Day Trip Hiking Oldonyo Sabuk Kenya

Ol Donyo Sabuk National Park is a densely forested mountain known to the local Kikuyu as ‘The Mountain of the Buffalo, and to the Maasai as ‘The Big Mountain’ Just one road leads to its summit, which offers magnificent 360’ panoramas over the Athi River, the pineapple fields of Thika and the snow-capped peaks of both Mount Kilimanjaro and Mount Kenya.

Within easy reach of Nairobi, the lush vegetation and cool air of this compact and scenic National Park make for an ideal day trip or camping weekend. Dominated by a small mountain covered in montane forest, the Ol Donyo Sabuk National Park is home to 45 species of birds including the white-browed sparrow weaver, grey-headed sparrow weaver, African pied wagtail, mourning dove, augur buzzard, African hawk eagle and purple-breasted sunbird. Buffalo are the dominant animals in the ecosystem and other wildlife include bushbucks, leopards, olive baboons, aardvarks, porcupines, mongoose, pythons, and monitor lizards.

We depart by road with a pop-up safari vehicle from Nairobi at 0800hrs to arrive in time for hiking. You will be accompanied by a Kenya Wildlife Service armed ranger and our hiking guide to the top of the mountain which takes 2 -3 hiking hrs. Approximately 5 hours full hiking. In the afternoon, return to Nairobi in time for a drop off at the Airport/hotel.