CLIMBING MOUNT KENYA

Mount Kenya is the highest mountain in Kenya where Safari Travel Holidays Kenya drive to take tourist and their clients to climb, trek or hike in five days.

5 DAYS - SERMON ROUTE

Day 1: Nairobi / Nanyuki - Depart your hotel and drive to Mount Kenya region for lunch. Spend the afternoon acclimatizing with a walk to the Equator crossing. Dinner and overnight at a nice hotel in Nanyuki.

old moses camp

Day 2: Nanyuki / Old Moses Camp - Transfer from your Nanyuki hotel after breakfast to the park gate where the climbing starts. Walk through the main forest for 9kms (5-hrs walk) to the first mountain hut-Old Moses (3,300m) for dinner and overnight.

shipton camp

Day 3: Old Moses / Shipton Camp - After breakfast in Old Moses, continue climbing through Mackinders valley to the second hut, Shipton Hut (4,200 m) for dinner and overnight.

lenana point

Day 4: Shipton Hut / Old Moses Camp - Early in the morning, climb to point Lenana, 4,985 m (17,058ft). On a very clear day, you should be able to see Mt. Kilimanjaro in the south, Mt. Elgon to the west and Indian ocean to the east. Descend to Shipton camp for breakfast and proceed descending to Old Moses for dinner and overnight.

Day 5: Old Moses / Nairobi - After breakfast transfer from old Moses to catch your bus and drive back to Nairobi for lunch. You can get transfered to Mombasa to extend your holiday in the coastal beach hotels upon your request.

5 DAYS - NARO MORU ROUTE

Day 1: Nairobi / Naro Moru - Depart your hotel and drive to Naro Moru town for lunch. After lunch proceed to the Youth Hostel for the rest of the day and night acclimatizing. Dinner and overnight at the Youth Hostel.

met satation

Day 2: Naro Moru – Met Station - After breakfast take a picnic lunch and drive to the main gate. Start ascending the mountain through the Rain forest for10 kms to the Met station for dinner and overnight.

Day 3: Met Station / Mackinders Hut - After breakfast continue ascending to Mackinders camp. Lunch en route. Dinner and overnight at the Mackinders camp.

mackinder's hut

Day 4: Mackinders Hut / Met Station - Wake up very early in the morning , attempt Point Lenana via Austrian Hut. After Point Lenana (17,058 ft), descend down to Met Station for dinner and overnight.

Day 5: Met Station / Nairobi - After breakfast, descend the last bit of the mountain from Met station via Naro Moru main gate then proceed on a short drive to Naro Moru town for lunch. Continue on your drive to Nairobi or get transfered to Mombasa to extend your holiday in the coastal beach hotels.