Kenya
Mount Kenya
3 Days
3 Days 2 Nights (Overall )
Best time to travel
January to December
Options
Tailor made
Mount Kenya 3 Days Trekking
3-days challenge: Hikers intending to complete this hike in 3 days should be very well prepared and fit enough. The trek today combines a demanding attempt of the summit and descend to Oldmoses camp (or even further down) where you connect with the vehicle for transfer off the mountain. This tusk is really challenging and needs a lot of resilience. Additional 4th day consolation: Hikers who can spare an extra day on the mountain are strongly advised to spend this extra night at the Shipton’s Camp after the summit attempt to relax the pace of descent. Alternatively, this additional day my be utilised to boost acclimatisation prior to summit attempt then descent directly as in the 3 day option. BLD indicates those meals included. i.e. B-breakfast, L-lunch, D-dinner
A.M transfer, Nairobi to Sirimon Gate (225Kms / 4-5h)
P.M trek, Sirimon Park Gate – OldMoses hut (2,600m – 3,340m).
Ascent, +740m.
Span, approx. 10Kms. / 2-3hrs.
Habitat, Montane Forest / Bamboo / Hagenia /Heather zones
- Dinner and overnight at Arusha Safari Lodge: Bed, dinner, and Breakfast-included.
D1 Details: Drive from Nairobi to our base lodge on the western slopes of Mt Kenya for lunch. After lunch is a full briefing and equipment check before we begin the mountain trek – we’ll meet the crew at this point, each one has a personal porter and there are extra porters for mountain equipment and food. It takes about one hour to get to the Sirimon Park Gate (2600m) crossing the equator en-route. On completion of park entry formalities you begin a 3-4 hour hike through forest, bamboo, rosewood and heather zones to Old Moses camp (3300m). Today we gain 740m on the ascent and begin to truly acclimatise. The forest and bamboo are home to hundreds of buffaloes, elephants, bushbucks and a plethora of bird species. Overnight in the Old Moses hut (3340m). (B,L,D)
Trek, Oldmoses – Shipton’s Camp (3,340m – 4,236m).
Ascent: +900m.
Span, approx.14Kms / 7-8hrs.
Habitat: Moorland zone.
D2 Details: After an early breakfast we commence a 7-8 hours trek to Shipton’s camp (4,236m). Today’s trek is long and interesting but also a good test on individual fitness. You’ll ascent close to 900m going up the surreal Mackinder Valley with its strange vegetation of giant lobelia and groundsel, unique to equatorial African mountains. Here we stay at Shipton’s hut (4236m), just below the glaciers and jagged peaks of bare rock that surround the main summits. (B,L,D)
(Summit climb) Shipton’s camp (4236m) – Pt. Lenana (4,985m) – Oldmoses or Shipton’s.
Ascent: 749m to the summit.
(3 day Option) – Descent: -1645m to Oldmoses Camp.
(4 day Option) – Descent -749m to Shipton’s camp.
Span, approx. 20kms / 10h from Shipton’s to Pt. Lenana down to oldmoses
Or, 6kms/6h from Shipton’s to Pt. Lenana and back to Shipton’s
Habitat: Scree / rocky summit / Moorland
D3 Details: Predawn start (3am) for the summit attempt – you’ll need a bright head torch for this. Go up steep screes and a bare rocky track to reach the hikers summit, Pt Lenana at 4,985m in time for sunrise – to add to the exhilaration, Kilimanjaro is usually visible 340kms to the south on a clear day. The climb is tough going through frozen scree and requiring some scrambling on final stretch to reach the summit – this is unavoidable on any route. We aim to reach the summit and witness the magical sunrise over the equator at 6.30am. Descend back to Shipton’s camp for a hefty brunch then continue the descent to Oldmoses Camp (3340m) arriving in a further 4-5 hours. Or relax the rest of the day at Shipton’s and descend on day 4 if time permits. (B,L,D)
Includes
- Hotel Lodging the night before and the night after the climb, with dinner and breakfast included (double occupancy)
- With bed dinner and breakfast
- Transfer from your hotel to starting point for your climb and return to your hotel after your climb
- Large portions of fresh, healthy, nutritious food
- Basic first aid kit (for use in emergencies only)
- Qualified mountain guide, assistant guides, porters and cook
- Breakfast, lunch, and dinner, as well as hot drinks on the mountain
- Camping equipment (tents, camp chairs, tables & sleeping mattress
- Water for washing up daily
- Porter to carry your duffel bag (max weight 15kg / 32 lbs) from one camp to the next camp.
- Flying Doctor Service
Excludes
- Flights and airport taxes
- Items of a personal nature
- Compulsory tips for guides, porters and cook
- Health requirements (Yellow Fever compulsory if travelling to Tanzania recommended)
- Highly recommended travel and medical insurance.
- Optional, but highly recommended Portable toilet
- Personal hiking/trekking gear – we can rent some of the gear from our equipment store in Tanzania
- Snacks, personal medicine, and water purifying tablets
- Meals & drinks not specified and snacks.
NOTE:
If you have extra time let us know we can arrange more activitie like Serengeti great wildebeest migration safari, Ngorongoro crater, Manyara and Tarangire safari, climbing the Highest mountain in Africa, The Kilimanjaro Mountan and cultural tour. Thank you for chosing Outstanding Tanzania Safari to take you around the beauty of Tanzania ‘’The land of Kilimanjaro, Serengeti and Zanzibar”. “Karibu Tena” “Welcome Again.”
