Samburu · Northern Kenya
A mountain that behaves
like a fortress wall.
A sheer-walled table mountain sacred to the Samburu, its near-vertical cliff faces and flat summit unmistakable from a very long way off across the plains below.
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Overview
The scale of it finally makes sense from the air.
The Samburu regard it as sacred — the seat of Nkai, their god.
Ololokwe stands alone above the Samburu lowlands, its near-vertical cliff faces and flat summit unmistakable from a very long way off. It has been a landmark for travellers through this country long before anyone flew over it.
From a helicopter, flown low along the cliff faces, the scale of it finally makes sense: a mountain that behaves more like a fortress wall than a peak, with the plains and the Ewaso Nyiro running out flat in every direction beneath it.
Good To Know
Everything you need to know.
Paired naturally with a Samburu or Laikipia stay.
Height
Roughly 600 metres (about 1,900 feet) sheer above the plains.
Significance
Sacred to the Samburu people, the seat of Nkai.
How It's Flown
Low along the cliff faces, for scale.
Best Paired With
A Samburu or Laikipia stay.
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Where this fits in your safari.
Ololokwe sits within easy reach of Samburu and Laikipia.
Journey
The Northern & Escarpment Dream
A Samburu and Laikipia circuit that passes beneath Ololokwe.
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