5-Day Private Mount Kenya Climbing from Nairobi

Mount Kenya is Africa’s second highest mountain at 5,199m (17,058 feet) and the highest of all Kenya Mountains. Mount Kenya is roughly circular, about 60km across at the 200mm contour, where the steep font hills rise out of the gentler slopes of the centered highlands.
The most popular route although not the most scenic. It is also the fastest route to point Lenana. Take this classic route up Mount Kenya though the notoriously treacherous vertical bog and into the wide Teleki Valley beneath the Tryndall, The Lewis Glacier.
Though the summit can be reached in 4 days as per the below itinerary, we strongly recommend an overnight acclimatization at the base hotel, Naromoru River Lodge.

Mount Kenya is Africa’s second highest mountain at 5,199m (17,058 feet) and the highest of all Kenya Mountains. Mount Kenya is roughly circular, about 60km across at the 200mm contour, where the steep font hills rise out of the gentler slopes of the centered highlands.
The most popular route although not the most scenic. It is also the fastest route to point Lenana. Take this classic route up Mount Kenya though the notoriously treacherous vertical bog and into the wide Teleki Valley beneath the Tryndall, The Lewis Glacier.
Though the summit can be reached in 4 days as per the below itinerary, we strongly recommend an overnight acclimatization at the base hotel, Naromoru River Lodge.

Itinerary

Day 1: Nairobi – Nanyuki

Stop At: Sagana, Sagana, Central Province
Leave Nairobi in the morning after breakfast for a journey by road, travel through the central highlands to Sagana, a small town in Kirinyaga County, central Kenya, along the Nairobi-Nyeri highway and 100km north of Nairobi. The town got its name from Kenya’s longest river, Tana River, which is also called Thagana.
Duration: 45 minutes

Stop At: Karatina, Karatina, Central Province
Proceed through the beautiful and scenic – coffee and tea plantations, you will get to Karatina town, a diminutive term for ‘Muratina’ – the name of a squash / courgette tree. the town was founded before the British Colonization of Kenya by Gikuyu women who used to trade their crafts and food under a courgette (muratina) tree, brief stop in Karatina.
Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Nanyuki Town, Nanyuki Town, Nanyuki Municipality, Laikipia County, Rift Valley Province
Continue through Central part of Kenya which has a very fertile Agricultural land for coffee and tea growing mostly. if you move further, we have maize Agricultural farm lands and beef cattle rearing which can be seen along the road as you drive for lunch in Nanyuki town which is the base for climbing mount Kenya.
Duration: 12 hours

Meals included:
• Lunch: at a budget hotel in Nanyuki town.
• Dinner: at a budget hotel in Nanyuki town
Accommodation included: Overnight in a budget hotel in Nanyuki town

Day 2: Nanyuki- Old Moses.

Stop At: Mount Kenya National Park, Mount Kenya National Park
After breakfast transfer from Nanyuki to Sirimon park gate (2600m) where the trekking starts. Walk through the rain forest for 9kms (3hrs walk) to the first mountain hut-Old Moses (3300m) for dinner and overnight.
Duration: 12 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast: at a budget hotel in Nanyuki town
• Lunch: at a mountain hut on mount Kenya
• Dinner: at the mountain hut on mount Kenya
Accommodation included: Overnight at Old Moses mountain hut on mount Kenya

Day 3: Old Moses-Shiptons.

Stop At: Mount Kenya National Park Kenya
Early in the morning we leave for Shiptons Camp (4200m) via Mackinders valley. Lunch enroute, dinner and overnight at the camp.
Duration: 12 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast: at a mountain hut on mount Kenya
• Lunch: at a convenient place on mount Kenya
• Dinner: at a mountain hut on mount Kenya
Accommodation included: Overnight at Shipton’s mountain hut on mount Kenya

Day 4: Shiptons Camp-Point Lenana-Mackinders-Met Station.

Stop At: Mount Kenya National Park, Mount Kenya National Park
Wake up very early in the morning around 0230hrs ready to hike to point Lenana (4985m). On a clear day, we should be able to see Mt. Kilimanjaro to the South. After point Lenana descend to Mackinders hut (4300m) for breakfast, and then proceed to the Met Station, with picnic lunch en-route. Dinner and overnight at the campsite.
Duration: 12 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast: at a mountain hut on mount Kenya
• Lunch: at a mountain hut on mount Kenya
• Dinner: at a mountain hut on mount Kenya.
Accommodation included: Overnight at a mountain hut on mount Kenya

Day 5: Met Station- Nairobi.

Pass By: Nairobi, Nairobi
After breakfast, an early walk will take us to the Naro moru park gate, then back to Nairobi arriving in the afternoon having conquered the Mt. Kenya.

Meals included:
• Breakfast: at the mountain hut.
No accommodation included on this day.