Kenya Trekking Safari: Walking on Chyulu Hills

Day 1
Depart Nairobi around 0800, for the 3 hour drive down the Mombasa road to Kibwezi. Here we will leave the tarmac, and take a dirt road, (probably an optimistic term for it), for the 30 km to where we start walking to the caves. First though, lunch of cold cuts, salads, bread and cheese, cold beer or soft drink, then an hour walk to the entrance of the caves. Afternoon spent exploring.

Day 2
Explore sections of one of the longest "Lava Tube" caves in the world - Leviathan. These caves, which world-wide, are relatively rare, are thought to have been formed when molten lava, of specific type and viscosity flowed down a slope of a specific angle. The surface layer cooled and solidified, but the lower part, still molten, continued to flow on down. At this point, somewhere up the hillside a collapse of the surface crust occurred through which air enters, and so a tube evacuated itself just below the surface. Afternoon and the evening spent down in the caves looking at some of the fascinating formations found therein - Sink holes, lava ropes, stalagmites and stalactites, benches and of course the secondary, water formed features.

Day 3
Early morning departure by road for the top of the Chyulu Hills. Superb walking country with gently undulating grasslands, interspersed with dense patches of forest. Possibility of viewing herds of eland and other antelope, giraffe, zebra and wildebeest with slightly lesser chance to see elephant, lion and buffalo and the other game that live in the area. Probable views of Kilimanjaro just 50 km away. Night somewhere along the crest. Probably cool and windy with low cloud in the early morning.

Day 4
Full day of walking and exploring this East Africa wilderness area.

Day 5
Early morning game drive or short walk before a late breakfast / early lunch . It's then along the crest road and down the western side of the hills for the drive back to Nairobi arriving before nightfall.

Options are of course many and varied and in many cases we can be flexible about the itinerary whilst we are actually on the safari. One may, for instance, wish to spend an extra day caving (or cut out a day), thus spend less time (or longer) walking the Chyulus.


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4 DAYS OLOGASAILE AND LAKE MAGADI
Walking Safari

Day 01
0800: Depart Nairobi and drive west to the Ngong Hills (which in Masai language means knuckles). The vehicle will drive to meet you on at the end and then proceed to the Ologasaile Pre-historic site. Picnic lunch, then continue down the sloppy hills arriving in Magadi in time for dinner and overnight.

Day 02
After breakfast drive past the 18 hole golf course through to the medicinal springs (Spas) - relax, proceed to the beautiful lake and unsparingly many species of birds including the Flamingoes!!!. Dinner and Overnight at the camp.
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Day 03
After breakfast explore the Ewaso Nyiro plains on foot accompanied by a Maasai Guide. Have lunch in the plains and have enough time to return to the camp for dinner and overnight.

Day 04
After breakfast drive slowly back up-hill road; stopping for lunch on the way, arriving in Nairobi late afternoon.