8 Days Mt Kenya Trek, Samburu combined
Depart Nairobi in the morning and drive through the Kikuyu land in central Kenya covering approx 230kms to Nanyuki Town where you will have your lunch, then take a walk to the Equator for acclimatization. Dinner and overnight at a budget hotel.
After breakfast, drive to Sirimon gate from where you start your hiking .A 9kms walk for 3hrs through a rain forest with a picnic lunch en-route will bring you to Old Moses (3300m) arriving around noon. Dinner and overnight at the camp.
Hike through the moorland where you see a different kind of flora. Walk through Liiki Valley then along Mackinders Valley arriving at Shipton (4200m). late afternoon. Lunch en-route or at the camp. Dinner and overnight at the camp. Approximate walking time: 7hrs, 17kms.
Wake up early in the morning at 0300hrs and after warming up with a cup of tea and some snacks start hiking heading to Point Lenana arriving at the summit at approximately 0630hrs. Enjoy the views of the sunrise and take photos, then start your descent down to Shipton camp for breakfast, then further down to Old Moses where you will spend the night. Lunch and dinner at Old Moses.
After breakfast descend down for 9 kms to the gate where you get your transport back to Nanyuki,Dinner and overnight in a hotel.
Day 6 – Nanyuki Samburu
After arriving at your campsite you are taken on an afternoon game drive within the vicinity of the camp. Dinner and overnight in camp.
A full day game viewing to look for the ‘big five’ and the various species of animals found, in Kenya, only in the northern parks, such as the Grevy zebra,gerunuk and Reticulated giraffe. Dinner and overnight in camp.
After an early morning game drive and breakfast, depart for Nairobi, stopping en-route for a picnic lunch.