This past weekend our entire team traveled north of Nairobi into the Great Rift Valley to visit Mt. Longonot,
Lake Naivasha, Nakuru and Hells Gate. The Great Rift Valley is continuous geographic trench, approximately 6,000km (3,700 mi) in length, that runs from northern Syria to central Mozambique in South East Africa.
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| Partial view of the rift valley |
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| "Burudika na coke baridi" means "Enjoy a Cold Coke" |
The
morning activity started with a hike of Mt.
Longonot. Mount Longonot, around 2780 meters high, is a stratovolcano thought to have last erupted in the 1860s. Its name is derived from the Maasai word oloonong'ot, meaning "mountains of many spurs" or "steep ridges". The center of Longonot is really a crater of a previously active volcano, filled with trees and other wildlife.
The climb was advertised as a nice nature "walk", but ended up being a couple hour hike with frequent stretches of very vertical paths. You could really feel the elevation on the lungs. About half way up I saw a hut a considerable distance away on the top of the mountain, and I thought to myself I wonder who get all the way up there? Well, that was our final destination...
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| Yep, I climbed up that mountain |
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| The crater |
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