Category:Giitune

Giitune sacred forest lies on the Eastern side of Mt. Kenya and is one of the numerous sacred sites that dot the landscape surrounding this World Heritage Site. This is a high rainfall forest area with well-drained volcanic soils and many deep valleys and gorges with numerous rivers and streams flowing easterly. The community occupies a land area of 36.4 Km2 with a human population of 13,336 persons. This is an agricultural community growing crops and rearing livestock.

The forest is under the management of two clans that have historically protected it. It is endowed with richness of biodiversity, harboring a wide variety of indigenous flora and fauna. In the recent past the forest had faced a lot of destruction from the community who had being felling trees for production of commercial timber and charcoal.