YHA Kenya Travel Tours And Safaris.

Mount Kenya Climbing,Trekking & Hiking Adventures                                               Mount Kenya Legend Story. The Story behind Mount Kenya with the Kikuyu people (Tribe) who surround and live within the parameters of the Mountain Gĩkũyũ (also called Kikuyu) or Agikuyu ~ Kikuyu people Batian and Nelion in the background cropped. Several ethnic groups that live around Mount Kenya believe the mountain is sacred. They used to build their houses facing the mountain, with the doors on the side nearest to it. The Gĩkũyũ people live on the southern and western sides of the mountain. They are agriculturalists and make use of the highly fertile volcanic soil on the lower slopes.  The Gĩkũyũ people believe that God, ''Ngai'' or ''Mwene Nyaga'', lived on Mount Kenya when he came down from the sky. They believe that the mountain is Ngai's th...