Great Rift Valley

Mount Longonot

A dormant stratovolcano with a 7.2 km crater-rim loop and big Rift Valley views.

Day hikeFrom NairobiVolcano

Elevation

2,776 m

Difficulty

Moderate

Typical duration

1 day

Best season

Year-round

About Mount Longonot

Longonot is the day hike most Nairobi residents do at least once. A steep, dusty climb gets you up to the crater rim in roughly 90 minutes; the full loop around the rim takes another 3 hours of undulating ridge with the Rift Valley sprawling east and Lake Naivasha glittering west.

Trail highlights

Steep red-earth ascent through acacia bush
Crater rim views into a sunken forest
Distant Mt Suswa and Lake Naivasha panoramas

Tours on Mount Longonot

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from $75

Mount Longonot Day Hike

Door-to-door from Nairobi. Steep climb, full crater-rim loop, lunch with a Rift Valley view.

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