These are my stats for yesterday’s (Saturday) Trek at Eburu Forest. A very lush environment with diverse vegetations and lovely temperature. It was neither hot nor cold, which made the hike an easy one, but only left to battle through the thick bushes with the stinging nettle, which were virtually everywhere.
If you have never hiked through a thick vegetation with the stinging nettle, then you will never how it feels to be pricked by these plants and having to ignore the sting, but walk through a dense thicket, where our tour guide had to slash through it to make way for us. The stings last anything from 10 mins to hours.
We hoped to bump into some buffalos, but they all seemed to have gone for a walk miles away, so we could only see their footprints.
Synopsis of Eburu:
The Eburu Forest comprises 8,715.3 hectares of prime indigenous forest area contained within the steep hills, deep valleys and rolling foothills of Mount Eburu.
Overlooking Lake Naivasha to the south east, Lake Elementaita to the North and Lake Nakuru to the North West, the Mau Eburu forest is nestled within the folds of a geologically active volcanic mountain, whose highest peak, Ol Doinyo Eburu, stands 2,820 metres above sea level. https://www.governorscamp.com/experience/eburu-forest/ [ATTACH=full]261648[/ATTACH]
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I was up there many years ago and it’s a sight to behold if the weather is favourable enough to allow one to see all the three lakes.
What I didn’t like though is the dense overbearing sulphur smell emanating from the numerous geothermal vents releasing underground steam all over.
Yes indeed. There was especially one big geothermal plant near the KFS offices, but we were told that sulphur is good for our skin, albeit the ponging smell.
Also the hot springs/jets of water were a sight to behold. I was completely taken aback as to how much water emanates from underground and the branches of trees with water which we sipped through. No wonder the greenery everywhere.