Mount Kenya is its own National Park with a stunning landscape of interesting endemic flora and flora as well as jagged summit peaks and glaciers. It differs from Kilimanjaro in that there is a great deal more wildlife to be spotted, as well as numerous high tarns and traditional higher peaks! For many it is a much more scenic and peaceful experience with much fewer numbers and smaller teams ascending the mountain, many have been up and down without meeting anyone other than the Kenya Wildlife Service staff at the Park Gates and the camps.
From the first day that you land to Africa, you will experience it like an epic journey that you have never heard of. It is a journey to be experienced rather than taken. This trip is for highlands nature lover who cannot hike, trek, or climb in high altitude or the people who really loves mountains but does not have enough time to do it. Mount Kenya is the only mountain that seat exactly at the equator. On this trip, you will pass through the equator and see it live.
DAY 1:NAIROBI- MT KENYA
Drive to the North East of the equator which is 150km from Nairobi. Mount Kenya closest towns are Nanyuki and Karatina where the neighboring community grows tea and coffee. After arriving at the Sirimon gate, check in and begin the hike for 3 hours and 9km slowly as you view the beautiful Mount Kenya Sirimon forest with bamboo, heather zones and rock wood. The wildlife found in Mount Kenya Sirimon route are elephant, buffalos, birds, water bucks and giraffes. In about 3 hours you will be able to arrive at the 1st camp of Mt Kenya (Old Moses) Sirimon route 3320m. You may decide to walk around in the evening and see the surrounding peaks or relax in the camp. Dinner at the camp.
DAY 2 : MT KENYA- NAIROBI
Old Moses camp 3320m to 3700m (Mackinders valley rock junction) early in the morning after breakfast tests your individual fitness by hiking an average altitude of over 400. The vegetation cover in this altitude is giant groundsel and giant lobelia which forms part of equatorial forest mountain. Return back to the base of the mountain and drive back to Nairobi arriving in late afternoon.
THE COST IS
USD 340 for 1 person.
USD 280 Per person for 2-3 people
USD 250 per person for 4 people and above.
INCLUSIONS
-Meals as per itinerary
-Transport
-Bottled drinking water.
-Pickup and drop off from your hotel or the airport.
-Private Chef.
-Tents and camping gears
-Accommodation in Bandas
-Professional guide
Exclusions
-soft drinks.
