Mount Longonot Full Day Hiking Adventure From Nairobi

Mount Longonot Full Day Hiking Adventure From Nairobi

Mount Longonot has lava canyons on its steep slopes. There is also a circular caldera over a kilometer in diameter. The mountain is a dormant volcano said to have last erupted in the mid-1800s. The mountain is rises at about 750m above the Great Rift Valley floor and some 2776m above the sea level. There are a number of viewpoints on the highway to this mountain which have become popular stopovers for the motorists drawn by the splendor of this outstanding view.

Hike Mount Longonot on a full-day excursion from Nairobi and earn sweeping views across Lake Naivasha and the Great Rift Valley from the trail to the crater. With the chance to see wildlife in Mount Longonot National Park, home to giraffe, impalas, buffalos, and gazelle, this hiking trip gets you out of the city and into Kenya’s spectacular mountains without the long drive times required to reach many wilderness destinations.