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	Mountain Voices: oral testimonies from Mount Elgon, Kenya
		Mount Elgon is a dormant volcano that straddles the border between Kenya and Uganda.
		More recently, the government granted the Mount Elgon region its own district status, a move greatly welcomed by the Sabaot, although many still feel that without enough well educated representatives, their physical distance from the heart of Kenya's decisionmaking will be continue to be paralleled by economic and political isolation.
		Mount Elgon was one of five districts where testimonies were collected.
	www.mountainvoices.org /kenya.asp (943 words)

	Mount Elgon Elephants (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Mount Elgon is the eighth highest mountain in Africa and has the largest base area of any free-standing volcano in the world.
		Mount Elgon is one of the hidden gems of Kenya.
		On Mount Elgon, however, the only natural source of salt is more obscure - it is found in deep, natural caves in the side of the mountain.
	www.bornfree.org.uk /elefriends/elgon.htm (680 words)

	IUCN - EARP Mount Elgon Regional Ecosystem Conservation Programme
		Elgon supports many hundreds of thousands of people and it is also the source of runoff for water systems contributing to the Turkwell River, Lake Turkana, the Lake Victoria basin and to the Nile River basin via Lake Kyoga.
		Elgon, an extinct volcano, is the seventh highest mountain in Africa at 4,320 meters above sea level.
		Mt Elgon has been identified by the East African Community as a critical transboundary ecosystem that should be managed collectively to ensure the conservation of its habitats and the sustainable use of its resources.
	www.iucn.org /places/earo/prog_links/projects/elgon.htm (505 words)

	Mount Elgon - Africa - Kenya Safari, Wildlife, Climbs
		Mount Elgon, whose peaks reach 4320 meter, lies astride the Kenya-Uganda border.
		Part of the eastern aspect is set aside as the Mount Elgon National Park stretching from the peaks to the boundary of the forest and the heavily cultivated country of the Luhya people.
		Within the Mount Elgon National Park, is a wondrous multitude of wildlife and wild flowers and some exciting oddities, among them the celebrated Kitum and Makingeny caves where elephants probe deep in the dark interiors to sample mineral salts from the cave walls.
	www.africanmeccasafaris.com /kenya/safaris/parks/mountelgon.asp (253 words)

	Mount Elgon National Park
		Mt Elgon is an important water catchment for the Nzoia river which flows into Lake Victoria and for the Turkwel river which flows into Lake Turkana.
		Mt Elgon National Park was gazetted in 1968 and covers a narrow transect up the North Eastern slopes of the mountain, from lower montane forest to the caldera edge.
		On the western border of Kenya with Uganda, in Trans-nzoia District of Rift Valley Province.
	www.kws.org /mt-elgon.html (577 words)

	Active Volcanoes / Aktive vulkaner: Elgon, Uganda
		by the Maasai, Mount Elgon straddles the Kenya/Uganda border.
		On the top of Mount Elgon night frosts are common, whereas the temperature at noon can reach more than 20 °C. With exception of a dry season between January and March and a shorter one in September, rainfall is regularly distributed over the year.
		Elgon is the home of several tribes, who inhabit the lower slopes.
	www.vulkaner.no /v/volcan/virunga/elgon-e.html (1337 words)

	Skiing the Pacific Ring of Fire and Beyond: Mount Kenya
		Mount Kenya is the second highest mountain in Africa, another of the great isolated stratovolcanoes which dominate the horizons from the plains of East Africa.
		Mount Kenya may once have been higher than Kilimanjaro, although claims made in certain sources that it once reached 25000+ feet (7600+ m) are surely exaggerated.
		The glaciers of Mount Kenya have been skied and snowboarded numerous times, including an extreme descent from the Gate of the Mists down the Diamond Glacier, which is normally considered the finest ice climb on the mountain.
	www.skimountaineer.com /ROF/ROF.php?name=Kenya (338 words)

	Tim and Lara Beth's Kenya Page - Mt. Elgon
		Located to the west of Kitale is Mount Elgon National Park, established in 1968 and covering 169 square kilometers (65 square miles).
		Elgon is the second largest extinct volcano in Kenya (second only to Mount Kenya).
		While Elgon has beautiful scenery and wildlife, including buffalo, elephant, leopard, bushbuck, fl-and-white colobus monkeys, and a large variety of birds, perhaps its most interesting feature is a series of caves located within the national park boundaries.
	www.blissites.com /kenya/places/mt_elgon.html (267 words)

	Skiing the Pacific Ring of Fire and Beyond: Mount Elgon
		Mount Elgon is a huge, ancient, and eroded stratovolcano which sits astride the Uganda-Kenya border.
		Elgon is topped by a caldera about 5 miles (8 km) in diameter, with several high points over 13000 ft (4000 m) along the rim.
		Elgon is noted for its unique Afro-alpine trees and plants, and for the many caves in its mid-elevation slopes, where elephants and other large animals can often be found eating mineral salts.
	www.skimountaineer.com /ROF/ROF.php?name=Elgon (335 words)

	kenya_elgon
		Mount Elgon is a large extinct volcano that straddles the border between Kenya and Uganda.
		Mount Elgon is also well known for its four explorable caves, formed by the action of water on ancient volcanic ash.
		A fascinating area, Mount Elgon National Park is one of the few parks where walking explorations are possible and where you can spot the webbed foot Sitatunga Antelope in the Saiwa Swamps.
	www.africa-ata.org /kenya_elgon.htm (489 words)

	Uganda Wildlife Authority
		Elgon is a 4,321m high extinct volcano which in prehistoric times stood taller than Kilimanjaro does today.
		Elgon is an important watershed, and its slopes support a rich variety of altitudinal vegetation zones ranging from montane forest to high open moorland studded with the other-worldly giant lobelia and groundsel plants.
		Day walks from Budadiri or within the Mount Elgon Forest Exploration Centre; hikes of four days or longer traverse the peaks.
	www.uwa.or.ug /elgon.html (227 words)

	African Guide - L'Africa di Leonardo Mancini
		Elgon has been called a "Mountain of Illusion" partly because of the number of hiking parties lost on its slopes in the past and also because no one could determine its highest point.
		Elgon provides a vital source of good quality water to several million people in eastern Uganda and western Kenya, and acts as a major water catchment area for the Lakes Kyoga, Turkana, Victoria, and eventually the Nile River.
		Considering that Mt. Elgon is a massive solitary volcano in the relatively flat plains of eastern Uganda and western Kenya, it creates and experiences weather patterns considerably different from the surrounding environment.
	www.african-guide.com /mountelgon.html (1309 words)

	Mount Elgon National Park
		Mount Elgon is a large, extinct volcano that straddles the borders of Kenya and Uganda.
		Reaching a height of 4,320 meters and extending over 100 km in diameter, Mount Elgon is the largest, although not the highest of Kenya's mountains.
		A fascinating area, Mount Elgon National Park is one of the few parks where walking explorations are possible.
	www.eco-resorts.com /MountElgon.php (486 words)

	Mountain Voices: oral testimonies from Mount Elgon, Kenya: local themes: environment
		This may be partly because the interviewers didn't always broach the topic, but it may also reflect the fact that Mount Elgon is a relatively fertile region, and people see their problems less in terms of productivity than in access to markets, credit and other development infrastructure.
		Mount Elgon also has caves, which are a source of fertilisers to our farms.
		I would say that the climate in Mount Elgon is quite favourable because we do not have many mosquitoes here.
	www.mountainvoices.org /k_th_environment.asp (769 words)

	Mount Elgon : Mount Elgon Orchards Ltd
		Mount Elgon Geographical information Flower information Other info.
		The farm is located on the northern slopes of Mount Elgon in Western Kenya, and was established in 1922 by R.Andersen who came from Sweden. Over the years the farm has grown many different crops such as coffee, maize, avocado’s, apples and peaches.
		The distribution and marketing of the roses and zantedeschia's of "The Elgon Collection" is done by Tip Top Flowers from The Netherlands, see for contact information Marketing and Distribution.
	www.mount-elgon.com (142 words)

	Mount Elgon trek from Uganda, climbing mt elgon, mount elgon crossover
		Mount Elgon trek from Uganda, climbing mt elgon, mount elgon crossover
		Situated along a low ridge at the foot of a volcanic mountain - Mt. Nkokonjeru, which is part of the waterfalls, combined with the evergreen cultivated slope forms a very attractive background that captures your attention.
		The numerous waterfalls that characterize Mt. Elgon are water reservoirs for the Nile.
	www.oryxsafaris.com /safaris/mountelgon.htm (1005 words)

	Mount Elgon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Mount Elgon is an extinct volcano on the border of Uganda and Kenya.
		The mountain is named after the Elgonyi tribe, who once lived in huge caves on the south side of the mountain.
		The area around the mountain is protected by two Mount Elgon National Parks — one on each side of the international border.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mount_Elgon (317 words)

	Mount Elgon National Park - Kenya Travel Guide - BootsnAll.com
		Mount Elgon is a large extinct volcano that straddles the border between Kenya and Uganda (map).
		Reaching a height of 4,320 metres and extending over 100 km in diameter, Mount Elgon is the largest, although not the highest of Kenya's mountains.
		A fascinating area, Mount Elgon National Park is one of the few Parks where walking explorations are possible and the area is especially enjoyable for hikers and bird-watchers.
	www.bootsnall.com /africatravelguides/kenya/may00mtelgon.shtml (502 words)

	Peatlands on the Ugandan side of Mount Elgon
		Elgon is the oldest and largest solitary volcano in East Africa.
		A possible reason of the clear hydrological distinction to the drier peatlands at the outer flanks can be found in the functioning of the caldera as a pool of cold air where at night condensation water supplies enough water to maintain a high water level in the basins.
		Another possibility is that the mires are fed by groundwater exfiltrating from cracks in the bedrock, because the uppermost part of Mount Elgon is geologically strongly disturbed.
	www.imcg.net /imcgnl/nl0304/kap07.htm (2276 words)

	GORP - Africa's Other Mountains - Mount Elgon: To Save a Mountain
		Mount Elgon, an extinct volcano, is the lowest of East Africa's four major volcanoes.
		Uganda's Mount Elgon National Park was established in 1992 with the hope of attracting enough tourists to help support the local economy and encourage the preservation of the ecosystem.
		Farming and poaching are the biggest threats to the mountain, Sam told us, pointing to exhibits and photos in the office that tell the story of an exploding population that each year moves farther up the mountain in search of arable land.
	gorp.away.com /gorp/activity/climb/africa_berger3.htm (416 words)

	Mount Elgon National Park Safari
		Depart for Mount Elgon situated in the Eastern part of Uganda.
		The Mountain is said to have one of the largest surface areas of any extinct volcano in the world.
		Mount Elgon is endowed with the most beautiful caves, cliffs, gorges and waterfalls in the country.
	www.shoebillsafaris.com /mount_Elgon.htm (166 words)

	Mount Elgon (west) Information
		The ranger force on Mount Elgon is not adequate to deal with the problem and unwilling to upset the old traditions.
		The most idyllic campsite on Elgon is at the Hot Springs - wood is scarce here so provisions must be made for porters to carry in charcoal or wood.
		Mount Elgon Tours and Travel, P.O.Box 2104 Mbale, will make arrangements for: travel, porters, guides, catering on and off the mountain and accommodation.
	www.ewpnet.com /elginfo.htm (1749 words)

	On the slopes of Mount Elgon, Lokitela is a Kenya Highlands retreat.
		On the slopes of Mount Elgon, Lokitela is a Kenya Highlands retreat.
		Lokitela Farm is on the foothills of Mount Elgon, the largest but not the highest mountain in Africa.
		Mt Elgon caves are well known for their "salt mining" elephants and the many thousands of tongue clicking fruit bats that roost in them.
	www.bush-homes.co.ke /Lokitela.htm (214 words)

	Mount Kilimanjaro climbing, mount kenya climbing and mount rwenzori hiking
		Mount Kilimanjaro climbing, mount kenya climbing and mount rwenzori hiking
		With the snow peaked Mount Kenya topping the chart with climbers, Mount Elgon comes as number two and the many other mountains and volcanoes (including the Cherangani Hills, the Loita Hills and Mount Longonot) taking the third position.
		In the morning attempt to the top of Mt Elgon (Koitobos Peak) 4155 m high descend back to the campsite for dinner and overnight.
	www.vindicatetours.com /safaris/mountains.htm (327 words)

	Elgon, Mount - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Elgon, Mount, extinct volcano, central Africa, on the Kenya-Uganda border.
		The inhabitants of Mt. Elgon's densely populated lower slopes cultivate arabica coffee, tea, bananas, and millet.
		Find newspaper and magazine articles plus images and maps related to "Elgon, Mount" at HighBeam.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-elgon-mt.html (165 words)

	Liberty Africa Safaris - Mount Elgon National Park
		Mount Elgon is the third highest mountain in East Africa.
		Game viewing is excellent; the park is home to an estimated 500 elephants, buffalo, leopard, the protected colobus and blue monkeys, giant forest hog, waterbuck and various other types of antelope as well as over 240 species of birds.
		There are no lodges in the park, but Elgon can be visited as a day trip or there are number of beautiful campsites for both luxury mobile-tented operations and budget campers.
	www.libertyafrica.com /elgonpark.html (430 words)

	\|\|==\|\| Mount Elgon National Park \|\|==\|\|
		Established in 1968 and found on the Kenya - Uganda border, Mount Elgon National Park is a beautiful area of unspoiled wet mountain forest and fantasy like afro - alphine moorlands.
		The park hosts over 200 elephants, buffalo, leopards, colobus and blue monkeys, water bucks, various antelope species and is an ornithologists land with 240 plus bird species.
		Mount Elgon has a 4300m high peak(14,100ft) found in Uganda, feautures a moorland and hot springs
	www.shoortravel.com /mountelgon.html (125 words)

	Kenya, Africa - Mount Elgon in Kenya (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Mt. Elgon National Park covers a 169 sq km area on the eastern slopes of Mt. Elgon.
		The free-standing volcanic cone sits on the border with Uganda and the Mt. Elgon range is the fourth highest in Kenya.
		A spectacular range of vegetation can be found on the mountain that features lush rainforest at the base followed by dense bamboo forests at the higher elevations.
	www.jambokenya.com /jambo/location/mtelgon.htm (450 words)

	Kenya Parks and Reserves: Mount Elgon
		Mount Elgon on the Kenya/Uganda border is a volcanic mountain, formed when the earth's crust erupted creating the Great Rift Valley.
		Huge Elgon teak and cedar trees, some over 80 ft tall, dominate the forest scenery.
		Mount Elgon also offers excellent climbing and walking opportunities.
	www.kilimanjaro.com /kenya/mtelgon.htm (450 words)

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