3 Days Mount Kenya Trek via Sirimon Route

Overview

• 🏔️ Reach Point Lenana – 4,985m
• 🌅 Experience sunrise from Mount Kenya
• 🌿 Trek through Mount Kenya's montane forest
• 🌱 Explore the high-altitude moorland
• 🪨 Experience the dramatic alpine landscape
• 🏕️ Stay at mountain camps
• 📸 Enjoy spectacular views of Mount Kenya's peaks
• 🥾 Trek the scenic Sirimon Route
• 🌄 See spectacular landscapes around the Northern Slopes

1. Day1
   Sirimon Gate → Old Moses Camp

   Elevation: 2,650m → 3,300m
   Distance: Approximately 9 km
   Trekking Time: 3–4 hours
   Habitat: Montane Forest → Moorland

   After breakfast, drive from Nairobi to Sirimon Gate, where you complete park registration and meet your mountain guide and trekking crew.
   Begin the trek along the Sirimon Route through beautiful montane forest. As you gain altitude, the vegetation gradually changes into bamboo and high-altitude moorland.
   Continue towards Old Moses Camp, also known as Judmier Camp, situated at approximately 3,300 metres.
   After arriving at camp, enjoy dinner and rest in preparation for the following day's longer climb.

   Overnight: Old Moses Camp
   Meals: Lunch & Dinner

   Meals: Lunch, dinner Stay: Old Moses Camp

2. Day2
   Old Moses Camp → Shipton's Camp

   Elevation: 3,300m → 4,200m
   Distance: Approximately 14 km
   Trekking Time: 6–8 hours
   Habitat: Moorland → Alpine Zone

   After breakfast, begin the trek towards Shipton's Camp.
   The trail passes through the spectacular high-altitude moorland, with giant lobelias, senecios and other unique vegetation characteristic of Mount Kenya.
   Continue through the Mackinder Valley area while enjoying impressive views of Mount Kenya's dramatic peaks.
   As you approach Shipton's Camp, the landscape becomes increasingly rugged and alpine.
   Shipton's Camp sits at approximately 4,200 metres and provides a dramatic base for the final summit attempt.
   Have an early dinner and rest before the early-morning climb to Point Lenana.

   Overnight: Shipton's Camp
   Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

   Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner Stay: Shipton's Camp

3. Day3
   Shipton's Camp → Point Lenana → Old Moses → Sirimon Gate

   Elevation: 4,200m → 4,985m → 3,300m → 2,650m
   Distance: Approximately 20–23 km total
   Trekking Time: 10–13 hours
   Habitat: Alpine Zone → Moorland → Forest

   Wake around 3:00 AM and begin the challenging ascent towards Point Lenana.
   The climb takes place in darkness, usually with headlamps, allowing you to reach the summit around sunrise.
   🏆 Point Lenana – 4,985m
   Point Lenana is the highest trekking summit on Mount Kenya and offers spectacular sunrise views.
   On clear mornings, you may see the distinctive Mount Kenya peaks and surrounding valleys stretching across central Kenya.

   After enjoying the summit, begin the descent towards Shipton's Camp and continue down through the Mackinder Valley.
   Proceed towards Old Moses Camp, where you take a short rest before continuing to Sirimon Gate.
   Meet your transfer vehicle and drive back to Nairobi or your onward destination.

   Meals: Breakfast & Lunch
   End of Trek

   Meals: Breakfast & Lunch Stay: End of tour

What’s included

Where you’ll stay

2 nights · Mountain Camping

Mountain Camping

Accommodation during the trek is provided in mountain camps along the Sirimon Route. Trekkers stay in basic mountain facilities at Old Moses and Shipton's Camp, offering convenient access to the higher sections of Mount Kenya.

Route map