5 days Mount Satima Hiking safari

5 DAYS MOUNT SATIMA HIKING SAFARI

5 days Mount Satima Hiking safari is an adventurous Kenya hiking safari taking you a hiking experience to Mount Satima found in Aberdare national park, Mount Satima also known as Mount Lesatima is the 3rd highest mountain in Kenya standing at an elevation of about 4000 meters, this mountain is the highest point of the Aberdares lieing at the northern end of the Aberdares which are situated along the eastern side of the Great Rift Valley

For the 5 days Mount Satima hiking safari you are to arrive in Nairobi the capital of Kenya a day before the day the safari starts, your pickup and accommodation on your day of arrival can be arranged at an extra cost.

HIGHLIGHTS OF 5 DAYS MOUNT SATIMA HIKING SAFARI

  • Day 1: transfer from Nairobi to Aberdares Reedbuck Campsite
  • Day 2: Aberdare Reedbuck campsite to Honi River campsite
  • Day 3: Honi River Campsite to Wanderis Roadhead Campsite
  • Day 4: Wanderis Roadhead Campsite to Satima Peak and to Park Gate
  • Day 5: Wandare Park gate to Nairobi

DETAILED ITINERARY OF 5 DAYS MOUNT SATIMA HIKING SAFARI

 Day 1: Transfer from Nairobi to Aberdares Reedbuck Campsite

After morning breakfast at your hotel in Nairobi, you will be picked by your Kenya safari driver guide  and drive to Aberdare national park. When you arrive at the park you will head straight to the park’s headquarters for registration, and then head the Reedbuck Campsite with an en-route game drive. After checking into your lodge, you will have lunch and in the afternoon you will go for walking safari of 4 hours visiting the Karuru and Magura waterfalls. After the experience you will head to your camp for dinner and overnight.

5 days Mount Satima Hiking safari
Aberdares Reedbuck Campsite

Accommodation: Reedbuck Camp

Meal plan: lunch and dinner

Day 2: Aberdare Reedbuck campsite to Honi River campsite

Have breakfast at your camp then head to the park for a trekking experience through moorlands visiting the Queen Cave waterfalls and Chania waterfalls, on the trek you will enjoy the amazing views of the waterfalls, take beautiful pictures and plant life. As you head to Honi River Campsite you will encounter various animals such as Elephants, buffaloes, antelopes, Elland water backs, Reedbucks, and various bird species such as sunbird, Tacazze Sunbird, Golden-winged sunbird, emerald-greem Malachite among others. This hike is a long day of walking for approximately 18 kilometers (six to seven hours) and you will have picnic lunch, in the evening you will have dinner and stay overnight at the camp.

Accommodation: Honi River Campsite 

Meal plan: Breakfast, lunch and dinner

Day 3: Honi River Campsite to Wanderis Roadhead Campsite

Have breakfast at your camp and start today’s experience by hiking through the Hagenia Forest heading to Wandaris Roadhead where you will have lunch, in the afternoon you will embark on another hike visiting waterholes and the campsite Environ. In the evening you will have dinner and overnight at the camp as you prepare for the hike to the summit the next day which starts so early in the morning.

Accommodation: Wanderis Roadhead Campsite 

Meal plan: lunch and dinner

Day 4: Wanderis Roadhead Campsite to Satima Peak and to Park Gate

Wake up as early as 05:30 am, have a cup of coffee accompanied by biscuits then start on the hike to the top of Mount Satima peak at 4001 meters which is the highest point of Aberdares overlooking the Great Rift Valley Mount Kenya to the west and to the East. At the summit you will enjoy watching the spectacular rift valley escarpments, peak of Mount Kenya and the surrounding. After the reaching the summit you will descend back to the campsite for late breakfast or lunch, the whole journey to the summit and descending back to the campsite takes about 5 hours of hiking.

5 days Mount Satima Hiking safari
Mount Satima peak

As you descend you will walk through the winding road with Giant Baboo tree majestically manning it, you will exit Mount Satima using Wanderis gate and head to the campsite for dinner and overnight.

Day 5: Wandare Park gate to Nairobi

Have breakfast at your camp, meet your safari driver and head on a drive to Nairobi for a drop off at your hotel or at the airport for your departure flight back home.

End of 5 days Mountain Satima hiking safari

 What’s included

  • 4 nights accommodation
  • A professional driver and guide
  • All activities (unless labeled as optional)
  • All taxes and VAT
  • All transportation (unless labeled as optional)
  • All transportation (unless labeled as optional)
  • Camping equipment (sleeping bag excluded)
  • Drinking water
  • Meals (as specified in the day-by-day section)
  • Park fees for non-residents
  • Roundtrip airport transfer

 What’s not included

  • Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour
  • Airfare
  • Government imposed increase of taxes and park fees
  • Personal items
  • Sleeping bag
  • Tips (tipping guideline 10 USD per person per day)
  • Travel insurance
  • Visa

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