The highest mountain in the country, Mount Kenya straddles the equator and is peaked in Africa only by Kilimanjaro. It is an extinct volcano of roughly 3 million years old, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and one of the few places on the African equator with permanent glaciers. These feed the lakes at which some of our best heli-fishing is done, high in Mount Kenya National Park – and they also provide an important water source for the animals and civilisations of Kenya.