Mount Londiani Recce.

Pristine Indigenous Forest...

This weekend myself, Andrew Nightingale (Kembu Camp) and some staff members from St Andrews Turi School went exploring to find a route to the summit of Mt. Londiani. The objective was to find a days route up to the telecommunications masts from the direction of Mt. Kiplombe. We reached 3km into our gorge of choice in 2 days... not even a quarter of the way in! 

What we did discover was Africa untouched. Check out the adventure... 

The start of the hike up the gorge from the Kampala Rail line...

Yucca's in the pristine indigenous forest... 

We followed the stream and an irrigation pipe put in pre independence...

Our nights camp in the gorge... on the trail!

Indiana Jones country...

 Watch this space for future updates! We are already planning an extended recce deeper into the Mountain for the end of this year and ultimately plan on opening up this amazing Mountain for Community guided hikes. A massive thanks to Andrew & Zoe Nightingale of Kembu Campsite & Cottages for all the support...

www.kembu.com

Kris

Tubing the Tana

Tubing is here..!

That's right folks, commercial tubing is now available in Kenya exclusively through Infinity Outdoors.

The second week of October 2014, saw a group of friends gather on the banks of the Tana River In Kenya and do the first commercial tubing descents of the River.

And what a gem of a tubing trip it is too... life shouldn't be this fun! Check out a few pictures from the weekend below...

At the put in getting the surprisingly durable Chinese beater tubes ready

Some seriously chilled flat water sections

Midget safety kayaker "Little" Petey Tyrell... team Fluid 

Some sweet rapids to keep you cool

Mike and everyone's favorite mother ship

So trips are available now... for $30 p.p. per trip whatever your residency status and $50 for two trips in the day. Please book in advance as the rains are coming and we will be stopping trips for high water (but rafting IS still available!). If you need food/transport/camping/accommodation this is all available at extra cost. See you on the water! :-)

 Kris

The best rates in town..!

Rafting is back... great low prices!

Hi folks. We are now able to offer rafting alongside Savage Wilderness on the Tana River... 

1.5 hrs from Nairobi and a 3 hour trip of awesome Class 3-5 whitewater

                                              

                                                

                                Residents                  Non-Residents

1 day Tana (Rafting Only)     5500/- Ksh                 $80  USD

With transport OR food        6250/- Ksh                 $90  USD

With transport AND food       7000/- Ksh               $100  USD

Don't forget you can still learn to kayak as well. Great combo offers coming soon...

Get in touch now for the best day out from Nairobi... guaranteed to wet your pants!

  Kris

Lake Naivasha with 20 x 6yr olds in tow...

Last week we were in Naivasha for some very excited children's first school trip, and for most of them first night away from home!

We had a great time and were look after really well by the excellent and kind staff at Elsamere Field Study Center.

Check out the pictures...

Games on the lawn

Super exciting!

Giraffe hunting at dusk... d'ya think he saw us?

Campfire games

The late, great George Adamson's Land Rover was very popular

                        As was the impressive selection of animal skulls and bones

Once again, a big thank you to Nairobi Academy Prep School for booking with Infinity Outdoors.

Watch this space for the next installment of our adventures:)

Kris

Off to Sagana..!

Off to Sagana...!

Last week we ran a trip with Year 4 students (9 year olds)  from Nairobi Academy Prep School to Savage Wilderness, Sagana.

Over the three days, many adventures were had by all during activities including hiking, kayaking, climbing and zip lining. 

Check out the pictures below:)

Hiking to see the waterfall on the Tana at Rapids Camp

Learning to kayak in the pool

Climbing on the wall

No trip is complete without a campfire!

Learning to fly across the river

          The gang!

A very big thanks to the team at Savage Wilderness for hosting the trip!

An even bigger thanks to the staff and students of Nairobi Academy Prep School:)

Kris

First River Board descent of the Tana River..!

First River Board descent of the Tana River...!

The last 5 days have been busy with multiple types of boats in use on Kenyan Rivers:)

The most notable was Infinity Outdoors guiding Asaf Arad on the first River Board descent of the commercially operated section of the Tana River, here in Kenya.

As the authorized dealers for Fluid kayaks here in Kenya, we hooked Asaf up with a nice new Anvil River board for his adventure.

The trip was an overwhelming success with Asaf running all the main lines successfully (but saving The Mission for another day;)) 

We even found time to take Asaf on his first ever whitewater kayak trip down the Thiba River:)

 Check out the pictures below for some highlights of the past few days, and watch this space for more River Boarding action coming soon...!

Asaf the aqua-man himself,  pre- first descent

Face down on the Tana

Great Water levels and weather!

Kayak put in on the Thiba

Asaf's first rapid in a kayak:)

Nile Monitor Lizard

Boats Boats Boats... a raft flipping in Fisheye

However, the main attraction for all the other boaters was Asaf and his Anvil

All photo's by Kris Collyer

Special thanks to Savage Wilderness Safaris for hosting us in Sagana

Summer Learn to Kayak Camps

Hi everyone... here is a flyer for our upcoming Learn to Kayak Summer Camps.

Please help fill the courses and get teenagers off their backsides and into the great outdoors by printing it and putting it up wherever you can!

Thanks

Kris

school club's first river trip...

This weekend saw the first ever river trips by a bunch of new kayakers in Kenya!

The group came from Braeburn Garden Estate International School here in Nairobi, and consisted of Mads from Year 9, Deepshika from Year 10 and Blanes and Zubair from Year 12.

We all had a fantastic time with good levels and lots of sunshine! The guys stepped up to the challenge and paddled really well after only ever kayaking in a swimming pool. Check out the photo's...

Scouting their first ever rapid... do you remember your's!?!

Mads nailing the line on the Tana:)

Bush whacking down to the put in on the Thiba 

With the gang at the put in... let the fun commence!

Blains nailing the line

Mr Ninja himself cruising! (this guy is rolling on flat water and t-rescuing in class 3!)

Scouting The Mission on the Tana... decided to save this for another day!;)

Identifying the line on the last rapids of the Tana's commercial section

Which went swimmingly for Mads!

Blains throws a wave wheel... haha, kidding folks, but he did t-rescue!

A big thanks to Mr Sjoberg from Braeburn for helping start and run the club (and all the photo's). 

Another big thanks to Fluid kayaks for making great boats for us to paddle. 

And the biggest thanks to you junior Jedi's who styled it!

See you on the water!

Kris