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MOUNTAIN
CLIMBING |
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on the link to view details of the Safari 4 DAYS SIRIMON/NARO-MORU 4 DAYS NARO-MORU DOWN NARO-MORU 4 DAYS: SIRIMON / SIRIMON 5 DAYS SIRIMON DOWN CHOGORIA 6 DAYS NARO MORU DOWN CHORORIA. 7 DAYS KAMWETI TIMAU Equipment List _________________________________________________________ Mount Kenya Climb At 5799m high, it is Africa's second highest mountain, with gleaming and eroded snow-capped peaks, which can be seen for miles. It is a broad, large symmetrical volcano cone whose diameter at the base is about 12 km, dating between 2 to 3 million years ago. There are three peaks; Mbatian, , Nelion and point Lenana. The magnificent views over the surrounding country from point Lenana and other high points around the main peaks and trekking on this mountain is a priority among tourists. The forest surrounding the mountain support a large variety of wildlife such as elephant, buffalo, monkey, antelope, lion, zebra, eland, rock hyrax, giant forest hogs, leopard and various species of birds such as eagle, vulture, and sunbird among others. MT. KENYA CLIMB
DAY 2: After an early breakfast hike to the Shipton. Dinner overnight at the camp. DAY 3: Depart early to attempt the point Lenana and descend down to Met Station. DAY 4: After breakfast leave Met Station for Nairobi arriving in the afternoon. Top _____________________________________________________
DAY 1: Depart Nairobi for Met Station. Dinner and overnight at the camp. DAY 2: After breakfast hike to the Makinders camp. Dinner and overnight at the camp. DAY 3: After an early breakfast attempt the point Lenana then go down to Met Station. Dinner and overnight at the camp. DAY 4: After breakfast depart for Nairobi arriving in the afternoon.
Top _____________________________________________________ DAY 1: Depart Nairobi for Old Moses. Dinner overnight at the camp. DAY 2: After an early breakfast hike to the Shipton camp. Dinner overnight at the camp. DAY 3: Depart the camp early
hours to attempt the point Lenana. Descend to Old Moses. Dinner and overnight
at the camp. Top _____________________________________________________ DAY 1: Depart Nairobi for Nanyuki arriving in the afternoon. Dinner and overnight at the budget hotel. DAY 2: After an early breakfast proceed to old moses. Dinner and overnight at the camp. DAY 3: Depart early hours for Shipton. Dinner and overnight at the camp. DAY 4: Leave Shipton for a hike to point Lenana and down to Chogoria. Dinner and overnight at the camp. DAY 5: After breakfast leave Chogoria to arrive Nairobi late evening.
Top _____________________________________________________ 6 DAYS NARO MORU DOWN CHORORIA. DAY 1: Depart Nairobi for Naromoru overnight at a budget hotel. DAY 2: Depart after breakfast for Met Station dinner and overnight at the camp. DAY 3: After breakfast hike to Makinders camp. Dinner overnight at the camp. DAY 4: Leave the camp in the early morning hours to hike to the Austrian Hut. Dinner and overnight at the camp. DAY 5: After an early breakfast hike to Austrian Hut then attempt to point Lenana and descend down to Chogoria for dinner and overnight. DAY 6: After breakfast leave for Nairobi arriving in the afternoon. Top _____________________________________________________ DAY 1: Drive from Nairobi to Kimunye shopping center by transport. The important six (6) kms acclimatization walk we lead you through a part of the equatorial rain forest, you however can be entertained by varieties of game including the black and white colobus monkeys, elephants and even buffaloes if lucky. Dinner and overnight at castle lodge (2081m) DAY 2: Leave the famous Castle lodge after breakfast for Kamweti. This is through last part of the equatorial rain forest to the beginning of the bamboo zone. The views are just amazing and the experience is unbelievable, lunch, dinner and overnight at upper Kamweti guest house (2650m) DAY 3: Shoot early enough after breakfast ready for 15km trekking; this is through the beautiful and undisturbed bamboo zone where the real trekking starts. Lunch on the way, dinner and overnight at sagana campsite. DAY 4: Start by steep climbing from Sagana to join the fragile moorland. The experience is just wonderful and the views are just amazing, with the special mountain plant that never grow below 3500m. lunch en-route, dinner and overnight at Thegu camp (3850m) DAY 5: Breakfast and depart Thegu camp for Mackinder's camp. With full time peaks views infront of you, its 13kms trekking through wonderful and fragile moorland. Slow pace rhythm is highly recommended in this day. Packed lunch on the way, dinner and overnight at Mackinder's camp (4300m) DAY 6: Pre-dawn continental breakfast and shoot for the summit around 3am. The three hours trekking leads you to point Lenana through Austrian so as to be at the summit at 6.15am to enjoy the African sunrise and a chance to see Kilimanjaro to the south about 316km away. After this magic experience, it's then a careful descend to Austrian hut again for the real breakfast before proceeding to Major's camp. Lunch en-route dinner and overnight at the camp Major's (4000m) DAY 7: Last breakfast and start descending towards the road head. The three hours walk will eventually leave you at the west Marania camp (road head) for transfer back to civilization, lunch at Nanyuki proceeding to Nairobi where the tour ends. Top _____________________________________________________ THINGS REQUIRED WHEN CLIMBING THE MOUNTAIN * Yellow fever certificate
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1: Depart Nairobi at 7.00am for Old Moses camp arriving late afternoon.
Dinner and overnight at the camp.