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Day 1 Nairobi/Nanyuki
9.00 Am. Pick from your Nairobi hotel. 9.30 a.m. Depart for Nanyuki town, arriving in time for lunch. The afternoon will be spent acclimatising and organising any gear you may require for the trek. Dinner and overnight at a budget hotel

Day 2 Nanyuki/Old Moses
After breakfast, drive to the Sirimon Park Gate where you will begin your hike to Old Moses Hut for your first overnight on Mt Kenya, lunch enroute. The hike takes about 3 hours, by passing tropical rain forest and bamboo vegetation sections. The altitude here is 3,300m. Dinner and overnight at the hut.

Day 3 Old Moses/Shiptons
After breakfast, hike to Shipton's which is at 4,200m above sea level. You stop for a picnic lunch half way through the hike. Dinner and overnight at the hut. Walking time is 5 to 7 hours depending on your individual fitness level.

Day 4 Shiptons/Pt Lenana/Shiptons
A pre-down attempt of Pt. Lenana. This early start is intended to give you enough time to read Pt Lenana when the sun is rising and in clear weather gives you a clear view of the majestic scenery. After photography and viewing descend to Shiptons for overnight, meals enroute.

Day 5 Shiptons/Nairobi
After breakfast, descend leisurely to the road head then on to Nanyuki town where you have lunch then catch your transport to Nairobi arriving in the evening.

Day 1 Nairobi/Nanyuki
Depart Nairobi at 9.30 a.m. Lunch in Nanyuki. Organise gear for the trek and begin the acclimatisation process as the town is at the foothills of Mt Kenya, at an attitude of 1,950m Dinner and overnight at a budget hotel.

Day 2 Nanyuki/Old Moses
After breakfast, drive to the Sirimon Park Gate, 2,660m above sea level. Begin your 3-hour hike to Old Moses hut in an average hiking time of 3 hours. Dinner and overnight at the hut.

Day 3 Old Moses /Shiptons
After breakfast, hike to Shiptons in an average hiking time of 5 to 7 hours, which depends directly on one's level of physical fitness. Lunch will be taken enroute. The altitude here is 4,200m above sea level; dinner and overnight at the hut.

Day 4 Shiptons/Pt Lenana/Meru Mt. Kenya
You will wake up to a pre-down attempt of Point Lenana, altitude 4,985m. After your photography and viewing session descend to Minto's Hut on the Chogoria trail for a full breakfast then down to Meru Mt Kenya for dinner and overnight in tents. (At extra cost, you may upgrade your accommodation and spend the night at the Meru Mt Kenya Bandas, subject to availability)

Day 5 Meru Mt. Kenya/Nairobi
After breakfast descent to Chogoria town, which is a 32km walk. (Halfway done, you may take transport for 16 km to the town at extra cost). Lunch in Chogoria then depart for Nairobi.