4-Day Mount Kenya Trekking - Sirimon down Chogoria

• You'll be collected from the airport.
• Accommodation before the tour starts can be arranged for an extra cost.

Nairobi-Old Moses

Pick up from your hotel at 07.30 am. Later leave Nairobi at 8.30 am, transfer to Sirimon Park Gate (2,660m) the base of your Mt. Kenya trail. Here you meet with guides/porters and start your climb at 10 am. After a 3-hour walk, En-route lunch, then head to Old Moses Camp (3,300m) on the edge of the mountainous forest where you will spend the night.

Main Destination:

Mount Kenya

Accommodation:

Budget camping

Meals & Drinks:

• Lunch & dinner (Breakfast not included)
• Drinks not included

Old Moses-Shiptons Camp

You depart camp at 8:30 a.m. and continue your hike across moorland dotted with a wide variety of senecia and lobelia, heading toward Shipton’s Camp (4,200 m). Lunch will be taken en route. The 14 km trek takes approximately 6 hours. Your overnight stay will be at Shipton’s Camp, set just below the three majestic peaks of Batian, Nelion, and Lenana.

Main Destination:

Mount Kenya

Accommodation:

Budget camping

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinks not included

Shipton-Point Lenana-Meru Bandas

After an early morning breakfast at 4:00 a.m., the trek proceeds via a steep scree slope to Simba Col, then continues across rocky terrain to Point Lenana. After taking summit photos, you will descend back to Simba Col and continue on to Mintos Hut (4,200 m). Here, you will stop for a lunch break before traversing a ridge that overlooks Gorge Valley and Lake Michaelson. In the late afternoon, you will arrive at your destination for the day—a fly camp at the roadhead at 3,300 m. Dinner and overnight will be at Meru Bandas.

Main Destination:

Mount Kenya

Accommodation:

Budget camping

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinks not included

Meru Bandas-Nairobi

You will descend to Meru Mt. Kenya Bandas at 3,000 m. During the short 2-hour hike, you may encounter wildlife such as buffalo, klipspringer, zebra, and occasionally elephants. At the bandas, 4×4 vehicles will be ready to drive you through a dense bamboo forest on slippery roads to Chogoria. There, you will meet your driver, enjoy lunch, bid farewell to the trekking crew, and continue onward to Nairobi, with drop-off at your hotel.

Main Destination:

Nairobi (City)

Accommodation:

No accommodation (End of tour)

Meals & Drinks:

• Breakfast & lunch (Dinner not included)
• Drinks not included

• Additional accommodation can be arranged for an extra cost.
• You'll be dropped off at the airport.