Mountain Biking in Kenya through the Great Rift Valley

Kenya Cycling Tour

Starting out from Nairobi, we drive out to Hell's Gate National park named after a narrow break in the cliffs, once a tributary of a prehistoric lake that fed early humans in the Rift Valley. Despite its name, it is one of the few parks in Kenya that you can walk or cycle in.

The following day, after some late afternoon riding in Masai land near Nau Nare hills you will arrive to the Masai Mara.

Between July and August each year, literally millions of wildebeest, often aptly termed the "clowns of the African wildlife", head in their droves from the Serengeti in search of fresh grasslands further north towards the Masai Mara in Kenya. The best place from which to view the mass migration is from the Masai Mara National Reserve in Kenya.

KENYA CYCLING TOUR OVERVIEW

Day-1: Depart Nairobi

Day-2: Hells Gate National park

Day-3: Narok to Masai Mara

Day-4: Masai Mara

Day-5: Masai Mara

Day-6: Depart to Nairobi

COFFEE TOUR ITINERARY

Day-1 Depart Nairobi

Depart Nairobi by 8.30 am for a 2 hour drive towards Naivasha via the lower road, stop over for a Panoramic view of the Rift valley and Mount Longonot on the way. Off load the bicycles at Murindat off Naivasha Nakuru highway and start the cycling tour on the North-East of Lake Naivasha on a dusty road with magnificent views of the lake and flower farms on the south east. Also a good view of Mount Longonot andEburru Hills. With picnic lunch spend as much time as one wishes to cycle around the lake and arrive Fisherman's camp late afternoon for a good relaxation. Dinner and overnight at the camp.

Day-2 Hells Gate National park

Early morning breakfast and thereafter ride to Hell's Gate National park and cycle among Buffalos, Waterbucks, Giraffe and other plains game, a good chance also to see variety of bird wildlife. As you will have picnic lunch you can cycle as much you wish and return to the campsite at your own convenient time. Dinner and overnight at Fisherman's Camp.

Day-3 Narok to Masai Mara

After breakfast, breakup the camp and drive towards Masai Mara via Narok Town, a short stop over and then drive for half an hour and off load the Bicycles for a smooth cycling on tarred road, depending on the sun/heat you can ride as much of the afternoon or decided to go to the campsite strait and spend the late afternoon riding in Masai land near Nau Nare hills. Dinner and overnight at our Sekenani area campsite.

Day-4 Masai Mara

A full day in Masai Land, cycle within Siana Community area with good chances to meet the locals and see a number of Wildlife, picnic lunch, dinner and overnight at the campsite.

Day-5 Masai Mara

We spent another full day in the Masai Mara. Overnight campsite.

Day-6 Nairobi

Early morning breakfast and start cycling towards Narok where on the way one will be able to see wildlife like Giraffe, Zebra, Gnu and Gazelles in plenty. Return to Nairobi by 13h00 or 14h00.

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Description of the National Parks we see

Lake Nakuru	Mt Kenya and Aberdares
Known as the 'Bird Watchers Paradise,' at an elevation of 1754 m above sea level, this lake is surrounded by wooded and bushy grassland. The lake's abundance of algae used to attract a vast quantity of flamingos that famously lined the shore. Other birds also flourish in the area, as do warthogs, baboons and other large mammals. Eastern black rhinos and southern white rhinos have also been introduced. The lake's level dropped dramatically in the early 1990s but has since largely recovered. In 2013, the lake received an alarming increase in the water levels that led to the migration of flamingos to Lake Bogoria in search for food supply. Nakuru means 'Dust or Dusty Place' in the Maasai language.	Very different in character to the rest of the country, the lushly vegetated and densely populated central highlands that stretch northward from Nairobi are capped by the hemisphere-straddling Mount Kenya and its permanent equatorial glaciers. Rising to 5,199m, Mount Kenya is the second-tallest in Africa, topped only by Kilimanjaro, and it is linked to the more westerly 3,999m Aberdare Range by an elevated grassy saddle. Oddly, these two massifs represent extremes of geological antiquity. Where the contorted folds of the Aberdares rank among the most ancient in East Africa, dating to before the Age of Dinosaurs, Mount Kenya is an extinct volcano that erupted into existence several million years after our earliest bipedal ancestors first strode across the Rift Valley floor.

Lake Nakuru

Mt Kenya and Aberdares

Known as the 'Bird Watchers Paradise,' at an elevation of 1754 m above sea level, this lake is surrounded by wooded and bushy grassland. The lake's abundance of algae used to attract a vast quantity of flamingos that famously lined the shore. Other birds also flourish in the area, as do warthogs, baboons and other large mammals. Eastern black rhinos and southern white rhinos have also been introduced. The lake's level dropped dramatically in the early 1990s but has since largely recovered. In 2013, the lake received an alarming increase in the water levels that led to the migration of flamingos to Lake Bogoria in search for food supply. Nakuru means 'Dust or Dusty Place' in the Maasai language.

Very different in character to the rest of the country, the lushly vegetated and densely populated central highlands that stretch northward from Nairobi are capped by the hemisphere-straddling Mount Kenya and its permanent equatorial glaciers. Rising to 5,199m, Mount Kenya is the second-tallest in Africa, topped only by Kilimanjaro, and it is linked to the more westerly 3,999m Aberdare Range by an elevated grassy saddle.

Oddly, these two massifs represent extremes of geological antiquity. Where the contorted folds of the Aberdares rank among the most ancient in East Africa, dating to before the Age of Dinosaurs, Mount Kenya is an extinct volcano that erupted into existence several million years after our earliest bipedal ancestors first strode across the Rift Valley floor.