UP SIRIMON - DOWN CHOGORIA 5 DAYS

DAY 1: NAIROBI - NANYUKI. Leave Nairobi by public means accompanied by our Mountain Guide arriving in Nanyuki in time for lunch. Afternoon is spent in Nanyuki acclimatizing. Dinner and overnight at a hotel in Nanyuki.

DAY 2: NANYUKI - OLD MOSES CAMP. After breakfast, drive to the Sirimon park gate and begin your 5 hr hike to Old Moses camp, 3300m above sea level for dinner and overnight at the hut.

DAY 3: OLD MOSES CAMP - SHIPTON CAMP. After breakfast walk from Old Moses camp via Mackinders valley to Shipton camp (4200m). Dinner and overnight at the camp.

DAY 4: SHIPTON CAMP - LENANA POINT - MINTOS HUT. Wake up very early in the morning around 2:30 a.m ready to hike to Point Lenana (4985m or 17,058ft). On a very clear day you should be able to see Mount Kilimanjaro to the south, Mount Elgon to the west, and the Indian Ocean to the east. After Point Lenana, descend to Mintos (4,250m) for breakfast, then proceed to the road head for dinner and overnight.

DAY 5: ROAD HEAD - CHOGORIA - NAIROBI. After breakfast, an early walk will take you to Chogoria for lunch then back to Nairobi arriving in the afternoon having conquered Mt. Kenya. END

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