saiwa Swamp National Park 59 km
The smallest national park in Kenya at only 3 square kilometres, near Kitale in Trans Nzoia County. It was created as a habitat for the sitatunga, a rare aquatic antelope that lives in the swamp.
Cherangany Hills 97 km
A range of hills in the western highlands of Kenya. They are one of the country's five main forests and water catchment areas, and the Mau Escarpment rises from the border with Tanzania to divide the highlands.
Kakamega Forest 102 km
A tropical rainforest in western Kenya near the Ugandan border, spread over Kakamega, Vihiga and Nandi counties. It is the only tropical rainforest in Kenya and is said to be the last remnant of the ancient forest that once crossed Africa.
Kerio Valley 126 km
A valley in the Great Rift Valley between the Tugen Hills and the Elgeyo Escarpment, at an elevation of about 1,000 metres. Viewpoints along the escarpment above Iten look down into it.
Kit Mikayi 139 km
A large stack of granite boulders, about 120 metres high, west of Kisumu. Its name means stone of the first wife in Luo, and it is a sacred site where local people pray and hold ceremonies.
Kisumu Impala Sanctuary 141 km
A small sanctuary inside Kisumu city on the shore of Lake Victoria, covering less than one square kilometre. It was gazetted in 1992 and is advertised as a lakeshore walk with impalas.
Questions
Where is Mount Elgon National Park?
Mount Elgon National Park is in Kitale, Bungoma, Kenya. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Mount Elgon (6.5 km), Kitum Cave (9.4 km), Saiwa Swamp National Park (59 km).
How do I get the Mount Elgon National Park stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Mount Elgon National Park and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Bungoma volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Mount Elgon National Park before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Bungoma volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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