- Date: June 2021
- Location: Mount Kinangop – Aberdare Range, Kenya.
- Route: Up & Down via Elephant Hill.
- Start & Finish Point: Njabini Forest Gate.
- Difficulty: Very Hard.
- Start time: 7:48 am.
- Summit: 2:19 pm.
- Finish: 8:03 pm.
- Total Distance: 29.5 km.
- Total Time: 12 hr 15 min.
- Moving Time: 9 hr 43 min.
- Calories Burned: 3,396.
- Min. Elevation: 2,519 m.
- Summit Elevation: 3,906 m.
- Elevation Gain: 1,949 m.
This is quite possibly the hardest day hike in Kenya.
It is long, steep, very boggy, requires some scrambling to summit, unpredictable weather and there’s a high risk of getting lost.
That said, it’s a fantastic hike! 😄
So you went back, haha! I Went in September and it was crazy. But I feel courageous now and will attempt again.