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Private Hiking Day Trip to Mt. Longonot from Nairobi

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Free cancellation available
Price is NZ$304 per adult* *Get lower prices by selecting more than 2 adults
Features
  • Free cancellation available
  • 11h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Selective hotel pickup
  • Multiple languages
Overview

This private 9-hours hiking trip to Mt Longonot National Park, located around 45 miles (73 km) from Nairobi city on the floor of the Great Rift Valley, has the best sightseeing opportunities and one can look inside the mountain crater. The Mount Longonot national park is a popular park for hiking and mountain climbing that takes less than 3-4 hours to climb up and down. There is a lot of wildlife to see as you hike and the eye catching view of the rift valley escarpments.

Activity location

  • Mount Longonot National Park
    • Naivasha Road,
    • 00200, Maai Mahiu, Kenya

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Mount Longonot National Park
    • Naivasha Road,
    • 00200, Maai Mahiu, Kenya

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Private Hiking Day Trip to Mt. Longonot from Nairobi
  • Activity duration is 11 hours11h
    11h
  • English

Pickup included

Starting time: 6:00 am
Price details
NZ$304.20 x 1 AdultNZ$304.20

Total
Price is NZ$304.20

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedLocal English-speaking guide
  • What's includedWhat's includedHotel pickup and drop-off
  • What's includedWhat's includedPrivate tour
  • What's includedWhat's includedPark entrance fees
  • What's includedWhat's includedPickup and drop off to your hotel or residence within Nairobi CBD
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedLunch (available to purchase)
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedBoat ride fees in Lake Naivasha (25USD per person)
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedPickup and drop off to the airport at 20 USD.

Know before you book

  • Not recommended for travellers with poor cardiovascular health
  • Not recommended for pregnant travellers
  • Public transport options are available nearby
  • Specialised infant seats are available
  • Travellers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness

Activity itinerary

Lake Naivasha
  • 6h
  • Admission ticket not included
Boat Ride in Lake Naivasha (OPTIONAL) Go on an hour  boat ride in this wonderful rift valley lake. The boat ride will take you to see the hundreds of birds in this lake including the diving African fish eagle which dives in the water to catch fish without ever missing. You will also go to the hippo pool and see the hippos as they swim and bleat inside the water while opening their mouths to over 180 degrees.
Mount Longonot National Park
  • 4h
  • Admission ticket included
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 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 go round the rim of the crater.
Great Rift Valley
  • 1h
Great Rift Valley View Point You will make a scheduled 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  You can actually see the volcanic Mt Suswa 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.

Location

Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIESMount Longonot National Park
    • Naivasha Road,
    • 00200, Maai Mahiu, Kenya

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLEMount Longonot National Park
    • Naivasha Road,
    • 00200, Maai Mahiu, Kenya

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