10 DAYS CHOGORIA ROUTE TRAVERSE SIRIMON

Day 1: ARRIVAL.

Pick up at airport, welcomed and transfer to the Hotel. Dinner and overnight.

Day 2: GHOGORIA ROUTE.

Leave early in the morning to Chogoria route a journey of 4 hours arriving at 11:00 o’clock, Have a picnic lunch and start hiking through the rain forest with Bamboo trees, until you cover a distance of 16kms and camp in the dense forest. Dinner and overnight.

Day 3: HIKING.

After breakfast depart with picnic lunch at around 8:30 am hike through rain forest to Chogoria Meru Bandas, 16kms walk arriving at 4:00 o’clock, dinner and overnight.

Day 4: HIKING THROUGH THE FOREST.

Leave at 8:30 am, after breakfast hike through giant hithers and hygenia trees, to Lake Ellis where you will camp 14km, you camp here because of the availability of water.

Day 5: DESCEND TO VALLEY GORGE.

Early in the morning after breakfast, leave at around 7:30 am towards rocky steep ridge, a journey of 17kms walk and descend to Valley Gorge, where we will be camping at Lake Michelson. Dinner and overnight.

Day 6: GEORGE’S VALLEY.

Leave at 8:00 am to a very steep ridge George’s valley, until we come across the steep screed upto Austrian hut 4750m. Dinner and overnight

Day 7: ASCENDING TO LENANA.

After tea and biscuit, start ascending to the summit of point Lenana 4985m, 1 hour walk, for the sunrise. After the sunrise, descend via Austrian hut, pick circuit to Shipton camp, dinner and overnight.

Day 8: DESCEND TO SIRIMON GATE.

After morning breakfast descend to Sirimon gate 23kms walk, although we will be having lunch on the way. Dinner and overnight.

 

Day 9: HIKING.

Morning breakfast and descend to the main road 10kms walk and connect a bus to Mountain Rock Hotel/campsite. Dinner and overnight.

Day 10: TRANSFER TO NAIROBI.

Early in the morning, transfer (3.5 hrs) to Nairobi and onwards to the Airport depending on your departure time.