Estimate: 1,121km²
This terminated well of the volcano is one of Uganda’s most established physical highlights, first emitting around 24 million years prior.
Mt Elgon was at one time Africa’s most noteworthy mountain, far surpassing Kilimanjaro’s present 5,895m. Centuries of disintegration have lessened its tallness to 4,321m, consigning it to the fourth most astounding crest in East Africa and eighth on the landmass.
Mt Elgon is home to two clans, the Bagisu and the Sabiny, with the minimized Ndorobos compelled to abide profound inside the timberland of Benet.
The Bagisu, otherwise called the BaMasaba, consider Mount Elgon to be the exemplification of their establishing father Masaba and allude to the mountain by this name.
At 4,000km² Mt. Elgon has the biggest volcanic base on the planet. Situated on the Uganda-Kenya fringe it is likewise the most seasoned and biggest lone, the volcanic mountain in East Africa. Its tremendous frame, 80km in width, rises more than 3,000m over the encompassing fields. The mountain’s cool statures offer relief from the hot fields beneath, with the higher heights giving a shelter to vegetation.
Mount Elgon National Park is home to more than 300 types of flying creatures, including the jeopardized Lammergeyer. The higher inclines are secured by national stops in Uganda and Kenya, making a broad trans-limit preservation region which has been announced a UNESCO Man and Biosphere Reserve.
A jump on Mt. Elgon’s left moorlands divulges a heavenly and uncluttered wild without the summit-arranged methodology normal to numerous mountains: a definitive objective on achieving the highest point of Mt. Elgon isn’t the last climb to the 4321m Wagagai Peak, yet the plummet into the huge 40km² caldera.