4 Days Backpacking tour itinerary for Mount Kenya & Nanyuki: Conquer The Second Highest African Mountain Peak

• Be picked up from your hotel or residential place in Nanyuki town around 9.30 am and drive towards north reaching to Sirimon Gate (Mt Kenya park gate) in 45minutes. 

• Have your lunch from this point, meet your rest of climbing crew and check in the park.

• Start your hiking along a paved road through rain forest reaching Old Moses Camp (3300 m ) in 3 hours at a distance of 9 km.

 Overnight at the campsite.

• Have an early breakfast and start trekking along a single trail up the hill crossing Ontulili and Likii Valleys continuing along Mackinders valleys to reach Shipton's Camp (4200 m) in 6 - 7 hours.

• Have lunch along the way. 

Overnight at Shipton's campsite.

• Wake up at 02:00 hours, have a simple breakfast and start trekking in the dark for a duration of 3 hours to Point Lenana Summit (4985 m).

• From this point, you will be rewarded by a spectacular African Sunrise. 

• Take photos and start descending towards Narumoru route passing Austrian and Mackinders Camps.

• Continue hiking along the wide Tereki valley filled with vertical bogs reaching to Met station in 5 hours for an overnight stay.

• Have an early breakfast and start trekking down in the forest with high chances of spotting wildlife for a distance of 9 km to Naromoru gate (2600m). 

• Have a small celebration with your crew and board the vehicle to Nanyuki or onward destination to Nairobi.