Olorngelai Nature Trail
The remote, rarely visited Olorngelai Nature Trail, once a favorite with rock climbers, is on a 100m high fault scarp west of the Ngong Hills. Massive rocks, high cliffs, chimneys and shallow caves dot...
Author: LivinginNairobi
Oldoinyo Lengai, the Western Trail
Oldoinyo Lengai is an extraordinary active volcano in a remote corner of Northern Tanzania. It’s eruptions freeze in mid-air within seconds of bursting from the earth’s bowels, only to shatter and rain down like hailstones...
Aberdares Trekking, Njabini to Kinangop Peak
The breathtaking beauty of the Aberdares southern moorlands awaits those who go trekking from Njabini to Kinangop peak past the Elephant Hill. This is probably the steepest trail on the Aberdares range, with an...
Maasai Country Trekking, Kibiko Osupukuo Dikiro
The dramatic topography of the Maasai country between Kibiko on the edge of the Ngong Hills, through Osupukuo and Dikiro Valley makes this area very attractive for hiking. The earth movements and displacements that...
Kitengela Mbuni Runners
Gone are the days when Kitengela residents had to go to Nairobi for banking, shopping, working out at a gym, or to join a running club. Kitengela Mbuni Runners, a local running group, serves...
The Giraffe Centre
The Giraffe Centre is one of a handful of conservation centres in the world that breed the endangered Rothschild’s Giraffe in captivity and reintroduces them into the wild, helping reverse the downward spiral in their...
Bomas of Kenya
When Barrack Obama Sr. conceived and planned the establishment of Bomas of Kenya in 1971 to showcase Kenya’s traditional homesteads, he probably never envisioned it’s evolution into a meeting point of the past and...
Ololosokuan Nature Trail
For adventure seekers and nature lovers, Ololosokuan Nature Trail offers a unique blend of hiking, bouldering and sightseeing, all rolled into an exhilarating two to three hour escapade. Situated close to Nairobi at the...
