CEXMT 9K - POPULAR NARO MORU HIKE
DAY 1: Leave Nairobi to Naro Moru
arriving at Lunchtime. After lunch proceed to Naro Moru Park
Gate and start hiking from this point to the Met. Station
a distance of 9 km, which takes 3 hours. Dinner and overnight.
DAY 2: After breakfast continue
ascent to Mackinders Camp for dinner and overnight.
DAY 3: Wake up at around 2.30 am
and attempt Point Lenana via Austrian Hut. After Point Lenana
at 4985m escend down to Mintos Hut for breakfast then continue
further down to Mountain Bandas with picnic lunch en-route.
Dinner and overnight at the Bandas.
DAY 4: After an early breakfast
leave the mountain via the Bamboo forest to Chogoria village.
After lunch take your transport back to Nairobi where the
tour ends.
CEXMT 12K - ROUND MOUNT KENYA IN
SIX DAYS
DAY ONE: NAIROBI
- NANYUKI
Depart Nairobi at 9.30 am for Nanyuki, a journey which
takes approximately 3 hours. After lunch walk around this
small town or relax in the hotel preparing yourself for the
next few days trek. Dinner and overnight at hotel.
DAY TWO: NANYUKI
- SIRIMON PARK GATE - OLD MOSES CAMP
After breakfast transfer to the park gate where, after
checking in, we commence our hike accompanied by the guide,
cook and porters. Our trek goes through the rain forest made
up of bamboo, rosewood and other vegetation to Old Moses Camp
at 3,300 metres. From the gate to the mountain hut is a 3
hours hike that covers nine kilometres. Dinner and overnight.
DAY THREE:
OLD MOSES - SHIPTONS CAMP
Our six to seven hours trek takes us through heath
and moorland where wildlife abound and comprise of buffalo,
rock hyrax and dik dik. We reach Shiptons Camp at an altitude
of 4,200 m for dinner and overnight.
DAY FOUR: SHIPTONS
CAMP
After breakfast you may take an acclimatization hike
to Hausberg col (4,700m) before coming back to Shiptons for
dinner and overnight.
DAY FIVE: MACKINDERS
CAMP
An early morning start for Point Lenana (4,985 m)
which is reached just before sunrise - this is an ascent of
about 800 metres in three and a half-hours. Descend via the
Lewis Glacier to the Austrian Hut (4,790 m) and continue to
Mackinders Camp (4,200m) for overnight. The descent from Point
Lenana to Mackinders takes about two hours.
DAY SIX: NAIROBI
After breakfast at 8.00 am we cross the vertical bog
to the roadhead where we are picked up for our transfer to
our base hotel for showers and lunch. In the afternoon we
are driven to Nairobi where our hike terminates.
