Watching game drives are the most popular safari activities in Kenya, and with good reason. But as you pass through travelling woodlands, riverine forests, lake banks, savannah plains and other habitats, you actually pass many of Kenya’s most fascinating inhabitants. Kenya walking safaris are accessible for all fitness levels, and they can be as easy or adventurous or challenging as you like. Guided bush walks or nature walks may continue as little as one hour or extend into half the day. Vic-Consult can also arrange a full-day or multi-day hikes up Mount Kenya to the walking trail leading up to fly camps. Your guide not only assists you to find and identify tiny creatures from antlions or dung beetles to the big African wildlife, but also teaches you tracking techniques and shares ancient uses of plants. Being in the bush on foot, it’s important that you should be aware of your surroundings at all times. Your specialist walking guide in Kenya plays an important role in keeping you safe, but you need to be aware of the dangers of opting to be on foot rather than on a vehicle.
Leave Nairobi and drive through the farmlands at the edge the Rift Valley and descend the escarpment via the view point with the vehicle to Narok town. After 30 minutes drive from Narok town, disembark from the vehicle at Maji Moto then proceed to Ndarara manyatta for lunch. After lunch, 2 hours walk to the main Ndarara camp for dinner and overnight.
Early breakfast, and after leave Ndarara to Letukunyi; the walk will take 5-6hrs through the scattered bushes. Dinner and overnight at the Letukunyi camp.
After breakfast leave Letukunyi camp early in the morning for an enjoyable walk before the sun is too hot. We will pass Narosora for lunch or to buy what might be out of stock. After spending an hour or two in this modern town in Masai land, proceed to Morinjo for dinner and overnight at Morinjo campsite.
After breakfast, leave Morinjo. Walk through the forest; this is one of the few remaining true-forested wilderness area in East Africa. The Walk will take you 5-6 hours. Dinner and overnight at Enkutoto campsite.
After breakfast leave Enkutoto not too early, walk leisurely for 4-5 hours to Njoroi campsite for dinner and overnight. In this camp an excellent view of surrounding areas which include Lake Magadi, Ngong hills, Lake Natron and all the way to Tanzania boarder on a clear day.
After breakfast, descend down the Escarpment and through small farms to Nguruman town for transfer back to Nairobi via Lake Magadi and the Olorgasaile prehistoric site so as to arrive in Nairobi late afternoon.
Note: Clients should arrange to have good weatherproof clothing and a warm sleeping bag, a water bottle and good walking shoes plus a pair of shoes to wear in camp.