The Cha Muhimu Traverse is a 90KM Aberdare Range hike from the north to the south. The route starts at Twin Rocks and finishes at Njabini Gate in the Aberdare National Park. It requires one to summit Mount Satima, Table Mountain, Rurimeria Hill, Mount Kinangop and Elephant Hill in between. These are the 5 most popular peaks of the range.
📍Aberdare Range, Kenya 🇰🇪
This is a video of our 3-day hiking trip. (Feb 2022)
0:00 Travel day
0:53 Day 1
6:17 Day 2
10:27 Day 3
Day 1: Twin Rocks - Mount Satima - Table Mountain - Rurimeria Hill.
• Distance: 21.7 km
• Time: 8 hr 50 min
• Elevation Gain: 1,232 m
• Elevation Loss: 759 m
Day 2: Rurimeria Hill - Mutubio Gate.
• Distance: 39.4 km
• Time: 12 hr 25 min
• Elevation Gain: 621 m
• Elevation Loss: 1,240
Day 3: Mutubio Gate - Mount Kinangop - Elephant Hill - Njabini Gate. (Finish)
• Distance: 30.2 km
• Time: 14 hr 3 min
• Elevation Gain: 1,373 m
• Elevation Loss: 2,018 m
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- TOTAL DISTANCE: 91.3 km.
- TOTAL ELEVATION GAIN: 3,226 m.
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Tough but AWESOME challenge!
It took me months to plan this hike and doing some recce hikes.
I was very happy to successfully complete it.
I named it the "Cha Muhimu Traverse".
'Cha Muhimu' is Swahili meaning, 'Of Importance'.
If you wish to do this hike, you can email me:
hike@chamuhimutraverse.com