Tai TrailsKenya · Since 2016
Mount Suswa
Great Rift Valley

Mount Suswa

A nested twin-crater volcano with a lava cave system and resident Maasai community.

CavesCampingCultural

Elevation

2,357 m

Difficulty

Moderate

Typical duration

1 – 2 days

Best season

Year-round

About Mount Suswa

Suswa is Longonot's wilder, lesser-known cousin. It has an outer rim, an inner crater, and a forested 'island' inside the inner crater that you can stand on top of. Underneath all that, an extensive lava tube cave system once sheltered Mau Mau fighters and still houses bats and the occasional honey badger. We camp inside the outer rim, eat dinner around the fire with our Maasai community partners, and explore caves with headlamps after dark.

Trail highlights

  • Walk across the outer rim and look down into the 'lost world' inner crater
  • Headlamp tour of the bat-filled lava caves
  • Camp under the equatorial stars on the rim
  • Cultural exchange with the Suswa Maasai conservancy

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