Itinerary
- Day 1
Nairobi to Mount Kenya
Your driver picks you up from your Nairobi hotel and takes you to Naromoru Park Gate for registration. The hike starts at 2,600m, and you'll follow the park track through forest where walking conditions feel pretty comfortable. The path gives you good views down into the Northern Naromoru valley as you make your way up. By evening you'll reach Met Station at 3,000m, where dinner and your bed for the night are waiting.
- Meals
- Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Included Activities
- Hotel pickup from Nairobi
- Transfer to Naromoru Park Gate
- Registration at park gate
- Guided hike through forest to Met Station (2,600m to 3,000m)
- Professional guide service
Landmarks Naromoru Park Gate Northern Naromoru Valley Met Station - Day 2
Met Station to Mackinders Camp
From Met Station, you head uphill and pass a radio mast roughly 30 minutes in. The landscape shifts from forest into moorland, and depending on recent rain, the ground can get boggy in spots. Keep moving until conditions improve and you reach a fork with views overlooking Teleki Valley. After that, continue on to Mackinders Camp at 4,200m, where dinner and overnight accommodation are ready for you.
- Meals
- Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Included Activities
- Guided hike from Met Station through moorland to Mackinders Camp (3,000m to 4,200m)
- Professional guide service
Landmarks Teleki Valley Mackinders Camp - Day 3
Mackinders Camp Summit and Descent
Your summit push starts at 2 am, and you'll walk for about 4 hours to reach Point Lenana right around sunrise at 6:30am. After watching the sunrise, you head back down to Mackinders Camp for breakfast (that takes roughly 2 hours). Then it's another 4 hours of descent to Met Station, where you'll have dinner and spend the night recovering.
- Meals
- Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Included Activities
- Pre-dawn summit hike to Point Lenana (approximately 4 hours)
- Sunrise at Point Lenana
- Guided descent to Mackinders Camp (approximately 2 hours)
- Guided hike from Mackinders Camp to Met Station (approximately 4 hours)
- Professional guide service
Landmarks Point Lenana - Day 4
Mount Kenya to Nairobi
After breakfast, the final descent takes you through the rainforest for about 9km down to Naromoru Park Gate at 2,600m. Your transport meets you there, and from there you drive back to Nairobi to wrap up the trek.
- Meals
- Breakfast, Lunch
Included Activities
- Guided descent through rainforest to Naromoru Park Gate (approximately 9km)
- Transfer from Naromoru Park Gate back to Nairobi
- Professional guide service
- Completion Certificate upon successful climb
Landmarks Naromoru Park Gate
