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Access:
Naro Moru Route: Tarmac roads in 170km from Nairobi. The park gate at 2400m is 17km from Naro Moru along a good dirt road. From the gate it is occasionally possible to get a lift to the 3050m roadhead. See also the Naro Moru River Lodge vehicle service mentioned above.
Sirimon Route: Tarmac roads to Nanyuki, 190km from Nairobi. Continue 15km north on tarmac and at a signpost turn right onto a dirt road up to the Sirimon Gate (2700m) in 10km. Buses and matatus ply tarmac road; from the turning to the Sirimon Gate, failing a lift, one must walk.
Chogoria Route: Tarmac roads to Chogoria, 180km from Nairobi, then a dirt road for 9km to the forestry gate, and in a further 22km the park gate and Meru Mt Kenya Lodge bandas are reached at 2900m. From here a lot of luck would be needed to get a lift to the park gate.
Access to Mount Kenya
Approaching Chogoria roadhead
Chogoria Mount Kenya Bandas
Lake Alice from Ithanguni
4 DAYS MT. KENYA TREKKING-SIROMON-CH0GORIA
DAY 1 — Leave from Nairobi with our guide at 8AM in the morning and drive via the central part of Kenya where tea and coffee is the main cash crop on your way to Nanyuki arriving in time for lunch in a hotel. After lunch together with the cook and porter take a 4wd jeep to Sirimon park gate where the trekking starts. The gate is in the elevation of 2650m above sea level and and you hike for 9 KM through the tropical rain forest, where you learn alot about different types of trees and birds to Old Moses hut 3300m. The walk takes 2 and half to 3 hours.
DAY 2 — After breakfast leave from the hut at 7AM and hike through the moorland where you learn about the high altitude flowers like water loberia, scenario and everlasting going up and down the Mackinders valley to Shipton hut 4200m.the distance covered is 14 KM and time taken is 6-7 hours walk, depending with your interest on nature. picnic lunch on the way.
DAY 3 — Wake up at around 3AM in the morning and after a pre-breakfast of tea and some cookies start for the summit Pt. Lenana 4985M which is the 3rd highest peak after Batian and Nelion, timing yourself to get there in time for sunrise, around 6.25AM. Later descend down via most scenic valley in Mt. Kenya, Gorges valley down the Chogoria route to Mintos camp for your full breakfast, later descend further down to Meru Mt. Kenya bandas 2950M. Dinner and overnight at the camp.
DAY 4 — Leave the camp after breakfast descend down through the bamboo forest for 10KM where you connect your jeep to chogoria village for lunch and later take your transfer back to Nairobi where the trip ends.
Additional
Mount Kenya Climbing Sirimon route — The least used of the three main routes, but features the most gradual ascent profile and best acclimatisation options and above all the most interesting since its on the drier side on the mountain. The route passes through impressive Yellowwood forests in the lower reaches and features abundant wildlife and beautiful alpine scenery higher up.
