The Aberdare national park is in the central circuit, it was named Aberdares by Joseph Thomson who was an explorer in honor of Lord Aberdare who at that time was the president of the Royal geographical society It is a high-altitude national park created to protect the slopes and moorland of the Aberdare Mountains. This park is a perfect location for topography enthusiasts and for viewing Kenya’s animals and birds.

It is a home for elephants, black rhinos, leopards, spotted hyenas, olive baboons, black and white colobus monkeys, buffalos, warthogs, and bushbucks among others. It is home to 250 bird species like Jackson’s Francolin, Sparrow hawks, goshawks, eagles, sunbirds, plovers, etc. In this park, there are different attractions like beautiful mountain scenery is one of the highlights of a visit to this National Park, the park has several a waterfall, Rare animals – Black Serval, Black Leopard (seldom seen) and the Eastern Bongo (a huge forest Antelope), Watching animals come to the waterhole at the famous Treetops Lodge and The Ark Hotel gives an excellent game viewing at night over the watering hole. Trout fishing and Hiking are also done here.