Amboseli national park at the foot of africas highest mountain 5 895m kilimanjaro is one of the most popular of kenyas national parks it lies some 240 km south east of nairobi very close to the tanzania border the snowcapped peak of mount kilimanjaro rising above a saucer of clouds dominates every aspect of amboseli gazetted as a national park in 1974 it covers only 392 sq km but despite its small size and its fragile ecosystem it supports a wide range of mammals well over 50 of the lar