4-Day Mount Kenya Trek Chogoria out Sirimon Route

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

Nairobi - Chogoria Gate - Lake Ellis Campsite

Hiking Distance: 9Km
Duration: 3hrs
You leave from your pick up hotel in Nairobi early morning and drive via the Great Northern Highway, arriving in Chogoria town in 4 hours. It is from this place that you will meet the rest of your climbing crew (porters) and proceed with the driving through thick rainforest for about 1 hour. You check in the park and all the formalities involved, have lunch, and start trekking through lush forests passing the magnificent Nithi waterfalls, proceeding to Lake Ellis.
Your dinner and overnight stay will be at your campsite.

Main Destination:

Mount Kenya

Accommodation:

Budget camping

Meals & Drinks:

• Lunch & dinner (Breakfast not included)
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Lake Ellis Campsite - Mintos Campsite

Hiking Distance: 12Kms
Duration: 5Hrs
After having breakfast, you will leave the camp, trekking along a single trail through alpine and moorland vegetation. The trek between the two camps is a no-water fetching point; ensure you have enough water, about 2 litres from the Nithi River. Lunch will have been packed for you. While at the Mintos campsite, you will explore around the camp to the temple and magnificent gorges valley views and that of Lake Michaelson.
Your dinner and overnight stay will be at your campsite.

Main Destination:

Mount Kenya

Accommodation:

Budget camping

• on Mt Kenya

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Mintos Campsite - Point Lenana - Old Moses Campsite

Hiking Distance: 24Km
Duration: 15hrs
The predawn attempt at the summit starts at 03:00 am. You hike for about three hours up to Point Lenana (4,985m), the hiker’s summit, arriving there for the African sunrise. You descend Shipton`s camp for breakfast.
After breakfast, you will begin a 5-hour descent via Mackinder`s valley to the Old Moses camp. ( 3,300m) The descent is gentle. It offers ample time to enjoy the fascinating scenery, which includes the moorlands, before reaching the camp.
Your dinner and overnight stay will be at the camping site.

Main Destination:

Mount Kenya

Accommodation:

Budget camping

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Old Moses Campsite - Sirimon Gate - Nairobi

Hiking Distance: 8Kms
Duration: 2Hrs
On this final day, you will leave the camp trekking down a paved road through the rainforest with high chances of spotting wild animals, reaching the Sirimon park gate in 2 hours. You will check out the park and board on your waiting vehicle back to Nairobi or your onward destination.

Main Destination:

Nairobi (City)

Accommodation:

No accommodation (End of tour)

Meals & Drinks:

• Breakfast (Lunch & dinner not included)
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

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