6 Days Sirimon Route
DAY 1:
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 2:
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 3:
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 4:
SHIPTONS CAMP
After breakfast you may take an acclimatisation hike to Hausberg col (4,700m) before coming back to Shiptons for dinner and overnight.

DAY 5:
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 6:
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.
 
5 Days Mt. Kenya Trek (Naro Moru - Chogoria)
DAY 1:
Leave Nairobi for Naro Moru arriving in time for lunch. Drive to the base hotel where you spend the rest of the afternoon relaxing. Dinner and overnight at the camp.

DAY 2:
After breakfast drive to the park gate (2460 m) where the trek starts. The 3 hours walk covers 9 kms through equatorial rain forest. Dinner and overnight at Met Station at 3,048 m.

DAY 3:
At 7.30 hours in the morning trek past the vertical bog and beautiful vegetation e.g. Giant lobelia, Hagenia. Picnic lunch en-route. After lunch proceed down to Teleki Valley arriving at Makinders Camp (4300 m) in the late evening, dinner and overnight at the camp.

DAY 4:
An early pre-dawn ascent to Point Lenana via the Austrian Hut (4985 m) through the Lewis Glacier to reach the summit at 6.30 in time to see the sunrise. We then descend to Mintos Hut for breakfast. Later continue down along the famous Gorges Valley to the Mountain Bandas. Lunch en-route and dinner and overnight at the Bandas.

DAY 5:
Leave at 7.30 am through Bamboo forest for a trek that takes 5-6 hours to Chogoria town. After lunch at the town we are transfered to Nairobi where the tour ends.
 
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