WNB 10: CLIMBING MT. KENYA SIRIMON - CHOGORIA ROUTE

Mt Kenya Climb - 7 days
Park: Mt Kenya National Park
Grade: B - moderate. Up to 6.5 hours / 15 miles per day.
ApproximateTrekking Distance: 60 KMS
Starts: Nairobi / Ends: Nairobi
Departure Day: Any Day
Accomodation: Standard Lodge and Tent While trekking
Activities: Hiking and Trekking, Plants naming, bird watch, wildlife encounter, photography.

Day 01: Nairobi

On arrival at the Jomo Kenyatta Airport, met by our representative and later transferred to a hotel where you will relax. Overnight at hotel.

Day 02 : Nairobi - Old Moses Hut
Picked from Nairobi and drive North straight Mt. Kenya to Sirimon Park Gate where the hiking start. You will hike to Old Moses Camp 10kms which is 4hrs walk.

Dinner and overnight at Old Moses Hut (3300m).

Day 03: Old Moses Hut - Shimpton Camp

After an early breakfast you will ascend to Shipton Camp via Makinders Valley with picnic lunch en-route arriving Shipton Camplate afternoon (16kms which is 7-8hrs hiking duration).

Dinner and overnight at Shimpton Camp (4,200m).

Day 04 : Shimpton Camp - Austrian Hut

After breakfast we will hike around the peak through Hausberg valley to Two Turns Huts via western terminal to Austrian Hut with lunch en-route at Tereki Valley arriving early in the evening for dinner and overnight at Austrian Hut (4,750m)

Day 05: Austrian Hut - Hall Turn ( Mintos Hut )

Early climb to point Lenana 4,985m - On clear day you will be able to see Mt. Kilimanjaro on the south, Mt. Elgon to the west and Indian Ocean to the east. Descend to Hall Turns for full breakfast and after rest you will explore the Gorges valley.

Dinner and overnight at the camp (4,300m).

Day 06:

Hall Turn ( Mintos Hut ) - Meru Mt. Kenya
Soon after breakfast you further descend to Meru Mt. Kenya Bandas via Vivian Fall and Nithi Fall with en-route lunch at Road Head.

Dinner and overnight at Meru Mt. Kenya Bandas (2,800m).

Day 07: Meru Mt. Kenya - Nairobi

You will have a leisure taken breakfast and later you hike down through Chogoria rainfall and where you will be picked and transferred to Chogoria for a lunch. After lunch you will be driven back to Nairobi arriving late afternoon.