The Age · Travel / Inspiration

Hiking Africa’s second-highest mountain beats Mount Kilimanjaro

· By Andrew Bain
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The drive to the national park entrance passes through an avenue of tall eucalypts on the slopes of Mount Kenya. As our vehicle climbs towards the park’s Chogoria Gate, I’m briefly struck by the sense that I’m heading into the Australian High Country, a fancy soon dispelled by the sight of an elephant and her calf g…

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