1 DAY HIKING ADVENTURE IN MT LONGONOT FROM NAIROBI

Drive from Nairobi along the Great Rift Valley escarpment. The stunning views of Mount Longonot will beckon barely 60 kilometers from Nairobi. See this remarkable colossus dominate the surrounding landscape. The mountain has lava canyons on its steep slope.The mountain is a dormant volcano said to have last erupted in the mid-1800s and rises about 750 meters above the Great Rift Valley floor and some 2776 meters above sea level. There will be a number of viewpoints on the highway to this mountain which has become a popular stopover for the motorists drawn by the splendor of this outstanding view. The entire mountain is a national park within the jurisdiction of Kenya Wildlife Services.

The park is home to a number of wild game, most of which harbor in the thick forest covering the crater floor like the buffallo,zebras impalla in the open plains