Day 1: Nairobi -Met station ( 3,050 m )3 -4 hrs, 10km, 400m ascent.
Day 2: Met Station – Mackinders camp (4,300m).5-6 hrs, 11km, 1,200m ascent.
Day 3: Mackinders – Pt Lenana (4,985m) – Old Moses camp. 11 hrs, 685m ascent, 1,685 descent.
Day 4: Old Moses (3,300m) – Nairobi. 2 hrs.
After pick up in Nairobi drive to the naru moru park gate. From the gate, we trek up through magnificent montane forest, bamboo, and giant heather zone before reaching the high altitude moorland and our first cabins( Met Station) for dinner and overnight. This is a gentle trek that takes 3 – 4 hrs gaining an elevation of 600m.
A short walk to the end of the forest line from where you hike across the marshy vertical bog of the lower moorlands. Picnic lunch at the Picnic Rocks before continuing further to Mackinders camp, gaining 1300m in altitude in about 5 hours. Dinner and overnight – Mackinders camp (4300m) Dinner and overnight at the camp.
Leave at 0300 hrs for a predawn summit attempt, trekking for 3-4 hours across bare rock and scree slopes characteristic of the alpine region up to Pt. Lenana (4985m), the hikers’ summit, arriving in time to catch the African sunrise. Later descend to Shipton camp (Sirimon route) for breakfast. After breakfast, begin a 5-hour descent via Mackinder`s valley to the Old Moses camp (3,300m). The descent is gentle and it offers ample time to enjoy fascinating scenery which includes the moorlands before reaching the camp. Dinner and overnight at Old Moses camp.
After early morning breakfast, descend for 3 hours through the rain forest to the Sirimon Park gate to catch a vehicle for the return journey to Nairobi arriving early evening.
Includes
Park fees
Activities
Accommodation
A professional driver/guide
All transportation
Drinking water
Excludes
International flights
Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour
Tips
Souvenirs
Travel insurance
Visa fees
