WALKING SAFARIS

5 DAYS CHYULU HILLS WALKING SAFARI
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 dusty road, and it wil an opportune time to sample kenya 's natural scenic beauty 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.This will be followed by, an hour walk to the entrance of the caves. Whole afternoon spent exploring.ravishing sight of terrain dotted with breath taking sceneries.
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
DAY-05
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.

7 DAYS WALKING CHALLENGE IN THE NORTHERN  KENYA

DAY 1:Depart early and drive to mount Kenya region enjoying the kikuyu farmlands and the big Del monte pineapple plantations to get to mountain rock hotel for lunch. Explore the natural forest and the maumau caves in the afternoon enjoying the splendid view of the snow capped top of the mount Kenya in the background. Dinner and overnight at the lodge / camp.

DAY 2: Depart after breakfast and drive towards Samburu National Reserve. We journey further to the North enjoying a game drive to the camp along the Ewaso Nyiro river. Dinner and overnight at the camp.
Samburu teams with wildlife and birds to be one of the best ecosystems in the semi-arid East Africa. The Oryx, gerenuk reticulated giraffe, grevy’s zebra and bird’s such as the Batteluer and the Martial eagle are some of the unique wildlife species found in this amazing park.

DAY 3 :Depart and leave for Loroghi Hills via Maralal town. The elevation changes gradually to a drop of 600m.Dinner and overnight at the Lesiolo campsite.

DAY 4 :After breakfast we set off on a 4 hour hike to the slopes of Lesiolo.Enjoy the panorama of Baringo and the Suguta valley which is reputed to be one of the hottest parts in the world. Return to the camp for lunch and visit the samburu village to learn more about their way of life. Dinner and overnight at the camp.

DAY 5 : Depart with picnic lunches for a day’s hike to the Malaso valley, once inhabited by the pokot people and later get back to the camp for dinner and overnight.

DAY 6 :Leave early after breakfast and drive to the L.Bogoria National Reserve famed for its hot springs and a concentration of flamingos and other waterbirds.Walk round the shores of the lake or drive round the lake in search of the rare kudu, impalas and other game. Dinner and overnight at the camp.

DAY 7 : An early morning walk at the shores of the lake and later drive back to Nairobi.