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Tour Overview
- Duration:5 days 4 nights
- Travelers:1 - 7 guests
- Tour Type:Multi-Day Tours
- Language:English, French, German, Italian
Highlights
- Acclimatization & Exploration
- Adventure & Photography
- Summit Point Lenana
- Flora & Fauna
- Iconic Landmarks
- Stunning Landscapes
Cost Includes &Excludes
- Round transfer to and from the mountain
- Full-board accommodation
- Park entrance fees Camping 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 5 Lunch
- Travel insurance/ Evacuation cover
- Any other extras not mentioned above
Tour itinerary
Expand allDay 01: NairobI - Chogoria Gate - Lake Ellis Camp (3,455m asl)
Pick up at your hotel or residence in Nairobi and drive via the great northern road passing rice plantations and eastern highlands arriving Chogoria town in 4 hours. It is from this town you will make your final snack shopping and meet the rest of your climbing crew (porters) and proceed with the driving through rain forest for about an hour to Chogoria Mt Kenya entry gate (2,950m).
Have lunch and check in the park and start your trekking. The trail takes you vast wilderness with high chances of spotting wildlife. Make a scenic pass at Mugi hill summit (3,600m) which will allow good acclamation continuing to Lake Ellis camp.
Dinner and overnight at the camp.
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 02: Lake Ellis Camp - Lake Michaelson Camp (3,950m asl)
After breakfast, you will follow the trail as it leads up through glades of montane forest climbing away from Lake Ellis on its west side, across moorland to a ridge which eventually joins the main Chogoria trail. Lunch will be served at the camp this is possible as our crews always walk ahead of guests to make sure the tents and the Lunch is on time just before we get into the camp. Beautiful views of Vivienne Falls and the Gorges Valley on descent to the picturesque campsite next to Lake Michaelson. Dinner and overnight will be served in the same Camp.
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 03: Lake Michaelson Camp - Upper Simba Tarn (4,700m asl)
Breakfast will be served from 8am since today's hike is short. Climbing away from the beautiful Lake Michaelson ascend into the alpine zone a world of rock and ice as we go up towards the main peaks, leaving behind the giant lobelias and onto glacial moraine. A last short sharp scree slope takes us to Simba Tarn where we overnight. It will be a cold night depending with the weather on that day, extra layer of warm clothes is advised, as you are just few meters to the peak.
Dinner and overnight in the Camp.
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 04: Mintos Camp - Point Lenana (4,985m asl) - Old Moses Camp (3,300m asl)
An early start at around 5 a.m for a cup of tea or coffee relatively easy 2-hour climb up to Point Lenana the trekking summit 4,985m. The nearby peaks of Nelion and Batian glinting in the morning sun. In the far distance, if clear, is possible to see summit of Kilimanjaro 400kms away. After spending like 30min – 45min taking pictures and celebrating hitting the summit, we proceed to Shipton camp for breakfast and continue down to Old Moses Camp for dinner.
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 05: Old Moses Camp - KWS Sirimon Gate (2,790m asl) - Nairobi
After early morning breakfast, descend for 2 hours to the Sirimon park gate to catch a vehicle for a transfer back to Nairobi or airport.
Meal Plan: Breakfast
