Aberdare National Park is dominated by steep forest and open moorland. It provides home to various animals such as elephants, Black rhinos, leopards, hyenas Olive baboons black and white colobus monkeys, buffalos, warthogs and bushbucks among others.

Rare sightings include those of the Giant Forest hog, bongo, golden cat, serval cat, African wild cat, African civet cat and the blue duiker. Visitors get a chance to enjoy picnics, fishing and camping. There are over 250 species of birds making bird watching rewarding from seeing birds like sunbirds, plovers, sparrow hawks, Francolin and eagles among others.

The park is renowned for its torrential waterfalls plunging from cloud-shrouded heights to spray-filled ravines. The magnificent Karuru water falls, whose ice-cold crystal-clear waters drop an impressive 300meters, the spectacular Gura water falls which torrent from the opposite side of the same gorge, the sheer drop of the Chania water falls, and the enchanting Magura water falls which cascade across the yawning mouth of the Queen’s Cave.