Ole Sayeti
| Distance from Nairobi | About 55km |
| Starting Point | Olonana Country Club |
| Ending point | Olonana Country Club |
| Walking Duration | 7 hours |
| Terrain | Dirt trails with some rocky areas. |
| Difficulty | Moderate, with some steep climbing. |
For those who like getting off the beaten track, then Ole Sayeti is one such place. A trip to this little known hill on the floor of the Great Rift Valley about 50km from Nairobi, makes for a great day hike within easy reach of the City. This hike takes you through semi-arid Maasai country, unscarred by excess modern developments and devoid of throngs of tourists. It sits on Intashat plain off the Ngong Circular Road, barely 10km from the imposing Ngong Hills range to the east.
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- Dusk view of Ole Sayeti
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- Up close view of Ole Sayeti
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- Local flora on Ole Sayeti
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- Massive rock on Ole Sayeti
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- Ngong hills view from Ole Sayeti
Route Description
If you start off from Kona Maziwa on Magadi Road 1km from Olonana Country Club, the round-trip hike to Ole Sayeti takes about 7 hours. Look for a westbound trail heading straight towards Ole Sayeti Hill from this shard bend on Magadi Road. This trail descends to the Ngong circular road linking Kisamis to Ngong Town. Turn right onto this road and walk up to a bridge under construction, where another trail to the left heads straight for the Hill. Along the way, you will pass a School, a Church, and various Maasai Manyattas, before getting to the foot of the Hill. You’ll also encountered an occasional splash of colourful wildflowers breaking the monotony of the ubiquitous leleshwa and other dryland bushes.
Once at the base of the hill, the climb to the top takes about an hour.From the summit, you get to sample a panoramic view of the surrounding country, including the much higher Ngong Hills eastward across the Intashat plain, Oloroka to the west, and a large water mass to the north.
Getting there
If driving, take Langata Road till Bomas of Kenya, turn right on to Magadi Road, and drive past Ongata Rongai, Kiserian and Corner Baridi till Kisamis. Turn right onto the Ngong Circular Road and drive past a bridge till the J.M. Kariuki memorial marker, where you’ll turn left and drive till the foot of the Hill.
Entry Requirements
The hill is on Maasai Community land, so you’ll need a local guide from the community, to show you the trails and explain the local features, places and history. Either of the two below will be happy to help you.
Emmanuel Kaimarish – Tel: +254 704 866745, email: emmanurish@gmail.com
Paul Kalaile – Tel: +254 714 155872,
email: paulnteyierr@gmail.com
The palce is very fascinating. I’m one of the guides to olesayieti mountain. I live just on the foot of Olesayieti. I’m currently studying in Daystar University but I’m always available on weekends.
+254714155872 is my number-paul.
Thanks for providing your contact Paul. I wish I had known you when I visited Ole Sayieti. I’m sure many others will appreciate your service.
I wish I had known you too. Lets talk via email. my email is paulnteyierr@gmail.com thanks..
There is a campsite/traditional home for visitors that is coming up in Olesayieti mt where the visitors can ome and spent for days. The maasai cultural pactices will be displayed in the campsite. We already have a group of youths who will be entertaining the visitors with the maasai traditional songs. The campsite will resume once enough funds have been found to construct the houses. The campsite is meant for preservation and restoration of authentic maasai culture and to provide shelter for the visitorsFor more information, contact paul Kalaile Ole Nteyierr- a fourth year student in Daystar university
. My email address is paulnteyierr@gmail.com
Explore, discover, experience wonders of nature in Olesayieti.
Hi Jambo, note that the bus fare from kiserian to olonana has increased from 40 Ksh to 50 Ksh. I’m happy for the many visitors that you have always directed to me to guide them for they have been very good and have appreciated my services. Please advice them to call me one or two days before they come so that I can plan on how to receive them as sometimes many groups comes at the same day in different times making it hard to serve them all. Paul kalile ole nteyierr.
Thanks Paul. I’ve updated as you suggested.
Thanks a lot for the updates. Also kindly add my email address since some visitors suggest that they find it wise to send an email rather than calling due to time differences. It is also cheap to send an email than to call. Sometimes one can be un available on phone but one can be reached all the time through an email. My email addresses are therefore (paulnteyierr@gmail.com) or (nteyierr@cickenya.com) thanks.
Hello Jambo,
I’m kindly requesting that you create the site for other hiking places like Oloruka, Esakut, Olorgisailie and indicate that I’m the arae tour guide since these mountains are very near to my residence and it is not once have I taken tourists to each of these mountainsd. . These mountains are also very nice to hike and are free to hike and can be accessed just through the same way that one can reach to Olesayieti.
My hone numbers remains +254714155872 and email address is paulnteyierr@gmail.com.
Cheers.
There’s some gorgeous hiking around here, especially in June just after the rain has ended. The directions are a little confusing though: the sharp corner you mention, Kona Baridi, is 1.3 km *before* Olonana Country Club. If you’re taking a matatu from Kiserian you can get dropped there, the drivers know it. There’s also a trail that leads north towards the Ngong Hills from Kona Baridi, which offers incredible vistas of the valley (if you stick left) and Nairobi (on the right).
Thanks for your comment Ari. Sorry if the directions are a little unclear. Indeed there is a sharp right turn at Kona Baridi, when you approach it from Kiserian. The directions in the post are referring to another sharp turn further on past Olonana. I hope that helps.
jambo.
I sugest onother hiking option to be started from kona maziwa to ngarroj Hills or from kibiko to ngarooj Hill.Hv been doing this for more than ten years and its amazing.
Maasai giraffes guarateed to be seen as people hike.other animals that could be spoted are Baboons tomson gazelle dikdik and big Birds such us kori and secretary birds.fruts and water breaks along the way.
The dailly local activities with the locals living arround this area can be experinced as well.Anyone intrested can contact me via “petmoshila@yahoo.com” or +254725703511
Hello jambo, thankyou so much for such helpful information..i was looking for places to hike so as to take my group and this site offered a great deal of info..a week ago i got to take my hiking group to ole sayeti and so i took the contacts of paul from this site
Paul was an amazing guide and so was his family…i communicated with him 3wks prior to our visit and he was so helpful and hospitable..he even assisted in making lunch arrangements for my group..he even went out of his way to wait for us at kisamis so that we could easily find öur way to ole sayeti…
My group enjoyed the visit to the place and so did i…paul i know i said thank you but i still have to say it here again..thanks a lot,i appreciated your efforts and may God bless you…….i highly recommend paul as the guide and also ole sayeti as a fun place to hike…thugh you need to be very high spirited to finish the hike at the place….we totally loved hiking at ole sayeti and we are löoking forward to hiking ol donyo sabuk end of this month …THANKS JAMBO NAIROBI FOR SUCH DETAILED INFO ON LIVING IN NAIROBI…am looking forward to Hiking more places in our lovely country KENYA…
I’m glad you found our website useful, and had a great time hiking this part of the country. Thanks for letting us know Carol.
Thank you so much Carol for thanking me for being your guide! I also enjoyed hiking with you. God bless you.
Paul Kalaile Nteyierr- The famous Guide
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I’m glad you like it Idah. Thanks for letting us know.