Trekking And Hiking Elephant Hill In Aberdare Ranges

Trekking And Hiking Elephant Hill In Aberdare Ranges : On a Kenya safari trekking and hiking the Elephant hills in the Aberdare ranges is the incredible way to explore to sight the beautiful landscape of Aberdare ranges. On a Kenya wildlife safari when you hike the elephant hill is the best way how you can be ready to prepare for the big mountains like Mont Kenya and Kilimanjaro.

Hiking the Elephant Hill though it’s a bit changeling but it’s the best way to enjoy the best hiking safari in the Aberdare ranges. The Elephant hill is located about 90 km from Nairobi city. The hill has got the starting point that is similar to the ending point which is Njabini Forest Gate which takes the trekkers 7 hours, the hike to the hill needs the tourists when they are physically fit to enjoy the safari activity.

Trekking and hiking Elephant Hill is such exceptional that starts with a briefing. Then after the briefing you begin with some of the well experienced hikers in Kenya that led you along the way, during hiking you keep on admiring the terrain that is such incredible and amazing while going through the forest, thickets, bamboo forest and the cold mist on the open areas. Until you get to reach the summit that can be fun and interesting.

Hiking elephant Hill.

Elephant Hill has got series of points from Njabini station gate to the starting point, where the starting point stands at 2802M ASL, the first stretch is about 3 km through man-made forest grazing cattle and sheep that leads you to the starting point of the Elephant Hill hike, this changes the way your breathing, as your change in altitude and the air thinning.

After the starting point immediately you go through the bamboo gate to the point of despair, the bamboo gate stands about 2,933M ASL. And the hike through the Bamboo forest takes an hour and which about 1.2 km long.

The terrain is such friendly as the stretch might feel process until five hours as you gain the altitude. As you experience the low-hanging bamboo stalks, safari ants, bamboo shoots, muddy puddles, here the bamboo forest makes way for the mountainous vegetation and the lush moorland until you get to the point of despair that stands at 3,255 M ASL.

Trekking And Hiking Elephant Hill In Aberdare Ranges
Hiking elephant Hill

When you leave the point of despair through the tail to the summit. When you arrive here you enjoy the terrain as its descent and an ascent through the rocky terrain that looks like the stairway. Through the summit looks to be a bit steep from far but it’s not like that you should not give up while during hiking safari at the Elephant hill until you reach the summit. And after reaching their that’s when you discover that it’s not steep as you think. The real test is such breathtaking through the altitude again the rocky terrain is quite steep but doable. As the Elephant summit stands at 12,000 FT ASL (3,513M ASL) when you reach at the summit you can be having the great views of the entire scenery and the neighboring mountains that area such magical to be observed, Trekking And Hiking Elephant Hill In Aberdare Ranges

Then the descent, the descent is much quicker and easier, because once you get past the rocky terrain and into the Bamboo forest, it’s much better to be down quickly, as that’s how Elephant hill can be trekked with the series of lunges so there can be some pressure around your knees but later can be sorted that makes your hiking safari on Elephant hill the most remembered one.

On your hiking safari remember to keep your toenails short and wearing the strong hiking boots and shoes with a bigger size that makes it very easy for you to descend the huge steep terrains around the elephant hill.

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