2024 Kenya paragliding adventure tour The years of SkyNomad explorations in Kenya start paying back, revealing the huge potential for adventure paragliding tours – hike and fly bush walking and clearing new take offs, camping, flying over parks with wildlife … Continue reading →
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Results of Kenya Paragliding Open 2024 The first paragliding competition in Kenya finished well. Despite the cloudy and rainy weather there were 6 valid tasks which allowed to determine the best pilots. Logically, the best was Tilen Ceglar from Slovenia, … Continue reading →
Upon arrival at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, Nairobi: you can use free wifi at airport to arrange your pickup; Uber and Bolt offer taxi deals to Nairobi, but longer journeys to Naivasha can be overprised with drivers requesting extra cash … Continue reading →
Kenya Open 2024 Paragliding Cross Country competition will be held 21-27 January 2024 from Kijabe take off, Naivasha. It will be FAI Cat.2 and Paragliding World Cup test event! Official Kenya Open 2024 competition FAI/CIVL website and registration Competition HQ … Continue reading →
There are many resorts, hotels and camps near Naivasha lake and Naivasha town. Things to do are:
Continue reading →Don’t hunt what you can’t kill 😉 Go home early in Africa as darkness belongs to bad boys and wild beasts! Wild Life encounters There are several wildlife conservation zones inside Longonot, Naivasha, Hell’s Gate and Nakuru National parks. They … Continue reading →
Due to humid air and lack of sharp terrain features, paragliding in Naivasha area is quite safe and enjoyable, but there are several dangers to be aware of: High-voltage power lines These run across Kijabe hill slope, between take off … Continue reading →
Kijabe is a 600 meters high (2600 amsl) isolated conical mountain attached to the North-East bank of Rift Valley. A 2 km long saddle connects it with North-East highland plateau. There is a South take off (0°54’37.71″S 36°32’47.68″E) for 3-4 … Continue reading →
The African climate is driven by the Sun’s annual North-South movement. The perpendicular sun rays give maximum heat to earth’s surface, which creates a global band of instability called Inter Tropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ). Due to uneven land-ocean distribution and … Continue reading →
PARAGLIDING LANDINGS by Nikolay Yotov, February 2023, Kenya Paragliding landings are safer, compared to take offs, where the pilot jumps into the invisible and unknown air. When time comes for landing, the pilot has already tasted the air and the … Continue reading →