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Ariel Smith
US
Visited:
September 2017
Reviewed: Oct 13, 2017
Email Ariel Smith | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Biking alongside African wildlife was a unique experience!
Simon
Visited:
April 2014
Reviewed: Jul 7, 2015
One of the best parks in Kenya to get up close with the wildlife
Easily accessible from Nairobi, Hell's Gate NP is a must for any visitor in Kenya. Bike past herds of Zebra before hiking through the Hells Gate Canyon.
A great family day out.
Flo Romain Worldtour
Visited:
May 2014
Reviewed: May 16, 2015
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
A self guided safari by bicycle among African fauna is a wonderful experience!!!
We rented 2 bikes and started our journey from a campsite near Hell's Gate National Park (where we could spot some Hippos at night because our tent was just next to the lake) and we arrived at the park. We had a guide until the canyon but we came back by ourselves!!!! It is so amazing to cycle among zebras, giraffes, monkeys, buffaloes, gazelles... You really have time to stop wherever and whenever you want and you really feel like an adventurer!!! The landscape is also beautiful, especially when you start going down the gorge!!! Avoid rainy season but in May we had a really good time there (though check the meteo because it can be bad sometimes..) You can also visit some flowers plantations next to the park! Take your lunch box as there is only limited food available (but it is much better like that!!!)!!
We really enjoyed our journey there and we highly recomment it!!!
lindafiona92
KE
Visited:
August 2014
Reviewed: May 8, 2015
Email lindafiona92 | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Mahasri Weerasooriya & family
CA
Visited:
May 2014
Reviewed: Apr 16, 2015
Email Mahasri Weerasooriya & family | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Walked right up to a Giraffe, only park in Kenya that we were able to get down and walk among the wildlife.
Jose
Visited:
January 2000
Reviewed: Apr 15, 2015
So good
Its very good you should go really fun and I recomend the bycicle tour
seltzca
US
Visited:
August 2002
Reviewed: Jul 4, 2012
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Hell's Gate is one of the only parks where you are allowed to walk around on foot. What it lacks in big carnivores, it makes up in scenery and your ability to explore without a vehicle. If you decide to camp, be aware that cape buffalo might come to graze your campsite in the middle of the night. Just don't startle them! I highly recommend hiking the gorge, but look out for pumice floating in the stream or you might end up in water where you thought there was solid ground.
Christopher Haslett
CA
Visited:
November 2011
Reviewed: May 13, 2012
Email Christopher Haslett | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
I spent another $15 for a camping permit, and enjoyed lovely views of the cliff-lined pastures as the sun set. You are supposed to carry in your own wood or charcoal, but I found a generous pile of dead wood that the park rangers had left behind for campfires. I was told a leopard sometimes relaxes on the rocky ledge above the campsite when the sun comes up; I woke up early to try and spot it but had no luck.
The narrow, winding gorge makes a good walk, though on weekends it will be crowded with
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Kenyans. It is dry most of the time, but floods dangerously when it rains. Tragically, seven people drowned in a flash flood there in April 2012. New warning measures are expected to be put in place to prevent such incidents in the future.A bike rental for the day should cost 500 shillings, and you can rent one at the turnoff for Elsa Gate (the first park gate as you travel along South Lake Road). Pedestrians can get off the "matatu" public bus here and just walk in. The gate is supposed to be 2 km in from the road, but it is really only 1 km.