LOITA HILLS WALKING SAFARI

Drive westward, crossing the expanses of the Great Rift Valley, heading up into the 8,000-foot-high Loita Hills. Hiking and exploring in the Loita Hills notable for the variety of its sceneries, which ranges from rolling hills and dramatic escarpments to expansive plains of open savanna country.

DAY 1: NAIROBI - NDARARA
Depart Nairobi passing through the Great Rift Valley, After descending 2,000 ft. to the valley floor which is studded with volcanic mountains, you begin to see an animal kingdom unrivalled anywhere else in Africa. Masailand is the home of huge herds of plains game. Our route then takes us up onto the Mau Escarpment and through the small trading town of Narok where you stopover for 30 minutes before heading South and winding up into the forested Loita Hills close to the Tanzanian border. You will be dropped at Maji Moto (Kiswahili means hot waters) where a hot spring bubbles out of the earth at the foot of the hills. A relaxing bath is a must as you visit Ndarara Mayatta for lunch. Late in the evening reach Ndarara Camp for Dinner and overnight. Tourists walking in Loita Hills in walking safari, chyulu hills walking, loita hills walking safari

DAY 2: NDARARA - LETUKUNYI
After breakfast leave Ndarara for Letukunyi, taking you about 5-6 hours walk through the scattered bushes and exploring the beautiful Loita Hills in the Nguruman Escarpment through the forests where you see striking black and white colombus Monkeys. Occasionally we may see leopard or bushbuck as you visit various secret waterholes. There are also a variety of highland birds to view, such as the turaco, parrot, hornbill, starling, sunbird and the birds of prey. Dinner and overnight at Letukunyi Camp.

Day 3: LETUKUNYI - MORIJO
Leave Letukunyi Camp early in the morning for an enjoyable walk before the sun is too hot . Pass through Narosura for lunch or to buy what might be out of stock. After an hour or two in this remote town in Maasai land, proceed to Morijo for dinner and overnight at Morijo Campsite.

DAY 4: MORINJO - ENKUTOTO
After breakfast, leave Morijo and walk through the forest, few of the remaining true-forested wilderness area in East Africa. The walk will take 5-6 hours across the rolling highlands up to OSupuko, the summit of the Loita Hills (8,660 ft.), with incredible views, before descending to the Camp. This is a favourite roost for velvet monkeys. Walk through the forests and glades in search of bohor reedbuck, East African Eland, Warthog, and the striking black and white Colombus Monkeys. Occasionally we may see Bushbuck as we walk to Enkutoto Campsite.

DAY 5: ENKUTOTO - NJOROI
After breakfast, leave Enkutoto, walking leisurely for 4-5 hours to Njoroi Campsite for dinner and overnight. In the camp enjoy an excellent view of the surrounding area such as lake Magadi, Ngong hills, Lake Natron and all the way to Tanzania border on a clear day.
Dinner and overnight at the Njoroi Campsite.

DAY 6: NJOROI/NGURUMAN - NAIROBI
After breakfast, descend the Escarpment through small farms to Nguruman town for transfer back to Nairobi via Lake Magadi. Ololgesalie prehistoric site which is 40 Km from Nairobi where the Leakey Family discovered axes and tools thought to have been.

 

4 DAYS: TREKING LOITA HILLS AND NORDIC WALKING SAFARI

Day 1:Hell's Gate National Park,
Is a tiny park located between Naivasha Lake and Longonot and Suswa volcanoes and it is an ideal venue for a weekend retreat far from the urban life of Nairobi.
The park provides a variety of wildlife, unusual flora and many species of birds and is one of the two only kenyan parks where climbing, walking and biking are allowed. Covered by ashes from the Longonot eruption which occured 100 years ago, the park is famous for its geothermal station, Lower Gorge and spectacular sceneries (cliffs, volcanoes, gorges, geothermal steam).

Day 2:Lake Naivasha
Iis the second largest and the highest lake of the Central Rift Valley lakes. Remain of a great lake which spread through the basins and spilling out at its southern end through the Ol Njorowa Gorge (Hell's Gate National Park), this freshwater lake has kept much of its old colonial charm and is also the centre of a prosperous flower export business.

Day 3:Nguruman Escarpment
The main section of this walk follows the Entosapia River and its associated riverine forests. A beautiful and spectacular area.From the mission follow the Lenkutoto river for 2.5km (30min), to a track crossing the river (1460m); follow this south. After 3.5km (45min) the path deteriorates and contours along the base of the hills to the west on a general bearing south; the Lenkutoto with its riverine forests swings away east to drop down into the Rift Valley. In 2.5km (30 min) the path drops slightly to cross a dry river/gorge system (1460m). A short climb leads to a ridge with an isolated hillock, below and to the south-west of this hill; on the flat ridge crest, there is a major manyatta (1510m), one km, 20min. From the mission, 9.5km, say 2h15.

Day 4:Loita Hills Circuit
A fine "horseshoe". Easy walking over open grassy ridges with good views; a few short forest and bush sections. From the Lost Aloe Cliff camp (2240m), described in the access section above, gain a ridge one km to the south-west with a 200m ascent. Now go west-north-west for 3km with 100m of ascents. Then descend one km north-east to manyatta in a slight valley. Ascend 2km north-east to the Subugo summit (2679m), from where a ridge descends gently south-east for 4km. Steeply south-west back down to start in one km. Total time, 3-4h. No good water along the way.