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Mountain bicycling to the Maasai Bomas - 30 min to 2 hours depending on personal interest, Moderate exertion.
Journey takes you to the nearest Boma, or further to the others if you like, depending on your cycling capability and allotted time. The most convenient time to visit the Bomas is early in the evening when cattle and goats are returning home from grazing. It is not only the bicycling to the Bomas, but it is yet another learning path, for there are a variety of plants and birds to watch and learn their importance in the wilds of Africa lifecycles. Some of the easily seen trees are the African Fan Palm, Toothbrush Tree (Salvadora persica), African Black Wood (Dalbergia melanoxylon), Soddom Apple (Solanum inconum), Castoroil Plant (Rhicinus communis) and Umbrella acacia (Acacia tortilis). Bird life that has been spotted are the Ring-necked Pigeon, Rock Pigeon, Laughing Dove, Oxpeckers, Superb Starling, Grosbeak Weaver, Red-billed Fire Finch, and many more, without forgetting the explanations of their importance in nature.
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