4 Days Mount Kenya Trek

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4 Days Mount Kenya Trek

The standard Mount Kenya climbing route: up through the Sirimon gate on the drier northern side, and down the Naro Moru route on the west. Four days on the mountain with a guide, a cook and porters, sleeping in mountain huts or camping where the route requires it.

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  1. Nairobi
  2. Sirimon Gate
  3. Naro Moru Gate
  4. Nairobi

The standard Mount Kenya climbing route: up through the Sirimon gate on the drier northern side, and down the Naro Moru route on the west. Four days on the mountain with a guide, a cook and porters, sleeping in mountain huts or camping where the route requires it.

4 Days / 3 Nights 2 – 6 People

Day by day

  1. 1

    Day 1

    Nairobi – Sirimon Gate – Old Moses

    North through Nanyuki to the Sirimon gate at 2,660m, roughly four hours depending on how Nairobi behaves. From the gate the path climbs through cedar forest, then bamboo and giant heather, onto open moorland. Around nine kilometres to Old Moses camp at 3,300m, and cold once the sun goes.

  2. 2

    Day 2

    Old Moses – Shipton's Camp

    The long day: about fourteen kilometres and seven hours, crossing the Ontulili and Liki North rivers and climbing into Mackinder's Valley. This is the zone of giant groundsel and lobelia, plants that grow nowhere else and look like it. Shipton's sits at 4,200m directly under the peaks.

  3. 3

    Day 3

    Shipton's – Point Lenana – Met Station

    Awake around half past two and onto frozen scree in the dark, because the hours before dawn are the only reliably clear ones. Point Lenana at 4,985m by sunrise, with Kilimanjaro on the horizon if the air is good. Then the whole descent in one go, down the Teleki Valley to Met Station at 3,100m. Eleven to twelve hours on your feet.

  4. 4

    Day 4

    Met Station – Nairobi

    Down through bamboo and rainforest to the Naro Moru gate, loud with birds after two days of silence above the treeline. Four to five hours back to Nairobi.

What's included

  • Transport from Nairobi to the mountain and back
  • All KWS park fees (€70 per day, four days)
  • Three meals a day on the mountain
  • Accommodation in mountain huts, or camping where the route requires it
  • Mountain guide, cook and porters
  • Government taxes

Not included

  • Personal trekking gear: sleeping bag, warm clothing, hiking boots
  • International flights
  • Kenya eTA visa
  • Personal items
  • Tips and gratuities
  • Medical, luggage and travel insurance

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