Hiking Mount Satima
Also known as Ol Donyo Le Satima, meaning "mountain of the bull calf" this is the third highest mountain in Kenya and the highest in the Aberdare Range at about 4001 m above sea level, with the terrain ranging from moderate to tough. We left Nairobi at about 5 am for a 3 hour drive to the Aberdare National Park gate just past Mweiga in Nyeri county. Here we paid the park fees and got an armed guard who would guide us through the 8 hr hike to mount Satima. The drive from the main park entry to the gate from where we would start the hike was about an hour and it was filled with quite the adventure. Suited for only four wheel drive cars, our van could not make it and we occasionally had to get off and push it when it got stuck in the mud. We got to a point where the van could just not go beyond and we had to brace ourselves to start the hike much further than expected. We had a little briefing with the guide and the organising team, Starboard Safaris on what to expec...