5-Day Mount Kenya Hike via Sirimon- Route
Highlights
Nairobi, Mount Kenya
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Tour Type
bird, mountaineering, nature, safari, trekking, climbing, cultural, photography, sightseeing, walking, lgbt, luxury, jungle, camping, backpacking, campus, Eco Tourism
Group Tour
5 Days
Hard
English
Description
Climb Africa’s second-highest mountain and the highest of all in the Kenyan Mountains. Mount Kenya is roughly circular, about 60 km across at the 200 mm contour, where the steep font hills rise out of the gentler slopes of the centred highlands. Climb up the peaks of glory in just 5 days!
Itinerary
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Day 1: Nairobi to Nanyuki
You will be picked from the airport on arrival or your Nairobi hotel and processed through the rich agricultural highlands of central Kenya to Nanyuki. On arrival in Nanyuki you will have lunch and meet your team of porters and guide. After lunch and same shopping, you will be transferred to Sirimon Gate where the climbing starts. Walk through the rain forest for 9 kms (3-4 hrs) to the first mountain hut, old Moses (3,300 m). Meals and overnight: Old Moses Huts/Camp (FB).
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Day 2: Old Moses Camp
- : After breakfast at old Moses, continue climbing trough Mackinder’s valley to the second hut, Shiptons hut (4,200m) for dinner and overnight. Picnic lunch will be provided at the picnic rocks along the Valle
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Day 3: Old Moses to Shipton Camp
You will have a full day of rest. You can do a cuircut tour of the main peaks or visit the caves as well as touring the base of the peaks where technical climbing starts. You can also decide to have a rest at the camp. All meals will be at the camp. This will be an acclimatization day to give you more chances of making to the summit of point Lenana.
Meals and overnight: Shiptons Huts/Camp (FB).
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Day 4: Shipton to Point Lenana
Early in the morning , 0300am start, you will climb to point Lenana 4,985 ( 17,058ft) .On a very clear day you should to see Mt Kilimanjaro in the south .Mt Elgon to the west. You will descend to Shiptons camp for breakfast and soon after descend to old Moses camp with picnic lunch en route and Likii North River.
Meals and overnight: Old Moses Huts/Camp (FB).
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Day 5:old Moses to Nairobi
After breakfast, transfer from old Moses to catch transport to at the gate. You will have an early lunch in Nanyuki before proceeding to Nairobi where the tour ends with a drop of at the airport or at your pick up point. r.
What's Included
What's Excluded
Meeting Point
Cancellation Policy
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For cancellations within 24 hours before the tour -
Refund of 50% of the tour price.
Price
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