5-Day Mount Kenya Trekking Tour via Sirimon Route

Mount Kenya, the second highest peak in Africa, is considered the kingdom of Ngai, god of the local Kikuyu people. The Sirimon route a scenic route to Mount Kenya, producing a remarkably diverse and spectacular trek. Sirimon, coming from the west of Mount Kenya, passes through the dry side of the mountain with its giant trees and rocky terrain, and the descent onto a different with its lush bamboo and highland forests.

Mount Kenya, the second highest peak in Africa, is considered the kingdom of Ngai, god of the local Kikuyu people. The Sirimon route a scenic route to Mount Kenya, producing a remarkably diverse and spectacular trek. Sirimon, coming from the west of Mount Kenya, passes through the dry side of the mountain with its giant trees and rocky terrain, and the descent onto a different with its lush bamboo and highland forests.

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, a brief stop in Karatina.
Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Nanyuki Town, Nanyuki Town, Nanyuki Municipality, Laikipia County, Rift Valley Province
Continue the journey passing the very fertile Agricultural land for coffee and tea growing mostly. If you move further, we have maize Agricultural farmlands 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. After lunch walk around this small town or relax in the hotel preparing yourself for the next few days trekking on Mount Kenya. Dinner and overnight at the hotel.
Duration: 14 hours

Meals included:
• Lunch: In a budget hotel in the city of Nanyuki
• Dinner: In a budget hotel in the city of Nanyuki
Accommodation included: Overnight at a budget hotel in Nanyuki town

Day 2: Nanyuki – Old Moses

Stop At: Mount Kenya National Park Kenya
Transfer from Nanyuki hotel after breakfast to the Sirimon gate where the climbing starts. Walkthrough the rain forest for 9kms (5-hour walk) to the first mountain hut, Old Moses (3300m) for dinner and overnight.
Duration: 12 minutes

Meals included:
• Breakfast: In a mountain hut on Mount Kenya
• Lunch: In a mountain hut on Mount Kenya
• Dinner: In a mountain hut on Mount Kenya
Accommodation included: Overnight at the mountain hut in Mount Kenya

Day 3: Old Moses – Shiptons Camp

Stop At: Mount Kenya National Park Kenya
After breakfast at Old Moses, continue climbing through Mackinders Valley to the second hut Shiptons Hut (4200m) for dinner and overnight.
Duration: 12 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast: In a mountain hut on Mount Kenya
• Lunch: In a mountain hut on Mount Kenya
• Dinner: In a mountain hut on Mount Kenya
Accommodation included: Overnight at the mountain hut in Mount Kenya

Day 4: Shiptons Hut – Point Lenana – Old Moses

Stop At: Mount Kenya National Park Kenya
Early in the morning, we climb to point Lenana 4985m (17058ft).

On a very clear day, we should be able to see Mount Kilimanjaro in the south, Mount Elgon to the West, and the Indian Ocean to the East. We descend to Shiptons camp for the main breakfast and soon after, descend to Old Moses for the night.
Duration: 14 minutes

Meals included:
• Breakfast: In a mountain hut on Mount Kenya
• Lunch: In a mountain hut on Mount Kenya
• Dinner: In a mountain hut on Mount Kenya
Accommodation included: Overnight at Old Moses mountain hut in Mount Kenya

Day 5: Day 5: Old Moses-Nairobi.

Pass By: Nairobi, Nairobi
After breakfast, transfer from Old Moses to catch transport to Nairobi where the trek ends.

Meals included:
• Breakfast: At a budget hotel
No accommodation included on this day.