Leaving Nairobi to start the adventure to climb Mt Kenya, there is a wealth of different sights, sounds and smells as we travel across African plains. Seeing Masai shepherds tending their livestock, traditional style dwellings, small communities and typical African views means the experience has well and truly begun before we even start to see Mt Kenya in the distance, getting bigger as we near it. Mt Kenya is surrounded by swathes of lush forest, giving way to alpine moorland with the top a striking mass of rock peaks that are often covered in snow. Our trek up Mt Kenya climbs and descends on different routes, which traverse the mountain allowing us to see much more of the mountain's character than just using the one route. Trekking to Point Lenana at 4985 metres for sunrise, the views from Mt Kenya are excellent, of the forests below and African plains in the Great Rift Valley. On a clear day the snows of Kilimanjaro can be seen over 250 km away! Mt Kenya is a world famous peak that is a great, attainable achievement for most adventure travellers!
Why not extend your trip and enjoy East
Africa for a little longer either by combining any of our trips, or
by adding a safari or beach extension detailed on our Trip Extensions page.
| Itinerary |
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8 day trip, with 5 days
on the mountain (see Altitude and
Acclimatisation) |
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Day
1:
Fly
from the UK to Nairobi.
Arrive in the evening and transfer to our
hotel
Day
2:
Drive from Nairobi to Mt Kenya NP; then into 4wd vehicles to
Bandas Camp
Day
3:
Start trek on Chogoria route through forest and moorland, camp
at Lake Ellis
Day
4:
6 hour trek up through heather moorland to camp at Lake
Michaelson
Day
5:
Trek into the alpine desert, to reach Simba camp at 4600m
after about 5 hrs
Day
6:
Leave camp around 4am for sunrise at Point Lenana (4985m),
descend
on the Sirimon route to overnight at Old Moses campsite: an 8
hour day
Day 7:
3 hrs to park gate, drive via the equator to Nairobi hotel,
evening flight home
Day
8:
Arrive back in the UK early
morning |
| Saturday 31 January - Saturday 7 February 2009 |
Trip Ref - KY310109 |
| Saturday 11 July - Saturday 18 July 2009 |
Trip Ref - KY110709 |
| Saturday 10 October
- Saturday 17 October 2009 |
Trip Ref - KY101009 |
| Sunday 20 December - Sunday 27 December 2009 |
Trip Ref - KY201209 |
If you
want to travel on a different date, and/or with your own
group of family or friends, just go to Make my own adventure to create your
own adventure trip.
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