5-Day Mount Kenya Trek to Point Lenana via Chogoria and Sirimon

• Connect with your tour guide and depart from Nairobi at 0800hrs. Drive through agricultural country up to Chogoria town for lunch.
• After lunch, head to the edge of the bamboo forest and begin your trek through the dense bamboo forest for a distance of 10 km to Mt Kenya Bandas.

• After breakfast and sorting porter loads, set off up the mountain at a nice and easy pace. A slightly longer walk via Lake Ellis offers scenic views of Mugi, Ithanguni, and the Giants Billiards Table, while following the river near the road head upstream for about 3 km reveals particularly beautiful foreground scenery and flora.
• Eat lunch on the banks of a stream, then cut up the left-hand hillside to your camp at about 3,600m, well away from any of the more "touristy" areas.

• Start walking along the beaten track and follow a ridge up the mountain for about 3 hours, eventually joining the tourist track on the normal Chogoria route at an altitude of about 4,100m.
• Enjoy breathtaking views over the Gorges Valley and walk back towards Ithanguni and the Northern Moorlands. Lunch is served at a small stream crossing before continuing for a further hour to the Mintos Hut area at 4,200m for your night's rest.
• In the afternoon, relax at camp, though a 10-minute walk to the "Temple" is well worth the effort. This 150-meter vertical cliff gets its name from the position visitors often adopt when peering over the edge - they look as if they are praying. An early night is recommended as you will attempt the summit the next day.

• Your predawn summit attempt starts at 03:00 am. Hike for about three hours up to Point Lenana (4,985m), the hiker's summit, arriving in time to watch the African sunrise.
• Descend to Shipton Camp for breakfast.
• After breakfast, begin a 5-hour descent via Mackinder's Valley to Old Moses Camp (3,300m). The descent is gentle and offers ample time to enjoy the fascinating scenery, including the moorlands, before reaching camp.

• After an early morning breakfast, descend for 3 hours to the Sirimon Park gate to catch a vehicle and travel to Nairobi.

Trip ends.