Depart Nairobi at 8am to Chogoria town for lunch, here you meet the rest of the team that will accompany you up the mountain and transfer by 4×4 as sometimes the road is impassable along Chogoria forest, after registration at the gate you will then proceed to the first campsite Lake Ellis/ Road End for dinner and overnight.

After breakfast follow the track, the path drops to cross a stream then follows the broad ridge to the east of the gorges valley to reach Mintos Hut, 4290m. Dinner and overnight at Mintos Hut.

This will be the longest day on the trip. We take an early morning tea and shortly after 2.00 am start climbing along a lose scree which sometimes of the year is covered with snow to reach the summit of Peak Lenana 4,985m (3 hrs) the third peak in Mt. Kenya to catch the sunrise and after a superb view from the summit as far as Mt. Kilimanjaro to the south, descend back to mintos hut (2 hrs) for breakfast.

After the breakfast, descend down to Road head where you will connect a transfer vehicle off the mountain to Chogoria town where you will drop the porters and then drive back to Nairobi arriving in the evening. Ending your Climbing Mount Kenya 3 Days hike.

Best combined with a safari and beach holiday.