where is mount elgon? describe the surrounding enviroment

The book starts with "Charles Monet" visiting Kitum Cave during a camping trip to Mount Elgon in Uganda Central Africa. Mount Elgon is an extinct shield volcano on the border of Uganda and Kenya,[3] north of Kisumu and west of Kitale. The mountain's highest point, named "Wagagai", is located entirely within the country of Uganda. The mountain soils are red laterite. The mountain is the catchment area for the several rivers such as the Suam River which becomes the Turkwel downstream and which drains into Lake Turkana, the Nzoia River and the Lwakhakha which flow to Lake Victoria. The town of Kitale is in the foothills of the mountain. The area around the mountain is protected by two Mount Elgon National Parks one on each side of the international border.