13 Days Loita Hills Masai mara safari Mount Kenya Climbing
13 Days Loita Hills Trekking Tour – Maji Moto to Nguruman | Maasai Mara Safari – Mount Kenya climbing Experience
This 6 Days Loita Hills trekking tour from Nguruman to Maji Moto is a deeply immersive journey into the heart of Maasai culture and one of Kenya’s last untouched wilderness regions.
Unlike typical safaris, this experience takes you beyond wildlife into real Maasai life, traditions, and daily interactions, as you trek across the Loita Hills landscape.
The Loita Hills, located near the Great Rift Valley, are home to the Maasai people who have preserved their traditions, lifestyle, and connection to nature for generations.
This is not just a trek.
This is a living cultural experience combined with raw wilderness adventure.
Overview
- Duration: 6 Days / 5 Nights
- Destination: Loita Hills (Nguruman to Maji Moto)
- Tour Type: Cultural Trekking & Wilderness Expedition
- Difficulty: Moderate
- Best For: Cultural explorers, adventure travelers, photographers
This Loita Hills trekking tour is designed to give you maximum interaction with Maasai communities, combined with scenic trekking through forests, rivers, and valleys.
Loita Hills trekking safari | 6 days Itinerary
Leave Nairobi after breakfast and you drive to Masai town Narok before you drive to Mara/Maji Moto junction where you will have lunch and later take 7km hike to the Maji Moto campsite (3-4hrs.) You will take an afternoon hike in the surrounding hills and bath in the natural hot spring which give the name of this area. Dinner and over night in Maji Moto campsite.
Today you will have an early breakfast and start an early morning walk up along the trail on the ridge leading to the Great Rift Valley view point. After a panoramic photo moment from the top, descend the Ngurumani escarpment before the sun get too hot to the Ngurumani village at the bottom of the valley 4-5 hrs. This area might be very hot because of its location at a low altitude take a transfer to Nairobi via Lake Magadi where minerals known as soda Ash is extracted and then drive on with a lunch break on the way to Nairobi here you will arrive in a late afternoon ending transfer to Mara mara for dinner and overnight at the camp
Day 7: Full-day Masai Mara Safari
Wake up at 6:30am and enjoy breakfast. After breakfast, you will spend the entire day on game drives, heading out with a picnic lunch. The Masai Mara is renowned for its lions, elephants, leopards, rhinos, and buffalo, which comprise the Big Five. However, spotting leopards and rhinos can be challenging as they are pretty shy and elusive. The park’s concentration of wildlife is truly extraordinary!
You will proceed to the Mara River, where the great migration of wildebeests occurs every year. Lunch will be served here, and guests are advised not to feed the monkeys as they may try to snatch some of your fruits—this behavior is typical in this area.
While at the river, you can visit the hippo pool, where you might see crocodiles basking on the rocks. You will also see numerous plains game, including antelopes, wildebeests, zebras, and Masai giraffes, as well as scavengers like hyenas and vultures. After lunch, we will continue exploring the park as we return to camp.
Day 8: Masai Mara and Return to Nairobi
After breakfast, you have the option to visit a Masai village for a cultural experience (US $20 per person).
Later, you will drive back to Nairobi, stopping for lunch along the way. You will arrive early evening and be dropped off at your hotel.
Day 9: Nairobi/ Nanyuki
Depart Nairobi in the morning at around 9/10am for Nanyuki arriving in time for lunch. The afternoon is spent in this area for acclimatization by walking along the equitor line. Dinner and overnight in a budget hotel.
Day 10: Old Moses Camp
After breakfast, drive to Sirimon Park Gate. After check-in start hiking through the Rain Forest for 9 km (5/6 hours) to Old Moses camp (3300m). Dinner and overnight in the camp.
Day 11: Old moses/Shipton Camp
Depart Old Moses Camp at 7:30 am via Mackinders Valley to Shipton Camp (4200m). The distance takes 8to9 hrs 15km. Dinner and overnight.
Day 12: Shimpton/Point Lenana/ Chogoria
Early morning departure (3:00 am) to the summit, a walk that takes 3 hrs to point Lenana (4985m) arriving at 6:30 in the morning. After sunrise, descend to Mintos Hut for full breakfast and later proceed down through the Gorges valley to Chogoria Bandas and campsite. Dinner and overnight.
Day 13 : Chogoria/ Nairobi
After breakfast, set on morning journey to Chogoria village(32km) if you don’t want you can take a jeep you pay direct or you cost share in a group. Then after Chogoria the transport is provided back to Nairobi, arriving late afternoon.
Offers for This Loita Hills Trekking Tour
Limited-Time Bonuses:
- Free cultural experience guide
- Free trekking packing checklist
- Free consultation before your trip
Included:
- Professional trekking guide
- Maasai local guides
- Meals during the trek
- Camping equipment
- All park entrance fees in Masai Mara and Mount Kenya
- Transport from Nairobi
