RECS001: 7 Days Maasai Mara/Loita Hills Trek
Royal Ecotravel will take you through this land of thrilling wildlife spectacle and amazing hike through Kenya’s most popular Masai community. Combining Masai Mara, now the seventh wonder of the modern world, and the undulating hills of loita, crossing masai villages to view points of outstanding scenery is more than one can imagine. Minimum age on this trek is 16. Youngsters who are conditioned to walking at least 5 hrs a day can also come.
DAY 1: NAIROBI - MAASAI MARA NATIONAL RESERVE
Leave Nairobi after breakfast and drive to Maasai Mara National reserve arriving for an evening game drive.
Maasai Mara, now the seventh wonder of the modern world, is a country of breathtaking vistas, vast rolling plains and rounded hills, acacia woodlands, dense thickets of scrub. The whole bisected by the Mara River and its tributaries margined with luxuriant riverine forests. Its vast plains teem with endless herds of game together with the associated predators. It is perhaps the only region left in Africa where the visitor may see animals in the same super-abundance as existed a century ago. Here, you find the largest population of lions in Kenya, seen in their natural setting and the impressive herds of elephants. Other animals include buffaloes, hartebeest, wildebeest, topi, eland, impala, gazelles, black rhino (very rare), giraffe, zebra, waterbuck, hippopotamus, crocodile, leopard, cheetah, hyena, jackals, among others. Bird species include eagles, vultures, marabou, ostrich, touracos, guinea fowls, bastards, cranes, and many more.
Perhaps the most intriguing phenomenon in Maasai Mara is the Wildebeest migration that occurs between the months of July and September. Every July, millions of wildebeests and zebra move from Serengeti to Maasai Mara on their annual migration, attracting an entourage of cheetahs, lions and other predators. The reserve was established in 1961 and covers a surface area of 1,812sq km. Night in tents
DAY2: MAASAI MARA NATIONAL RESERVE
Whole day game drives in the Maasai Mara. Night in tentsDAY 3: MAASAI MARA – LOITA HILLS
Leave early, game drive enroute, then drive to Alasur village in Loita hills, arriving in the evening. Night in tents
Loita Hills, home to the Maasai tribe in Kenya, is a beautiful countryside dotted with undulating hills, montane forests plains among others. Walking through this landscape crossing villages on the way and arriving in camps to warm camp fire and sumptuous dinner, is the greatest experience of the loita hills trek.
DAY 4: LOITA HILLS TREK (5 hours walk)
Leave early and walk through montane forest crossing the Loita hills to arrive at Enkarre Nanyuki in the evening. Here we enjoy magnificent views of the rift valley, Oldonyo Lengai among other mountains in Tanzania. On clear evening and morning we see the Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. Night in tentsDAY 5: LOITA HILLS TREK (4.5 hours walk)
Leave early and walk through montane forest and Masai villages to Tiamanangin. Night in tentsDAY 6: LOITA HILLS TREK (4 hours walk)
Walk past villages up and down loita hills being treated to amazing scenery at each time, arriving at Oljoro Oibor in the evening. If on a clear evening, we see through the rift valley exposing L. Natron below and several massifs including the Kilimanjaro and Oldonyo Lengai in Tanzania. The scenery is breathtaking. Night in tentsDAY 7: LOITA HILLS TREK (5 hours walk)
Leave very early 06.00hrs and descend the rift valley escarpment. If clear, we see the sunrise in the rift valley. This is an amazing view. Arrive at Pakasi for lunch, a dip in the river before leaving for Nairobi arriving in the evening.
