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Mount Kenya Climbing Tours

Mount Kenya Chogoria Route

This east to west traverse of Mount Kenya combines an ascent on the impressive Chogoria route to Point Lenana with a descent of either the Naro Moru or Sirimon route on the western side of the mountain.

Day 1 Transfer from Chogoria town (1,630m) to Road Head and trek to Meru Banda’s
4×4 transfer from Chogoria with our Guide, Porters and Cooks up through the forest to the end of the 4×4 trail and trek through the remaining bamboo forest to Meru Banda’s (2,950m) where we’ll set up camp. Today is a 3-4 hour trek depending on how far the 4×4’s take us.

Day 2 Trek from Meru Banda’s to Lake Ellis (via Nithi Falls)

Todays trek takes you across marshlands and over mountain streams as we trek to Lake Ellis (3,455m) via the impressive Nithi Falls (roughly 10km / 4 hours). Our camp is just above Lake Ellis where you can enjoy views of Mugi Hill, the Giants Billiard Table and Ithanguni. An evening walk up to nearby Mugi Hill (3,541m) is a nice way to finish the day off, this also helps with the acclimatisation process.
Day 3 Trek from Lake Ellis to Mintos Camp (via Lake Michaelson)

Today is a stunning trek that takes you up along the ridge overlooking the Gorges Valley until Lake Michelson comes in to view, from here we continue on a gentle traverse to Lake Michaelson (4,100m) where the terrain becomes more alpine with sparse vegetation, Mintos campsite is perched on a high ridge which offers spectacular views of the peaks above and the valleys below. It’s an ideal place for acclimatisation before the summit.
Day 4 Summit Point Lenana and descend to Met Station via Austrian Hut and Mackinders CampWe’ll start our ascent between 2am and 3am to allow us to reach Lenana Peak at 4985 meters in time for sunrise (roughly 6.30am). On a really clear day you can see Kilimanjaro,like a sky island floating in the mist over 200 miles away. Our descent along the side of the summit ridge using the via ferrata where necessary takes us down to the Austrian Hut before descending the scree slope to reach Mackinders Campsite (4200m) for breakfast / brunch (3 hours) and from here it’s another 5 hours down to Met Station at 3,040m (this is roughly 13-14 hours trekking covering about 22km) and our final night camping on the mountain.

Day 5 Met Station to Naro Moru Park Gate and transfer to Naro Moru

inal trek through the forest to reach the Naro Moru Park Gate to sign out of Mount Kenya National Park and meet your driver for the transfer back to Naro Moru.