Product Description
Detailed Itinerary
This hiking climb joins two of Mount Kenya scenic routes, Sirimon and Chogoria giving you a spectacular mountain transverse. This tour takes you through the drier side of the mountain and the forested side of the mountain. You start on Northwestern side of the Mt. Kenya and leave the mountain on the Eastern side. The scenic beauty is more pronounced on the Chogoria side.
Safari at a Glance
Day 1: | Nairobi |
Day 2: | Nanyuki – Ol Moses Camp |
Day 3 | Mount Kenya Shipton Camp |
Day 4: | Austrian Hut |
Day 5: | Meru Mount Kenya Banda’s. |
Day 6: | Departure |
Day 1: On arrival, you will be met and transferred to a city hotel for safari briefing and overnight. You will also meet your Mount Kenya climbing guide who will brief you on what you need to have for a successful climb. Overnight: Eka Hotel (Bed and Breakfast)
Day 2: Sirimon Gate – Judimear Camp. 0700hrs, you will be picked from your hotel and have a drive via the beautiful central Kenya highland. En route there will be beautiful countryside sceneries with tea and coffee plantation as well as the Laikipia plains. On arrival in Nanyuki, you will have a brief stopover for some shopping and meeting with your team of climbing porters. Thereafter, you will then proceed to Sirimon park gate some 15kms away. After the official entrance formalities, you will begin an acclimatization walk for about 03hrs to Old Moses Camp at 3300m for overnight. Meals and overnight: Old Moses Camp/ Judimear camp (Full Board)
Day 3: Ol Moses – Shipton camp. You will alerted for your breakfast at 600hrs and thereafter depart for a 7hrs journey through the moorland to Shipton camp. This can be either via Likii north and south river as well as via one of the dramatic sceneries. You will have lunch at the picnic rocks on Mackinder’s valley halfway through or at Likii Hut. This is the best day to enjoy the mountain sceneries. On getting to the Camp, you will enjoy the views of the main peak and if you still have some energy left, you can explore the nearby Shipton’s caves. Meals and overnight: Shipton’s Camp (Full Board)
Day 4: The Summit – Austrian Hut. You will be woken up for a quick breakfast at 0300hrs for a Pre-dawn ascent attempt Pt. Lenana 4985m. This is the most difficulty day and takes about 3.5hrs to reach the summit. Once on the summit, you will be able to enjoy the sunrise. On a clear day, you can see as far as Mount Kilimanjaro. The views are breathtaking. After the sunrise and moments of celebrations, you will descend to Austrian Hut for a full breakfast. Later have the day at leisurely. Meals and overnight: Austrian Hut (Full Board)
Day 5: You will have a scenic leisurely walk down to Mintos hut as you enjoy the scenic views. You will have a brief stopover to see the gouge and the lake around before walking further down to Meru Mount Kenya Banda’s for the night. Lunch will be served at road head near river Nithi. After lunch, the walk will be through a forest where you can encounter elephants and buffaloes. Meals and Overnight at Meru Mount Kenya Banda (Bed and Breakfast)
Day 6: After Breakfast descend leisurely via the Chogoria forest (04hrs. Halfway, you will be picked by a land rover for a final stretch for forest to Chogoria town where you will have lunch and celebration with your porters and guide. Later on connect with your transfer vehicle back to Nairobi. The trek through the forest is characterized by elephants among other animals including lots of forest birds.
Cost Include:
- Transport from Nairobi and back
- All Park fee and camping fee
- 03 meals a day prepared by your cook
- Mountain guide, cook and porters
- Accommodation in mountain huts or tents
- Camping gear excluding sleeping bag
- 4×4 safari Vehicle on the last day
- 24hrs emergency evacuation services
Cost exclude:
- Drinks and beverages not prepared by the cook
- Personal hiking and climbing gears
- Travel insurance
- Gratuities and tips
- Towels, toiletries and personal effects
- Any item of personal use
- Sleeping bags
- Anything else not mentioned above
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