4-Days Mount Kenya Camping Trek via Sirimon – Chogoria Route

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Tour Overview

  • Duration:4 days 3 nights
  • Travelers:1 - 7 guests
  • Tour Type:Multi-Day Tours
  • Language:English, French, German, Italian
The combination of these two most scenic routes to the peak of Mount Kenya, the Sirimon and Chogoria, offers a unique experience. The trek has a great variety of scenery and becomes, through this, a spectacular route. The Sirimon route comes from the west side of the mountain and passes through the dry side of the mountain. Giant lobelia trees and a rocky terrain await you here before you descend onto the Chogoria path. The final night involves camping by the shore of the most famous Lake Ellis.
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Cost Includes &Excludes

  • Round transfer to and from the mountain
  • Full-board accommodation
  • Park entrance fees
  • Mountain guide, porters and cook
  • Mountain tent and sleeping mat
  • All Meals and drinking water
  • Items of personal nature
  • Tip and gratuities
  • Hiking gears
  • Day 4 Lunch
  • Travel insurance/ Evacuation cover
  • Any other extras not mentioned above

Tour itinerary

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Day 01: Nairobi - Sirimon Gate - Old Moses Camp (3,300m asl)

Hiking Distance: 8Km
Duration: 2hrs
You'll leave Nairobi at 7.00 am and proceed to Sirimon Gate, where you will have lunch and begin our trek. From the gate, follow the track as it winds uphill through the forest, which later becomes heathland to Old Moses Camp 3,300m at sea level. Your dinner and overnight stay will be at the campsite.

Meal Plan: Lunch and Dinner

Day 02: Old Moses Camp - Shiptons Camp (4,200m asl)

Hiking Distance: 16Km
Duration: 6hrs
After breakfast, you'll follow the track uphill, forking left at the junction to Shipton and Likii North. After a 30-minute walk from the junction, the track crosses the Ontulili River. You'll go right contouring through the Moorland and crossing Likii valley, and continue uphill to Mackinder’s Valley, from where there are panoramic views up the valley towards the main peaks. Your dinner and overnight stay will be at the campsite, 4,200m above sea level.

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

Day 03: Shiptons Camp - Point Lenana (4,985m asl) - Lake Ellis Camp (3,455m asl)

Day 04: Lake Ellis - KWS Chogoria Gate (2,950m asl)- Nairobi

Cancellation policy

You can cancel up to 72 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

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