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4 day(s)
Regular
1-20 people
serious
4 Days/3 nights Mount Kenya Trek using the Sirimon Route. You trek Mount Kenya up to the third highest Peak; namely Lenana Peak. You start in Nairobi and complete in Nairobi, Kenya.
Duration
4 day(s)
Max Group Size
1-20 people
Tour Code
CKC 11
Departure Type
guaranteed
Tour Category
Adventure
Guiding Method
Fully guided
Operated In
Age Requirement
15 - 80
Nairobi
08:00
Nairobi
18:00
Morning pick up from Nairobi City or the Airport for the drive to the Mount Kenya National Park. We should be at the Sirimon Park Gate. Commence the trek, which takes you 3 to 4 hours and cover some 9 kms. This route is drier, scenic and good for beginners. As you trek today you are also taking an acclimatization hike via tropical rain forest. Overnight at the Old Moses Camp. (3,200 m). Full board
With your packed lunches hike past steep slopes towards the Shipton’s Camp. You will pass through Likii and Mackinder’s Valley. You will view giant groundsels along this route and breathtaking scenery. The hike this day takes between 6 to 8 hours and it is 17 km. Check in at Shipton’s Camp. From here you can easily view the 3 highest peaks of Batian, Nelion & Lenana. Temperatures here can reach minus 10 degrees Celcius. Overnight at the Shipton’s Camp ( 4,200 metres). Full board
At 2 Am; wake up and take tea and some biscuits. Start the attempt on Point Lenana (4985 m); which is the highlight of our trip. Take African sunrise photos.
Descend slowly back to the Shiptpns Camp for breakfast. Continue to the Old Moses Camp with dinner and overnight. Full board
Breakfast. Depart. Walk through the Forest and onto the Park’s Sirimon Gate. Here, you link up with your transport bound for Nairobi.
You arrive in the evening and are dropped off either at your Nairobi Hotel or at the Airport. Breakfast and lunch
-Services of a well trained Mount Kenya Guide.
-Breakfast, lunch and dinner included during the Mount Kenya Trek.
- The mentioned packed lunches during the Trek.
Kenya Association of Tour Operators Bonding scheme.
- The transfer from Nairobi to Sirimon Gate of Mount Kenya on Day 1.
- The transfer from the Sirimon Gate to Nairobi on Day 4.
- Services of a well trained driver cum guide during the transfers.
Kenys Visas.