14-Days Private Marathon Running Camp in Kenya and Tanzania, Nairobi

A unique running adventure in Kenya and Tanzania! The marathon training expedition preceding the Mount Kilimanjaro Marathon will be full of fantastic adventures, intensive training at the high altitude training center in Iten together with outstanding athletes and active restoration! What else? A gentle climate, the purest mountain air, stunning landscapes and a variety of wildlife of the two countries, running community, great physiotherapy, divine fruits, national cuisine, immegsive cultural adventures in the lands of the Maasai, Kalenjin and Meru. With all what we have dreamed — Africa full of fabulous beauty and ancient wisdom.

Every year a standard 42.2 km. marathon and 21.1 km. halfmarathon are held in the shadow of Kilimanjaro. The provincial town of Moshi welcomes thousands of guests from all over the world who are in love with running and this event. Distances to choose: marathon 42.2, half marathon 21.1 and 5 km. race.

Inclusions & Exclusions

✔ Transfers around countries in a comfortable mini bus

✔ Accommodation in nice guesthouses or lodges

✔ 24-hours support from a team

✔ Lunch

✔ National park's and other sightseing fees

✔ Dinner

✔ Breakfast

✔ Rented equipment for trekking, cycling or water walks

✔ Two weeks of workouts with a professional coach

✔ Massage therapy

✔ Activities indicated in the itinerary

✔ Three meals a day (European or mixed kitchen)

Pickup Locations

1. Rosa Mystica Christian Guest House

2. 37 On Kikambala

3. Olsupat Lodge

4. Sakina Hotel & Restaurant

5. Santa Fe Hotel Nairobi

6. Prearea Hotel

7. Best Western Plus Westlands

8. Ulwazi Place by Trianum

9. Lowela Hotel

10. Rigel Inn

11. StanMar Hotel

12. Valley Arcade Towers

13. Jkia B&B

14. Nairobi Executive Serviced Apartment

15. Hotel Tobriana

16. New Carnation Hotel

17. Nomad Paradise Hotel

18. Razana Hotel

19. Maasai Lodge

20. Corna View Palace

Itinerary

Meeting at Nairobi airport

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Lake Elementaita Meeting at Nairobi airport. Transfer to Elementaita Lake, where we'll be having rest after the flight at the nice lodge. Lake Elmenteita is a soda lake, in the Great Rift Valley, about 120 km. northwest of Nairobi, Kenya. Elmenteita is derived from the Maasai word muteita, meaning "dust place", a reference to the dryness and dustiness of the area, especially between January and March. The lake is normally very shallow (less than 1 m. deep) and bordered by trona-encrusted mudflats during the dry seasons. The lake's shores are grazed by zebra, gazelle, eland and families of warthog. It also attracts visiting flamingoes, both the greater and lesser varieties, which feed on the lake's crustacean and insect larvae and on its suspended blue-green algae.

Duration: 1 day

Acclimatization day in Kenya

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Lake Elementaita Acclimatization day in Kenya. Our morning run will occure at the stunning scenery of the southeastern edge of the Great Rift Valley. Morning and evening runs along the shores of the lake or on the slopes of Ugali Hills.

Duration: 12 hours

2

Kariandusi Museum Nature walk to Kariandusi prehistoric site with a museum in a day time. Located nearby Lake Elmenteita, Kariandusi is an African Early Stone Age site dating to approximately 1 million years ago. It's amongst the first discoveries of Lower Paleolithic sites in East Africa. There is enough geological evidence to show that in the past, large lakes, sometimes reaching levels hundreds of meters higher than the present Lake Nakuru and Elementaita, occupied this basin. Archaeological studies say that Kariandusi was a factory site where axes were created on site and then passed out or shipped to different communities around Kariandusi.

Duration: 5 minutes

Taking off to Home of Champions

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Iten Morning run, stretchings, exercises and breakfast. Taking off to our main destination — Iten, Home of Champions. We're supposed to reach Iten HATC by lunch time. Let's have a nupp or swim in a pool. In a few coming days we'be doing nothing special but training, recovering, traning, recovering and over again. And enjoing great food and kenyan hospitality of course. Nestled six hours northwest of the capital, Iten is marked with lush vegetation and striped with Kenya’s iconic red clay roads. Running champions are raised here that made the town an epicenter of long-distance running in Kenya and worldwide. Most runners come to Iten to elevate their running in training camps with a desire to compete in the world’s most competitive and prestigious races. That includes scores of Kenyan athletes, but also, at any given time, a handful of international runners seeking inspiration and, at least temporarily, uncomplicated focus on their training.

Duration: 1 day