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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