It is located in the Laikipia district of the Rift Valley Province in northern Kenya.

[3] The area is isolated, and holds montane forests of African juniper (Juniperus procera) and cycads.

It is home to elephants and other large mammals, and was one of the last places in northern Kenya to have wild Black Rhinos.

A number of the species in the Mathew's have evolved independently and the diversity of the forest is of great conservation value.

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