Main Info
The Chyulu Hills (Earnest Hemingway’s Green Hills of Africa) are a chain of undulating hills on Kenya’s south east, stretching across seventy or so kilometers between Amboseli National Park to the foot of Mount Kilimanjaro and Tsavo West National Park. Actually located around the highest mountain on the African continent; Mount Kilimanjaro culminates in one piece at 5896 meters, almost 4,800 meters above Maasai Amboseli savanna.
Departure | Nairobi |
Whats Included
- Transport in 4wd vehicle with roof hatches for game viewing
- Full board B-breakfast, L-lunch, D-dinner
- All camping equipment including
- Experienced safari cooks
- Free airport transfers
- First aid kit for use by group participants
- Services of an experienced Guides/Naturalists
- Tribal Maasai Guides
- All Park and camping fees
Whats Excluded
- Drinks alcoholic drinks
- Sleeping bags-can be hired locally
- Flashlight and personal toiletries
- Towels
- Tips and extras of personal nature
Itinerary
We leave Nairobi at 0800 and head south to Kibwezi, where we take a track 35kms into the hills. Another 20kms sees us at the campsite, where we walk to ‘Leviathan’, one of the worlds longest lava tube caves. Here we spend the rest of the day exploring sink holes, lava tubes, stalagmites and stalactites, secondary water features all whilst learning how these fascinating features were formed. In the evening, enjoy a three-course meal before retiring to your sleeping bag where you will be lulled to sleep by ‘the sounds of Africa’.
Early morning caving or departure by road for the top of the Chyulus’. Here we walk along the crest of undulating grasslands. Viewing herds of Eland is a common event. As are sightings of giraffe, zebra, wildebeest and sometimes even some of the ’big five’. There are also probable views of Mt Kilimanjaro just 50kms away. Camp is made and dinner served after your walk.
Full day of walking along the crest of the hills
Early morning game drive or walk before a late breakfast. We then travel along the crest road and down the western side of the Chyulus’ for the drive back to Nairobi before nightfall