NEWS & EVENTS | Cycle Kenya | Itinerary

Day 1: Fri 9th November 07 
Depart London for an overnight flight to Nairobi.

Day 2: Sat 10th - Nanyuki
We arrive early in Nairobi and transfer 197km/4hrs through the central highlands with tea and coffee plantations, to the Sportsman Arms hotel in Nanyuki. On arrival we have lunch, a briefing with a bike fitting and a short warm up ride for the afternoon. We have dinner in our hotel. 

Day 3: Sun 11th - Nyeri (Cycle 61kms)
After breakfast, we cycle from Nanyuki southbound along gently undulating roads with Mt Kenya to the east and the Laikipia plains to the west. After about 50kms, we turn westwards and head towards the magnificent Aberdare mountains. For the afternoon we have some steep descents and sharp climbs until we arrive at Nyeri town and onto to the Green Hills hotel for dinner and overnight.

Begin at an altitude of 1900m finishing at 1945m.

Day 4: Mon 12th - Nyahururu (101km)
After a good breakfast we start today’s long and tough challenge, which is an almost continual climb along good roads, through the Savannah plains and game ranches, with some fantastic views of the Mount Kenya and the Aberdare Ranges. After lunch we have a 12km ascent, before we cross the equator and pedal our final stretch to Thompson’s Falls lodge, where we enjoy a rustic colonial style bar. This has been a tough day and we deserve a good rest with a great atmosphere and a delicious meal.

Begin at an altitude of 1780m finishing at 2330m.

Day 5: Tues 13th - Lake Nakuru (58km)
Our day today is much easier and most of the route is on reasonable roads. With a little uphill cycling through the lush countryside of tea and coffee plantations, we see great views of the Rift Valley. The cycling destination is the magnificent setting of Lake Nakuru, and the town that has grown beside it because of its popularity. We should arrive in time for lunch, and in the afternoon we transfer 100km north to Lake Bogoria and Baringo, where our hotel is based.

Begin at an altitude of 2343m finishing at 1920m.

Day 6: Weds 14th - Eldoret (88km)
This morning we transfer 40km to the village of Kabernet for a hard, but an enjoyable cycling day, with 20kms of downhill riding crossing the Kerio Valley, and then a cycle along the bottom of the valley. This is followed by the hardest part of the whole challenge, a 25km climb of the Elgeyo Escarpment along winding roads to our lunch stop. This day is in a very beautiful area with little to no traffic and is on good roads.

Begin at an altitude of 2050m finishing at 2090m.

Day 7: Thurs 15th - Kakamega (105km)
Today for our final day’s challenge, we cannot avoid the slightly busier roads as we ride all the way into the rainforest and our final destination of the village of Kakamega. We start early to try and avoid the usual afternoon rains in the rainforest. The day starts with about 66km of generally downhill cycling all the way to lunch. The last 40km should prove no problem at all and we power through to our hotel. And so, having reached our final destination, tonight we have a celebratory meal, to mark the end of an incredible experience.

Begin at an altitude of 2110m finishing at 1570m.

Day 8: Fri 16th - ICT project visit and Nairobi
This is a very special day for the whole team as we transfer 33km to the ICT Project, to see some of the work that ICT carries out around the world. We have a long journey back to Nairobi ahead of us, so at mid-morning we depart from the project. We should arrive in Nairobi in the early evening and have the rest of the time free to relax.

Day 9 / Day 10: Sat 17th / Sun 18th - Nairobi / Arrive London
We enjoy a free day exploring Nairobi and later this evening depart for London.

The Cycle Kenya 2007 Itinerary can be downloaded as a PDF document:

PDF document - KenyaCycle-ICT07participantsversion.pdf.