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AASM 119 - 6 Days Mt Kenya Trekking - Sirimon Route

Day: Nairobi - Nanyuki
Depart Nairobi at 9.30 am for Nanyuki, a journey which takes approximately 3 hours. After lunch walk around this small town or relax in the hotel preparing yourself for the next few days trek. Dinner and overnight at hotel.

 

Day 2: Nanyuki - Sirimon Park Gate- Old Moses Camp
After breakfast transfer to the park gate where, after checking in, we commence our hike accompanied by the guide, cook and porters. Our trek goes through the rain forest made up of bamboo, rosewood and other vegetation to Old Moses Camp at 3,300 metres. From the gate to the mountain hut is a 3 hours hike that covers nine kilometers. Dinner and overnight.

 

 

 

Day 3: Old Moses - Shiptons Camp
Our six to seven hours trek takes us through heath and moorland where wildlife abound and comprise of buffalo, rock hyrax and dik dik. We reach Shiptons Camp at an altitude of 4,200 m for dinner and overnight.

 

Day 4: Shiptons Camp
After breakfast you may take an acclimatization hike to Hausberg col (4,700m) before coming back to Shiptons for dinner and overnight.

Day 5: Mackinders Camp.
An early morning start for Point Lenana (4,985 m) which is reached just before sunrise - this is an ascent of about 800 metres in three and a half-hours. Descend via the Lewis Glacier to the Austrian Hut (4,790 m) and continue to Mackinders Camp (4,200m) for overnight. The descent from Point Lenana to Mackinders takes about two hours.

 

Day 6: Nairobi
After breakfast at 8.00 am we cross the vertical bog to the road head where we are picked up for our transfer to our base hotel for showers and lunch. In the afternoon we are driven to Nairobi where our hike terminates.

 

Cost per person US$750 per person

Tour price Includes:-
• Guarantee price/guarantee trek on confirmation
• Transfer to and from the base of the mountain
• Full board accommodation whilst on the trek.
• Accommodations in camps/huts as per the itinerary
• All park entrance fees to include government taxes
• Service of an English speaking professional guide, porters and skilled cook
• Start and finish Nairobi
• Treated water on the trek

Excluded in the price:
• Laundry, sleeping bags, beverages/Drinks, accommodation before the trek and climbing gears
- Hotel accommodations in Nairobi before and after the trek
• International flights
• Visas to Kenya
• Items of personal nature
• Any other extras not detailed in the above itinerary