Ngong Hills Forest Reserves

Ngong Hills Forest Reserve. Just like  Nairobi National Park, Ngong Hills Forest Reserve turned into people’s traveler vacation spot to visit Nairobi whilst the pandemic turned into on our shoulders and the 2 come to be the exceptional Nairobi Ventures.

Ngong Hill

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The trekking path is made up of seven Hills, you start trekking on the Ngong Forest Gate that’s closely manned via way of means of the KFS.

Monkey at the forest

 Location

Ngong hills forest reserves is placed withinside the pinnacle northern a part of Kajiado County, Kenya. It is set 29 km from Nairobi CBD one of the fine weekend gateways destination.

Ngong Hills Forest Reserve is at the South West of Nairobi and you can see chic and stupendous perspectives of the Great Rift Valley to the proper and at the left is the stunning Nairobi Views.

 Park Entrance Fees

a) Kenyan & East African Citizens 

Adult: Kshs 232

Child: Kshs 58

b) Residents

Adult: Kshs 464

Child: Kshs 174

c) Non- Residents

Adult: Kshs 696

Child: Kshs 174

Sporting Activities Charges

Cycling: Kshs 116

Horse Riding: Kshs 342

Ziplining: Kshs 1,000 per head

Camping Fee: Kshs 986

Filming: Kshs 46,400

Photography: Kshs 1,160

Video Shoot: Kshs 2,900

Ranger Escort: Kshs 1,160

N/B: If you are planning to stay late, please remember to carry your jacket. It can get cold and windy.

Things To Do At Ngong Hills

Ngong Hills Conservation
  • Hiking
  • Camping
  • Team building
  • Picnics
  • Weddings
  • Viewing
  • Cycling
  • Hiking Ngong Hills
  • Filming
  • Video shooting
  • Archery
  • Ziplining
  • Religious practices such as praying, and many others.
Ngong Hills Kitting

Accommodation

The Hills offers visitors accommodation services that are charged separately from food and beverages. Tourists can also celebrate their special days in hotels after having a good time in Ngong Hills.

Hotel delivery packages include competitive rates for trained staff. under Safety Guidelines for Quality Services. The meals served can be breakfast, lunch, dinner and at the request of the customer.

Meal portions can be; Appetizers, desserts, soups, snacks, drinks and other dishes. Some of the hotels that offer accommodation services include:

  • Ngong Florida Inn.
  • Savanna Sunset Village.
  • Oloolua Resort.
  • Sultan Gardens.
  • Aloha Cottage.
  • Kin’s Hotel.
  • Jordan Breeze.
  • Karen Village Art Resident.
  • Ngong Forest View Apartment.
  • Karen Gables, among others.

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About Thomson’s Falls(Nyahururu)

Thomson’s Falls(Nyahururu) is a scenic waterfall at the Ewaso Ng’iro river. It’s a 74 meters waterfall, some kilometers far from Lake Ol Bolossat which drains from the Aberdare Mountain Range.

Tourists can view the falls from above and there may be a path down the lowest of the ravine. Upstream from the falls is one of the maximum hippo swimming pools in Kenya.

Thomson’s Falls

The falls were regarded withinside the TV film, The Man in The Brown Suit, the film turned into theaters around 1988. Thomson’s is one of the maximum encouraged locations to go to in Kenya as its view is one of the maximum lovely perspectives that may be visible in Kenya. 

Location

Thomson’s Falls is located in the Nyahururu outskirts. It is effortlessly accessed with the aid of using the street and is four hours pressure from Nairobi.

Best Time to Visit

Thomson Falls has an oceanic climate. It witnesses rainfall throughout nearly all months of the year. The satisfactory time to go to Thomson is from January to May and August to December.

During those months the climate is quality and has confined rainfall. The maximum common temperature is 26°C in January at the same time as the bottom common temperature is 19°C in June.

Hotels near Thomson Falls

Accommodations
  • Thomson’s falls lodge
  • Falls Hippo point hotel
  • The Panari resort Nyahururu
  • Coconut palm hotel
  • Amboni lodge

Attractions

It is viable to view Thomson’s Falls both from above or alongside the path that runs right all the way down to the lowest of the ravine. The nature path on the Falls via the gorge is a haven for baboons, the endangered colobus monkeys, and small animals.

Maps from the curio stores across Thomson’s Falls may be picked as much as getting steering on numerous different sports consisting of picnics and guided walks.

Nature view from Nyahururu

The sports-centered across the falls offer terrific photographic possibilities as they appeal to colorful birds.

About The Great Rift Valley

The Great Rift Valley is a part of an intra-continental ridge gadget that runs thru Kenya from north to south.

It is a part of the  Gregory Rift, the jap department of the East African Rift. Which begins off evolved in Tanzania to the south and keeps northward into Ethiopia. 

It changed into fashioned on the “Kenyan Dome” a geographical upwelling created through the interactions of 3 most important tectonics. The Arabian, Nubian, and Somalian plates.

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In the past, it changed into visible as a part of a “Great Rift Valley” that ran from Madagascar to Syria.

What to see 

The primary points of interest in the Great Rift Valley are the terrific countrywide parks and safari possibilities enabled by the wealth of flora and fauna.

At those destinations, traffic can pass on water safaris and arise near the flora and fauna of the lakes.

The freshwater ecosystems at Lake Naivasha and Baringo.

The Great Rift Valley /photo

The nature reserve at Lake Bogoria, and the Nakuru National Park are a source of endless fascination. Teeming with an incredible diversity of birds and large concentrations of animals.

At these destinations, visitors can go on water safaris and get up close to the wildlife of the lakes.

A giant crack in Kenya’s Great Rift Valley

Importance 

It is well known for volcanoes, hot springs, geysers, and frequent earthquakes. It represents a perfect environment to understand the evolution of mankind; for the important pale anthropological discoveries in Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zaire.

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wonders

It lies in the west of Kenya: this deep crevice between 2 plates in the earth’s crust runs from Mozambique in south-eastern Africa to Syria in Asia. Thousands of kilometers of the Great Rift lie in East Africa.