5 DAYS MOUNT KENYA CLIMB – SIRIMON–CHOGORIA ROUTE

After breakfast the guide will pick you up from the Hotel for a briefing and checklist review, finalizing the safari plan. You will proceed with the guide to connect with shared transport (or a private transfer can be arranged at an extra cost), arriving in Nanyuki for lunch. Later proceed to the Sirimon Park Gate (1 hr, 2,440m). From the gate, follow the track as it winds uphill through the forest, which becomes heathland after about 3 hours. About 3½ hours from the gate the track veers right to Old Moses Camp (Judmaer Camp), 3,300m, for dinner and overnight.

After breakfast, follow the track uphill, forking left at the junction. After one hour from Old Moses Camp, the track crosses the Ontulili River. Continue right, contouring through the moorland and crossing Liki North, then climb on to Mackinder’s Valley, from where there are panoramic views up the valley towards the main peaks. Dinner and overnight at Shipton’s Camp, 4,200m.

Spend the day acclimatizing. Walk to Kami Hut and down to the Hausberg Lakes (Hausberg Tarn and Nanyuki Tarn). Walk back to Austrian Hut for dinner and overnight (your guide will keep you updated on conditions higher up).

Leave at 3am up a steep stony quarry that cuts through a cliff, with a visible part towards the lower Hall Tarns, arriving at Point Lenana around 6:30am, taking about 3 hours. After watching the sunrise, descend to Minto’s Hut (2 hours) for breakfast, then continue further down to Mount Kenya Bandas, 2,950m, for dinner and overnight in tents.

Descend on a 2-hour, 15km walk to the forest clearance, where you will catch a 4×4 transfer vehicle (at an extra cost) to Chogoria Village to connect with your shared transfer vehicle back to Nairobi.