3 Days mountkenya sirimon route

Drive from Nairobi at 0800 hrs from your hotel and transfer to Nanyuki arriving after 3 hours. Later transfer to Sirimon gate and hike to Old Moses camp for overnight (3300m), 3 to 4 hrs hikes (9kms). Old Moses camp is where you acclimatize as you also come across different vegetation.

After an early breakfast, you’ll begin trekking towards Shipton’s Camp, a significant altitude jump that requires a steady pace and hydration. The trail takes you through moorland and high-altitude landscapes, offering breathtaking views of rugged peaks, valleys, and alpine flora like giant lobelias and groundsel plants. From Mackinder’s Valley, where you’ll encounter dramatic rock formations and occasional sightings of mountain hyraxes and sunbirds. You’ll reach Shipton’s Camp (4,200m)

Leave at 3am up a steep stony quarry that cuts through a cliff clearing visible part towards lower Hall Tarns arriving point Lenana at 6:30am, taking about 3hrs. After the sunrise, descend down to Shipton Camp, 2hrs, for breakfast and further, 4hrs, down to Old Moses Camp to connect with your transport vehicle back to Nairobi