{"id":85981,"date":"2025-01-02T09:54:28","date_gmt":"2025-01-02T09:54:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diwakatours.com\/mt-elgon-national-park\/"},"modified":"2025-01-02T09:54:28","modified_gmt":"2025-01-02T09:54:28","slug":"mt-elgon-national-park","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/diwakatours.com\/en-gb\/kenya-destinations\/mt-elgon-national-park\/","title":{"rendered":"Mt Elgon National Park"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"85981\" class=\"elementor elementor-85981\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a260f3a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a260f3a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-02d8505 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"02d8505\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-79aed51 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"79aed51\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dws_innrbnr_cont\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"dws_innrbnr_cont_txt\"><div class=\"dws_arsovrvw_sec_hdng\"><h2>Mt Elgon National Park<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><p>High in the mist-wreathed hills of western Kenya is a towering volcanic giant, crowned by a vast caldera etched by glacial tarns, honeycombed by labyrinthine caves, fissured by valleys and cascaded by streams. 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