MOUNT KENYA HIKING: SIRIMONI-CHOGORIA

Day 1: Nairobi- Old Moses Nanyuki Nairobi to Nanyuki to Old Moses camp 3300m. Distance: 9km. Pick up from your Nairobi hotel after breakfast and you drive from Nairobi to Nanyuki (4hrs) where you will pick the other team of cook and porters and drive for 1 hour to Sirimon Park gate 2,650 m. where the hiking start. After clearing with the park authority, we will start the hike through the forest accompanied by the guides, cook and porters to Old Moses camp 3,300 m. arriving in the afternoon. (3-4 hrs walk). Day 2: Old Moses Nanyuki- Shipton Old Moses to Shipton camp 4200m. - Dist. 14 km. After breakfast, hike through the moorland viewing high attitude flowers, animals and birds species up the Mackinders valley to Shipton camp 4,200 m. at the bottom of the peaks. (7 hrs walk slowly slowly). Day 3: Shipton - Lenana - Anabas Shipton- Lenana to Bandas 2,950m. Dist. 26km. After an early tea/coffee, you'll start the climb up leaving the vegetation zone and walk on the loose scree for 3 hrs. climb up to Lenana Peak 4,985 m. for sunrise and taking pictures. After sunrise, you descend down to meet the team on the way to Mintos camp where you stop for breakfast. After breakfast, you continue with the hike down on Chogoria route viewing the fascinating Gorges. Day 4: Anabas- Nairobi Anabas to Nairobi: After an early breakfast, you will meet with the crews as you wish them a farewell, then take 2 hrs. walk through the forest to meet the transport vehicle through the forest to Chogoria village and then drive back to Nairobi.