Kitum Cave

Kitum Cave
LocationMount Elgon National Park, Kenya
Depth700-900m
Length~ 200 metres (700 ft)
GeologyPyroclastic (volcanic, non-solutional)
Entrances1
AccessPublic land; Access generally uncontrolled

Kitum Cave is located in Mount Elgon National Park, Kenya. It is one of five named "elephant caves" of Mount Elgon where animals, including elephants, "mine" the rock for its sodium-rich salts. In the 1980s, two European visitors contracted Marburg virus disease there.

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