Mount Longonot National Park

Rising to a height of 2,776 m, Mt Longonot offers a spectacular view of the Great Rift Valley and Lake Naivasha. Mt Longonot definitely lives up to its name, which is derived from the Masai word meaning “mountain of many steep ridges/spurs”, with its beautiful v-shaped valleys and ridges.

About The Park

MAJOR ATTRACTIONS

Scenery
Scenic landscape with views of Lake Naivasha and the Great Rift Valley
Extinct volcano
Crater forest

Other attractions
Hiking
Biking

HOW TO GET THERE

By Road
Use the turn off from the Nairobi-Naivasha highway past Mai Mahiu town

Park Roads
Are non-existent owing to the nature of the terrain leaving only hiking trails leading to the rim of the crater

Located
In the Rift Valley province about 90 km from Nairobi and covering an area of 52 sq km

Weather Conditions
Are hot and dry with annual rainfall ranging from 510 to 760mm and temperatures of 26 to 30 C.

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