Mount Kenya Technical Rock Climbing Routes | Safe Ride Tours and Safaris

Day 01: After breakfast transfer to Nanyuki. On arrival at Nanyuki have your lunch and rest for about 2 hours, then in the early evening take a short walk to the equator and back to the hotel. Dinner and overnight at Simbas lodge.

Day 02: After a late breakfast, drive to the Sirimon park gate (45 minutes) where the trekking starts. Walk for 9 kms to the Old Moses camp (3300 m). Dinner and overnight at the huts.

Day 03: After breakfast, walk via Mackinders Valley to Shiptons camp (4200). Dinner and overnight at the camp.

Day 04: Shiptons Camp to Austrian Camp 4780m for dinner and overnight.

Day 05: Cross Lewis glacier to the base of t of Nelion & Batian peaks for ascend of Nelion and Batian peaks then back to Mackinders for overnight.

Day 06: From Mackinders descend to Met Station for overnight

Day 07: Descend from Met Station to Naro Moru park gate from where you are transferred to board your vehicle for transfer back to Nairobi or safari to Samburu game reserve.

Season is from early July through to the end of October. (Poor weather possible at start and end of seasons).

Day 01: Pick up from your hotel at about 08:00ams and transfer to Chogoria Town (3 - 4 hours) from Nairobi where we collect the porters and guides (as required). Overnight at Transit Hotel in Chogoria town.
 

Day 02: After breakfast and sorting of porter loads we transfer by a 4 x4 Land Rovers to Meru Mount Kenya Bandas for dinner and overnight.
 

Day 03: After breakfast, set off up the mountain at a nice and easy pace. A slightly longer walk to Road Head camp site, upstream for about 9 km. Lunch dinner and overnight at the camp site.

Day 04: Depart Road Head camp site and climb up to Mintos Hut with lunch enroute. Dinner and overnight at Mintos Hut or Camp Site.
 

Day 05: After breakfast ascend up via Simba core Tarn to Kami Camp Site. Dinner and overnight at the camp.

Day 06: Leave the campsite at about 03:00am to the base of North Face Standard route to start your climb to Batian. Dinner and overnight at Kami Camp Site.
 

Day 07: After breakfast descend through Mackinders and Teleki Valleys with lunch enroute to Old Moses (Judmaier) for dinner and overnight.
 

Day 08: After breakfast descend to Sirimon park Gate to catch your transport back to Nairobi or safari to Samburu game reserve.

A trip can be arranged within these two periods when the weather is most favourable on the mountain ie 15th July to the end of September and 15th December to mid March.

Day 01: Nairobi - Nanyuki.

Transfer from Nairobi is at 09:00 hrs to Nanyuki. Dinner and overnight at Simbas lodge.

Day 02: Sirimon gate to Judmaier camp
After breakfast drive to Sirimon park gate and trek for 3 - 4 hours to Old Moses Camp (Judmaier) through a beautiful forest with East African Pencil Cedar trees, Poducarpus trees and the giant Hygenia trees. From Judmaier camp you can see the summits of Batian and Nelion peaks: 9kms

Day 03: Old Moses (Judmaier) camp to Shiptons camp
This is about a 6 - 8 hour hike crossing Liki and Mackinders valleys, there is a great view of Tereri and Sendeyo peaks. And also a great view of Nanyuki town and beautiful terrain. Shipton's camp has also an excellent setting with the north faces of Nelion peak and Batian peak. 13kms

Day 04: Shipton's Camp to the Base of North Face (Standard route)
Depart Shipton's camp to the base of North Face (Standard route) to start your technical climb that takes you to the top of Batian Peak. This takes approximately 6 -8 hours to Batian Peak and descend to Shipton's camp through the South East Ridge.

Day 05: Shipton's Camp to Old Moses Camp (Judmaier)
After breakfast leave Shipton's camp and descend to Old Moses(Judmaier) camp with lunch enroute. Dinner and overnight at the camp.

Day 06: Old Moses Camp (Judmaier) to Park Gate
After breakfast leave the camp and descend to Sirimon park gate to catch your transport to Nairobi or safari to Samburu game reserve.

 

Day 01: Pick up from your hotel at about 08:00am and drive to Chogoria, about 4 hrs from Nairobi where we collect the porters and guides (as required). Proceed Into the Mount Kenya forest for the 22 km drive to the park gate altitude of 2,850m. Dependent on road conditions, these 22 km have been known to take all afternoon to do and in really wet conditions it is possible that the top four or five km may be impassable!. Night, dependent on clients wishes, at the Meru Mt. Kenya Banda's or at roadhead, a further 7 km from the park gate.
 

Day 02: After breakfast and sorting of porter loads we set off up the mountain at a nice and easy pace. A slightly longer walk via Lake Ellis gives scenic views of Mugi, Ithunguni and the Giants Billiards Table, whilst if we follow the river near roadhead, upstream for about 3 km, the foreground scenery and flora is particularly beautiful. Lunch by the stream banks then it's time to cut up the left hand hillside to our camp at about 3,600m, well away from any of the more "touristy" areas.
 

Day 03: From our campsite, we continue to move up through the moorland zone. As this area of the mountain is still off the beaten track, there are no paths to follow, and on each trip we vary the area we walk across. After about an hour, traverse left and join a ridge (slight path to follow) and join the normal Chogoria route to Minto's Hut after about 4 hour walking. Lunch at a small stream crossing then 45 min on to a camp near Minto's Hut and next to one of the tarns. Very short afternoon walk over to superb views across to "The Temple" and down to Lake Michaelson.

Day 04: An early morning departure for the 2½ hour walk to Austrian Hut. Starts gently up the valley for about 2 km. It's then hard left and steeple up for about 45 min (on scree slopes) to Upper Simba Tarn. Another short scree slope leads to the to ridge, right of "The Tooth" before dropping down the other side for about 50m and then contouring across to the Austrian Hut. Leave the hut before noon and cross the Lewis Glacier to the large boulder and scree slope leading to the start of the climb. Arrive Howell Hut on the summit of Nelion before 17:00pm.

Day 05: Up early again, then (weather permitting), across Batian and back to Nelion before heading off down the climb to arrive at Austrian Hut by 13:00pm, Minto's by 15:00pm, and roadhead before 18:00pm. Night at roadhead or Meru Mt. Kenya Bandas.

Day 06: After breakfast return to Nairobi and be dropped at your hotel within the city. <title></title> <meta name="description" content="Mount Kenya Climb, Itineraries for Sirimon, Naro Moru, Chogoria . The second highest mountain in Africa mt.kenya " /> <meta name="keywords" content="mount kenya, mt. kenya, mount kenya climb, mount kenya climbing, trekking mount kenya, mount kenya trek, kenya climb, mountain, kenya, sirimon, chogoria, naro moru, nanyuki, kenia, lenana, point, batian, nelion, vertical bog, equitor, snow, peak, summit, altitude, technical climbing, mountain guide, forest, lobela, giant, mount kenya national park" />