6 Days Mt Kenya Adventure

After pick up in Nairobi drive to Naromoru where you will pick the guides, cook and the porters and later proceed to Gathiuru Forest Station (2000 m) where you start your 6 Days mount kenya burguret-sirimon hike.
After a picnic lunch, you start the trek up through magnificent montane forest and bamboo and our first campsite at Giant Bamboo for dinner and overnight. This trek takes 4 – 5 hrs gaining an elevation of 680m.

Hike up the Bamboo zone, then to Podocarpus and Pencil Cedar forest and as we climb higher we pass through the Hypericum and Hygenia zone also known as the rosewood zone before reaching the high altitude moorland with spectacular views to a Lava cliff for dinner and overnight at Highland Castle campsite.

After breakfast, ascend in the moorland toward the main peaks towering to the East, past strange giant groundsel and lobelia plants to Two turn Lake, descend to Teleki valley for overnight at 4,300m. This is a surreal setting below the towering peaks and glaciers, with its resident populations of bizarre rock hyrax and beautiful sun birds.

From Teleki camp, the trail climbs up switchbacks winding along a beautiful series of rock ledges to Two turn lake, Nanyuki and Emarland Tarns before ascending to the crest of a ridge known as Arthur’s seat. We will descend into the Hausberg valley and rest at the Oblong and Hausberg tarns. Climbing Northeast, the trail climbs up switchbacks in the fine snow before reaching Hausberg Col at 4590m. Descend Eastward past Kami camp below the north face of Batian to Shipton camp 4,200 m. for lunch dinner and overnight. Again this is set below the towering peaks and glaciers, with its resident populations of bizarre rock hyrax and beautiful sun birds.

This will be the longest day on the trip. Take an early morning tea and at around 3.00 am start the climbing along a lose scree which sometimes of the year is covered with snow to reach the summit of Lenana 4,985m. (3hrs) 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 (2hrs) for breakfast. After the breakfast, descend down to Old Moses to arrive in late afternoon for dinner and overnight.

After breakfast, leave the camp at 8.00 am and descend for 2 hrs to Sirimon gate where you will connect a transfer car off the mountain to Nanyuki where you will drop the porters and then drive back to Nairobi arriving in the late afternoon, ending your 6 Days mount kenya burguret-sirimon hiking Adventure.