It has misty valleys, hills and spectacular twin peaks/towers mountain ranges that sit across Nyeri and Nyandarua counties . Open moorlands and dense forests characterize the vast park and lash of clean air, very relaxing and peaceful; The park is popular for its torrential waterfalls plunging from cloud-shrouded heights to spray-filled ravines. The magnificent Karuru water falls, whose ice cold crystal clear waters drop an impressive 300meters, the spectacular Gura water falls which torrent from the opposite side of the same gorge, the sheer drop of the Chania water falls, and the enchanting Magura water falls which cascade across the yawning mouth of the Queen's Cave.
Other unique attractions include; the dragon teeth, which is a volcanic, rock formation assuming the rugged look of a set of teeth sitting on a jaw located in the northern moorlands part of the park, south of the equator. Rare wildlife species include–Black rhino, Black Serval, Black Leopard (seldom seen) and the Eastern Bongo (a huge forest Antelope). There are elephants, buffalos, giraffes, blue and colobus monkey, leopard, lion, warthog, giant forest hog, bushbuck, red duiker, suni, reedbuck and eland. A belt of bamboo vegetation is a reserve of the rare and elusive forest antelope. The Treetops Lodge , famed for housing Princess Elizabeth when she got news that she was going to be a queen upon the death of her father.