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WVTM 602 - 5 DAYS MT. KENYA UP SIRIMON DOWN SIRIMON
Day 1 Nairobi/Nanyuki
Pick from your Nairobi hotel and depart for Nanyuki town, arriving in time for lunch. The afternoon will be spent acclimatising and organising any gear you may require for the trek. Dinner and overnight at a budget hotel
Day 2 Nanyuki/Old Moses
After breakfast, drive to the Sirimon Park Gate where you will begin your hike to Old Moses Hut for your first overnight on Mt Kenya, lunch enroute. The hike takes about 3 hours, by passing tropical rain forest and bamboo vegetation sections. The altitude here is 3,300m. Dinner and overnight at the hut.
Day 3 Old Moses/Shiptons
After breakfast, hike to Shipton's which is at 4,200m above sea level. You stop for a picnic lunch half way through the hike. Dinner and overnight at the hut. Walking time is 5 to 7 hours depending on your individual fitness level.
Day 4 Shiptons/Pt Lenana/Shiptons
A pre-down attempt of Pt. Lenana. This early start is intended to give you enough time to read Pt Lenana when the sun is rising and in clear weather gives you a clear view of the majestic scenery. After photography and viewing descend to Shiptons for overnight, meals enroute.
Day 5 Shiptons/Nairobi
After breakfast, descend leisurely to the road head then on to Nanyuki town where you have lunch then catch your transport to Nairobi arriving in the evening.
- Inclusive: Park entrance fees, campsite/mountain hut fees, food on the mountain, porters, cooks and guides.
- Exclusive: Mountain Climbing Equipment, Tips and gratuity
WVTM 604 - 5 DAYS MT. KENYA UP SIRIMON DOWN NARO MORU
Day 1 Nairobi/Nanyuki
Pick from your Nairobi hotel and drive to Nanyuki town, a town set on the foothills of Mt, Kenya. After lunch spend the rest of the afternoon acclimatising and sorting out and organising all the requirements for your trip. Dinner and overnight at a Nanyuki budget hotel.
Day 2 Nanyuki/Old Moses
After breakfast, drive to the Sirimon Track Park Gate. Hike to Old Moses hut in an average hiking time of 3 hours, lunch enroute. This hike is very essential for acclimatisation and quite educative as far as the vegetation is concerned. Dinner and overnight at the hut, which is 3,300m above sea level.
Day 3 Old Moses/Shiptons
An early start for Shiptons, attitude 4,200m in an average hiking time of 6 hours, lunch enroute. Sirimon route lies on the north - western side of Mt Kenya and generally escapes some rainfall, making it drier than other routes most times of the year. Dinner and overnight at the hut.
Day 4 Shiptons/Pt Lenana/Mackinders
Wake up to a pre-dawn attempt of Pt Lenana, 4,985m above sea level. If you are fortunate and the weather is clear, you may see Mt Kilimanjaro to the south, Mt Elgon to the west and even the Indian Ocean to the East. After your photography and viewing opportunity, surrounded by glaciers and ice rock caves, descend leisurely to Mackinders camp on the Naro Moru trail, meals enroute. The attitude here is 4,200m. The hut is on Teleki Valley opposite the main peaks. Descent will be about 5 hours. Dinner and overnight at the hut.
Day 5 Mackinders/Nairobi
After breakfast, descend to Met station in roughly 3 hours and catch your transport to Naro Moru town for lunch then board your transport to Nairobi, arriving in the evening.
- Inclusive: Park entrance fees, campsite/mountain hut fees, food on the mountain, porters, cooks and guides.
- Exclusive: Mountain Climbing Equipment, Tips and gratuity
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Five days Mt.Kenya Safari