Mount Kenya is located on the equator. Magnificent cliffs and glaciers protect the highest peaks of Nelion (5188m) and Bataan (5199m). The third highest summit - Point Lenana, (4985m) - is also glaciated but accessible to walkers.

Tarns and alpine meadows; exotic, equatorial, high-altitude vegetation; sunbirds, hyrax and soaring eagles make the walk around the peaks one of the most beautiful expeditions in the East African mountains.

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General
On account of the high altitudes it is wise not to rush to the summit areas and the very shortest trip to Lenana should allow for 3 nights on the mountain. To combine this ascent with a circumnavigation of the main peaks requires at least an extra day.

Walking Trips on Mt Kenya

Private Year Round Trips
We offer year round departures for any route combination and any length of time. We pick you up at the airport, organise your accommodation in Nairobi at a hotel. Our guide will meet you there and take you to Mount Kenya by private transport where we pick up our porters and a cook.

Accommodation on the mountain will be in roomy double skin, dome tents. We provide a mess tent in the event of bad weather. Porters are provided to carry all communal equipment and 10kg. of your equipment. More porters could be provided on request.

Trip program:
Day 1:	Pick up from Airport or Nairobi in the morning. Drive to Chogoria Village (3hrs), visit the market and have lunch in a restaurant before driving in a 4WD vehicle up the rough forest track to the Meru Mt Kenya Bandas. Short game-viewing walk in the Parklands in the afternoon
Day 2:	Gentle walk to the Nithi Gates, explore the Nithi Falls and Gorge after lunch.
Day 3:	Walk up the ridge overlooking Gorges Valley to Hall Tarns campsite. This is a fine location with dramatic views to the summits and Lake Michaelson.
Day 4:	Follow beside the upper Gorges Valley to Square Tarn, continue via Top Hut to American Camp located on the highest meadow in Teleki Valley below the South Face of Mt Kenya. Point Lenana can be climbed along the way - either from the north or from the south (Top Hut) depending on conditions.
Day 5:	Complete the "Round the Peaks Circuit" past several beautiful tarns to reach Shipton Camp, below the North Face of the mountain.
Day 6:	Descend the Sirimon Route to Judmeier Camp at the upper edge of the forest belt.
Day 7:	Continue down the Sirimon Gate and waiting transport. Drive back to Nairobi (to hotel or Airport) with lunch en-route).

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