Four Days Hiking in Mount Kenya

Day 1 - Nairobi to Mt. Kenya
Deaprt from Nairobi at 0800 Hrs. Your trip will take you Northwords towards the agriculturally rich highlands of central Kenya. You will see plantations of pineapple as well as coffee. You arrive at Nanyuki at 1200 Hrs. After lunch you proceed to Mt. Kenya National Park Gate at Sirimon, from where the climb begins. The climb begins with a trek of about 3 hrs from Sirimon Gate to Old Moses, where dinner is served before retiring to bed.

Day 2 - Shipton Camp
After taking breakfast at 0700 Hrs, we start a day of trekking and great sight-seeing. The second day offers you an opportunity to to sample magnificent scenery from a relatively high altitude. This day takes you through magnificent valleys and you also get to see rivers with chilled crystal-clear water that is safe to drink. This day you carry packed lunch which you eat at a designated lunch point. After trekking for around 8hrs, we arrive at Shipton camp, which is located just below the peaks. From here you get a magnificent view of the snow-covered peaks. Dinner is served. Overnight stay at Shipton Camp.

Day 3 - Old Moses
Arise early at 0200 Hrs to begin the Dawn Attack. After trekking for about 4 hrs, you get to Point Lenana just before sunrise. The promise of the beautiful sunrise over the horizon is an incentive enough to wake uo early and do the dawn attack. At point Lenana you can see very far and dependign on the cloud cover you can even see Mt. Kilimanjaro, located several miles away in neighbouring Tanzania. After basking in the glory of climbing Mt. Kenya and taking photos, it is time to descend back to Shipton for breakfast. After breakfast we start the journey down to Old Moses, with a packed lunch along the way. Arrive at Old Moses at around 1700 Hrs. Dinner and overnight stay at Old Moses.

Day 4 - Mt. Kenya to Nairobi
After breakfast, leave Old Moses for the Sirimon Gate. After a realxed walk through the forest for about 4 hrs, arrive at the gate, where you find your transport to take you back to Nairobi.