You have already seen the Mara. Maybe twice. Now you want the parts of Kenya that do not show up on the first-timer itinerary. A short hike up a dormant volcano near Naivasha fits that mood well, and this mount longonot crater hike guide covers exactly how it fits. Mount Longonot rises about 2,776 meters […]
Hell’s Gate is the one Kenyan park where you can leave the vehicle behind. No lions, no rule against stepping outside a car, just red cliffs, a warm wind, and a gorge that looks like something from a film set. It should, actually. Parts of “Lara Croft: Tomb Raider” and “The Lion King” drew inspiration […]
My nephew was seven the first time I took him to Crescent Island. He’d seen lions on TV and asked, nervously, if we’d need to run from anything. I told him the honest answer: no, and that’s exactly the point. Crescent Island is the one safari stop in Kenya where you can walk right up […]
If you’ve got one free day in Nairobi and a tight budget, a crater lake naivasha day trip is one of the best uses of it. You get a boat ride, a walking safari past zebra and giraffe, and a hike around a real volcanic crater, all without booking a single night’s accommodation. I’ve taken […]
Most first Kenya trips start with a Land Cruiser and a checklist of the Big Five. A Lake Naivasha hippo boat ride and Hell’s Gate ask you to slow down instead. You paddle past hippos instead of photographing them from a vehicle window, then pedal a bicycle through a gorge where Simba was partly imagined. […]
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