KENYA WALKING SAFARI
6 Days Loita Hills Treking
(Your walk is
escorted by guides and potters who will carry your
luggage and basic camping equipment's. For your effort
you will be rewarded with a view of the magnificent
landscape and traditional Maasai people in the Loita
hill.)
Trekking in
the Rift
DAY 1 - Drive via
Narok for lunch, then further to Morijo- Start trekking
2-3 hrs to the first camp.
DAY 2 - Walk
through Maasai land, camp at the water place.
DAY 3 - Trek
again for four hours. You may see gazelles, hertbeast
etc.
DAY 4 - Walk in
the thick forest following the elephant path for 5-6
hours to a water fall camp near by.
DAY 5 - Follow
the river for the last camp. Dinner and overnight.
DAY 6 - Descent
the escarpment early. Meet the car at Nguruman
Mt Longonot Hike-
Full Day Excursion
(Mt Longonot
National Park is located 90km from Nairobi city on the
floor of the Great Rift Valley. The mt Longonot national
park is a popular park for hiking and mountain climbing
that takes less than 3-4hrs to climb/hike up and down.
It is one of the best adventure day trips from Nairobi.
Longonot national park is easy to get to and has the
best sightseeing opportunities and one can look inside
the mountain crater. Nairobi- Great African Rift Valley-
Mt Longonot Depart Nairobi with picnic lunch boxes for
Mt Longonot National Park going through the Kikuyu lush
green highlands and then on the eastern escarpment of
the rift valley system.
You will make a
scheduled brief stop at the view point on the side of
the escarpment to enjoy the view of the Rift valley
floor from a birds eye view. The rift valley system was
formed 5 million years ago and the rift runs from the
red sea through Ethiopia and Kenya and Tanzania. The
rift valley is an active volcanic area and has some of
the most interesting features including more than 8
lakes, dormant and active volcanic mountains and
hotsprings and geysers like the Olkaria geothermal wells
and Lake Bogoria geysers. You can actually see the
volcanic Mt Suswa and Mt Longonot from this high place
with their evergreen craters and the undulating green
rift valley floor. The view from here is just amazing.
Make sure to take as many photos from here as you can.
Drop into the
rift valley and arrive at the Mt Longonot national park
for your Hike up to the crater. The hike requires medium
physical fitness and you will climb through the gulleys
that dot the sides of this mountain. You will have a
guide and you can make some rest stops at the designated
places on the trek. You will get to the rim of the
crater and look into the awesome crater below. If you
have the strength for it, you can trek round the rim of
the crater.
Picnic lunch will
be at a convenient place then descend from the Longonot
Mountain for the base at the park headquarters for
onward return journey by road to Nairobi arriving in the
evening to end your full day hiking excursion of Mt
Longonot
Hells Gate
National Park Excursion from Nairobi
Hell's Gate
National Park excursion Tour departs Nairobi at 0800
Hours with packed lunch. The journey takes a drive down
the Great Rift Valley stopping at the viewpoint for
photography. You then continue on to Hell's Gate
National Park to arrive at 0930 Hours. Once at the Park,
you have the option of a game drive in a Safari vehicle
or take bikes into the Park. Cycling in the Park is a
great adventure as you get to ride the bikes for 7
Kilometers before resting at a ranger's post. After a
brief stop at the rangers post you leave the bike and
start a walking safari. Enjoy the spectacular views of
the gorge. The walking excursion safari takes 3 hours.
The hot springs and a fabulous scenic landscape besides
the diverse game are just incredible. Walk back to pick
your bikes and return to the vehicle for the 90 kms
journey back to Nairobi to end your short walking
excursion
Hell's Gate
National Park special locations to view include:
Fischer's Tower,
formerly a volcano's plug, the Central Tower and Njorowa
Gorges. Two extinct volcanoes: Olkaria and Hobley's are
worth a trip. Natural steam vents rise from fissures in
the volcanic rock. Obsidian, a striking black glassy
rock formed from cooled molten lava is a feature of this
landscape. Game to view includes: Buffaloes, Masai
Giraffes, Elands, Coke's Hartebeests, Lions, Leopards
and some Cheetahs. A haven for ornithologists and rock
climbers, the cliffs of Hell's Gate are breeding grounds
for Vultures, Verreaux's Eagles, Augur Buzzard and
thousands of swifts; 103 species of birds have been
recorded in the Park.
Ngong Hills
Hiking/ Walking Day Tour
This hiking day
Tour starts at 0700 Hours from your hotel or residence
and drive to the Ngong Hills. We drive along Ngong Road
going past Dagoretti Corner, Karen and Ngong Town to
reach Ngong Police Station from where we get an armed
escort (Ranger) from the Kenya Wildlife Services and
also a local guide.
The sharp spine
of the Ngong Hills stretches for 11.5 kilometers and
takes about 5-6 hours (without long rest breaks) to walk
from end to end. The hike up Ngong Hills starts right
from Ngong town at the northern foot of the hills 1961m
above sea level, and traverses the whole range to the
southern end at “Kona Baridi” meaning cold corner.
Depending, on how
fit you are the whole journey can take 4 hours to 5
Hours at most. The first 2 kilometers from Ngong Police
Station are a gradual ascent through human settlements
until you get to a Kenya Wildlife Barrier barrier
indicating the start of the Ngong Hills forest reserve. From here on,
you go past a wind farm, before climbing the first steep
hill leading to an area populated with Radio repeater
station masts.
The trail thins
out and descents into a trough before you climb the next
steep hill. Just when you think the worst is over, the
rolling hills seem to keep popping up, with each taking
its toll on you. The highest peak (7th Hill called
Lamwia) on the knuckle-shaped Ngong hills is at 2460
meters/ 8070 Feet above sea level
Thankfully, the
views all round are magnificent, making the effort
worthwhile. 15 Kilometers to the east is the Nairobi
National Park, to the North East is Nairobi city views,
and to the west the hills overlook Masai Manyattas 1,000
meters down in the Rift Valley.
On a lucky day,
you are likely to encounter buffalos around the fourth
hill, on account of the abundant bushes at these higher
altitudes on the range. To your right is a fantastic
view of the Great Rift Valley, while on the far left is
a view of the City of Nairobi.
There is a long, sloping walk downward to "kona baridi" corner - cold corner - which is where our driver meets you and drives you back to Nairobi to end your Trekking Excursion.
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