3 Days 2 Nights Sirimon route

Pick up from your hotel and drive from Nairobi through central Kenya and proceed towards Nyeri with a nice view of Mt. Kenya and the Aberdares ranges in a clear weather. You will have a brief stopover at the Equator near Nanyuki the base town before getting into town where you will pick the other team of cook, porters and also food supplies and then proceed to Sirimon park gate 2,650m. After lunch and clearing with the park authority, you will start the hike through the forest accompanied by your guides, cook and porters for an overnight at the first campsite Old Moses camp 3,300m. (3-4 hrs walk).

After breakfast, leave the camp and start the hike through the moorland viewing high attitude flowers, animals and birds. The trail goes up through Mackinder’s valley with the main peaks towering ahead to Shipton camp 4,200m. (6-7hs).

This will be the longest day on the trip. Take an early morning tea and at around 3.00 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 Shipton camp (2 hrs) for breakfast. After the breakfast, descend down to Old Moses where you will connect a transfer vehicle off the mountain to Nanyuki where you will drop the porters and then drive back to Nairobi arriving in the evening. End of the trek.