Planning on hiking Mt Satima via the Wandare Gate?
Here's what we did and what you can do;
Leave Nairobi by 4:30 AM
Use Thika Road and aim for Mweiga Town
Make a stopover at Karatina for washroom break and snacks refill.
Drive on and make a left exit at the Mweiga sign. There's also an Aberdares sign board that says Wandare Gate. There's sign posts that lead you all the way to the Wandare Gate. You can use Google maps too. It will get you there.
Once you've branched onto your left right after Mweiga, the road will be a mix of tarmac and murram. Drive on for about 15Kms to the Wandare Gate. Do your registration then drive inside the park for 15Kms to the car park. If you are lucky, you will spot some animals. We spotted some buffaloes and baboons. The drive is really beautiful.
Get to the car park, do your stretches and introductions then begin your hike.
The terrain is different from the Shamata Gate one. No bogs to jump over, no stalled waters. It is also not steep. You hike through the moorland the whole time. Meaning the altitude is also quite high. So make sure to continuously sip your water.
It's approximately 6Kms to the Mt Satima summit. The summit push is the most testing part of this beautiful trail. It's steep. Take it easy and you'll get the summit. Once at the summit, depending on communication with your driver, you can either go back to your starting point at the car park or traverse through Dragon's Teeth, meet your driver at the Twin Rocks and exit via either Shamata or Rhino Gate.
We only did the Wandare side so we covered 12Kms and were done by 3:45 PM.
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