1 night small group tour to Hells gate and Mount Longonot

Overview

Day by day itinerary

1. 1Nairobi to Hells Gate National park⌄

   7am – Depart Nairobi and start of drive to Naivasha, brief stop over at the 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 ALake 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.

   Arrive at the gate of hells gate at around 9am. Start of the biking tour at hells gate for 2 hours. 11am – Visit the gorges inside the park. Gorges are small thin depressions of land mass where you can walk underneath. Some areas have formed caves where you can walk through. This will take 1 hour. 1pm – Finish the tours and bring the bikes back at the gate. 1pm – Drive to Naivasha Marina camp for Lunch (at own expense)

   2pm – Take an optional 1 hour boat ride in the lake for bird watching and hippo viewing till the shores of crescent island 4pm – End of all activities start of drive to Astorian grand hotel or similar for dinner and overnight. Kindly note that upon request at an extra cost we can upgrade for you to stay at midrange luxury hotel like Sopa resort/simba lodge etc

   Meals: Dinner

   Overnight: Overnight at Astorian grand hotel or Similar,this is a standard hotel but upon request we can upgrade you to a luxury

2. 2Naivasha to Mount longonot Hike to Nairobi Drop off⌄

   Have breakfast and start to get ready to leave the hotel at 7am for Mount Longonot with picnic lunch. 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. At the rim, you will have your picnic lunch then descend from the Longonot mountain for the base at the park headquarters. Relax for some while and take on the drive to Nairobi for drop off at arounf 4 pm depending with your pace.

   Meals: Breakfast · Lunch: picnic lunch