Longido lies just L of the main Nairobi-Arusha road, 25 km. S of the Namanga border post. It is a steep-sided hill, about 2600m. high, with bush on its lower slopes and forest higher up. There are 2 summits; the higher E top is heavily forested on all sides. The western has numerous crags; the biggest of these is almost 300m. high and faces the main road. Although Longido is in Tanzania the problems in getting there are slight. No special currency arrangements need be made and the border crossing is relatively straightforward. So far little climbing has been done on the cliffs and there appears to be potential for some fairly hard long climbs. (by Andrew Wielochowski)
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