2 Days 1 Night Mount Kenya Climbing Tour- Sirimon Route

2 Days Over Night Mount Kenya Climbing - Sirimon Route

Itinerary

Start and end in Nairobi! Wif the Hiking & Trekking tour 2 Days Over Night Mount Kenya Climbing- Sirimon Route, you has a 2 days tour package taking you through Nairobi, Kenya central highlands 2 Days Over Night Mount Kenya Climbing- Sirimon Route includes accommodation, an expert guide, meals, transport.
Introduction
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 want to take short 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.

Overview

Starting point and ending point: Nairobi
Children policy: Minimum age allowed for participation is nine and participating children need to be supervised is under age nine.

Trip Highlights

Trekking adventures
Chance to see the Laikipia Plateau
Pass through the agricultural central highlands with coffee / tea plantations , indigenous forest and shrubs
Sightings of a wide variety of flora and fauna
Daily high altitude mountain food
1 night accommodation

Trip Itinerary

Day 1: Nairobi to Sirimon Gate

You will leave Nairobi at 7:00 a.m heading north via the central highlands to Sirimon Gate via Nanyuki where you cross equator for the first time and do some experiment on how to detect that you are exactly at the equator point before you proceed to Sirimon Gate where you will have lunch.
Distance from Nairobi to Sirimon Gate is 2,650 meters, and after lunch at Sirimon Gate, you will start the trek to Old Moses Camp, a distance of nine kilometers that take about three to four hours passing through forest of indigenous trees like podocapus trees, douglass fire, red cinder, pine, and then through bamboo and finally to the heath part arriving at the Old Moses Hut at around 2:30 p.m. or 3:00 p.m.
In the evening, a guide will take you further up for a short distance up to 3,600 meters and then descend back to the hut for dinner and overnight. At the altitude of 3,600 meters, you are completely out of the heath and shrub part to savanna moorland, and here you will be able to see the Laikipia Plateau clearly. Laikipia Plateau is the largest plateau surrounding Mount Kenya.
Meal Plan: { Lunch and Dinner}

Day 2: Old Moses Hut to Likii Viewpoint

After early breakfast at 6:00 a.m, you will ascend further higher up to 4,001 meters to the viewpoint of the highest peak of Mount Kenya. Here, you will have a magnificent view of Likii Valley and the highest twin peak Batian at 5,199 meters and Nelion at 5,188 meters before you descend back to Old Moses Camp for lunch as you prepare for a return trek back to Sirimon Gate where you will meet your transfer vehicle back to your hotel in Nairobi.
Meal Plan: {Breakfast & Lunch}
This tour offers Jain, Vegetarian, Vegan, Halal and Kosher food options on request. Simply let us know the food option that you prefer.

TOUR PACKAGE INCLUDES:

*Airport pick up on arrival
*Round trip transports from Nairobi to Mt Kenya and back to Nairobi on private van
*3 meals per day while trekking
*2 days Mt. Kenya trek
*1 night accommodation while trekking
*All government park entrance fees at Mt Kenya National park
*Services of an English Speaking Mountain Guides and Porters
*All meals included while on safari on Full board accommodation /Tent/Hut
*Two Man tent.

TOUR EXCLUDES

*International Air Fares
*Accommodation in Nairobi first/Last night
*Trekking Equipments e,g : Gloves, Sun glasses, Sleeping bag, Hats , Rain suits,
*Warm Jacket, Heavy boots, Scarf’s, Rain Trousers.
*Cost of obtaining passport/ visa
*Tips for Guides/Porters & Cooks
*Personal expenses like travel insuarance, Communication charges, excess buggage fee, laundry and drinks not specified in the itinerary.
NB: You ca hire some of the hiking equipments available at a reasonable cost.