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WNB
09: CLIMBING MT. KENYA SIRIMON - CHOGORIA ROUTE Mt Kenya Climb -
7days
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 Camp late 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. | 
