5 DAYS MOUNT KENYA HIKING – SIRIMON 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) to Nanyuki, the base town of Mount Kenya, arriving in the late afternoon. Check in at your hotel and spend the afternoon acclimatizing and arranging your hiking gear. Dinner and overnight at Simba’s Hotel.

After breakfast your guide will pick you up and you proceed to Sirimon 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, with your guide you will start trekking again, following the track uphill and 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.

This day begins early, around 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 Shipton’s (2 hours) for breakfast, then continue further down to Old Moses Camp, 3,300m, for dinner and overnight.

Descend (2 hours) to the park gate to connect your transfer to Nanyuki town and onward shared transport back to Nairobi.