In the afternoon, we took a two-hour walk on the Oloolua Nature Trail. Finding the main gate was easy, so we paid 600 KES in cash (no ticket) and started our walk. They told us it is well marked, but that’s not true, so we recommend taking a picture of the trail map hanging next to the office.
The nature trail is hidden away in a suburb of Karen, in a 250-hectare indigenous tropical dry Oloolua forest. This forest is part of the larger Ngong forest reserve, and it’s a perfect spot for wanderlust bird watchers. We got lost several times, but after Nairobi’s crowds, it was a peaceful and refreshing walk around the muddy five-kilometer path.
