5 NIGHS SIRIMON – NARO MORU ROUTE
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5 NIGHS SIRIMON – NARO MORU ROUTE
MT KENYA SIRIMON-NARO MORU ROUTE









The Sirimon route is considered a more gentle approach with its slightly
longer path gaining altitude from the northwest of the mountain more slowly
than the Naro Moru route. However a huge forest fire recently means that
the first day is no longer through beautiful forest, but on an open track
through a recovering landscape to Old Moses Camp. The path then follows
the line of the long classic glacial MacKinder Valley up to the high camp
(Shiptons) under the summit spires of Batian and Nelion. The summit itself
is reached on scree and rocky paths (leaving in the dark at about 2am),
which eventually become snow covered as they edge alongside the Lewis
Glacier. The final few metres requires a bit of a scramble to reach the
shapely summit from where dawn shows the plains of Kenya far below and
the amazing silhouette of the two main peaks of the mountain just close by.
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Depending on your arrival time you’ll be met and transferred to Mt Kenya
Royal cottages for 1 night for acclimatization including Lunch and
Dinner.Or a night in Nairobi.
Depending on your arrival time you’ll be met and transferred to Mt Kenya Royal cottages for 1 night for acclimatization including Lunch and Dinner.Or a night in Nairobi.
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Breakfast at camp / lodge. You will be collected at approx 09.30 for the 45
minute transfer to the Sirimon Gate where your Guide will register with
KWS, the Kenya Wildlife Service, and pay the park fees. The Cook and
porters will organize the distribution of the packs and provisions and then set
off for the first camp.
This is a four hour trek up a fairly steep vehicle track through the forest
where you will see evidence of elephant and buffalo and possible sightings
of bushbuck and baboons. If you are setting off around 11, you will have a
picnic lunch on the way, weather permitting. If your departure is delayed,
you may have an early picnic lunch at the gate. This walk takes you up to
3,300 metres to Old Moses camp.
Breakfast at camp / lodge. You will be collected at approx 09.30 for the 45 minute transfer to the Sirimon Gate where your Guide will register with KWS, the Kenya Wildlife Service, and pay the park fees. The Cook and porters will organize the distribution of the packs and provisions and then set off for the first camp. This is a four hour trek up a fairly steep vehicle track through the forest where you will see evidence of elephant and buffalo and possible sightings of bushbuck and baboons. If you are setting off around 11, you will have a picnic lunch on the way, weather permitting. If your departure is delayed, you may have an early picnic lunch at the gate. This walk takes you up to 3,300 metres to Old Moses camp.
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Your climb continues up to Shipton’s Camp (4,236 m). This walk is 14 km
and takes about 6-7 hours. You cross three rivers and two valleys before
reaching one of the main U-shaped glacial valleys. You then walk along
Mackinder’s valley to Shipton’s Camp, where you will be staying for two
nights.
You are now deep in the Afro alpine zone with large stands of giant
groundsel and lobelia, and in camp you will see rock hyrax sunning
themselves.
Your climb continues up to Shipton’s Camp (4,236 m). This walk is 14 km and takes about 6-7 hours. You cross three rivers and two valleys before reaching one of the main U-shaped glacial valleys. You then walk along Mackinder’s valley to Shipton’s Camp, where you will be staying for two nights. You are now deep in the Afro alpine zone with large stands of giant groundsel and lobelia, and in camp you will see rock hyrax sunning themselves.
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A rest day in Shipton’s Camp and an opportunity to do an acclimatization
walk up to the Hausberg Col at nearly 4,600 m, with spectacular views of
the main peaks up close. Supper and bedtime are early, so that you are well
prepared for your dawn ascent the following morning.
A rest day in Shipton’s Camp and an opportunity to do an acclimatization walk up to the Hausberg Col at nearly 4,600 m, with spectacular views of the main peaks up close. Supper and bedtime are early, so that you are well prepared for your dawn ascent the following morning.
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You leave Shipton’s Camp between 2.30-3.00 a.m. for your very early
morning ascent of Point Lenana (4,985 m). This 4 km walk takes 3-4 hours,
as you are now at very high altitude. The aim is to reach the summit by
sunrise.
You walk down to Mackinder’s Camp for breakfast, via Austrian Hut, a 2.5
hour walk covering 4.5 km. Then you continue down to Met Station which
takes another 4 hours, covering 12 km. You reach Met Station (3,048 m) by
mid-afternoon, where you will be staying overnight.
You leave Shipton’s Camp between 2.30-3.00 a.m. for your very early morning ascent of Point Lenana (4,985 m). This 4 km walk takes 3-4 hours, as you are now at very high altitude. The aim is to reach the summit by sunrise. You walk down to Mackinder’s Camp for breakfast, via Austrian Hut, a 2.5 hour walk covering 4.5 km. Then you continue down to Met Station which takes another 4 hours, covering 12 km. You reach Met Station (3,048 m) by mid-afternoon, where you will be staying overnight.
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After breakfast, you walk down to the Naro Moru Gate, a 2 hour walk
covering 9 km, where you will be met and transferred to Nanyuki for lunch
then back to Nairobi.
2 PAX @USD 1380 PER PERSON-nett
After breakfast, you walk down to the Naro Moru Gate, a 2 hour walk covering 9 km, where you will be met and transferred to Nanyuki for lunch then back to Nairobi.
2 PAX @USD 1380 PER PERSON-nett