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DK34. 5 DAYS (III) UP SIRIMON DOWN CHOGORIA Day 1: Nairobi – Nanyuki Leave Nairobi by public means accompanied by our mountain guide arriving nanyuki in time for lunch. Afternoon is spent in Nanyuki acclimatization. Dinner and overnight in a hotel in Nanyuki. Day 2: Nanyuki – Old Moses Camp After breakfast, drive to the Sirimon Park Gate and begin your 5 hour hike to Old Moses Camp, 3,330 m above sea level for meals and overnight at the hut. Day 3: Old Moses Camp – Shipton Camp After breakfast, walk from Old Moses Camp via Mackinders valley to Shipton Camp (4,200 m). Dinner and overnight at the camp. Day 4: Shipton Point – Lenana – Mintos Hut Wake up very early in the morning around 2.30 a.m. ready to hike to Point Lenana (4,895 m). On a clear day we should be able to see Mt. Kilimanjaro in the south, Mt. Elgon to the west and Indian Ocean to the East. After Point Lenana descend to Mintos (4,250m) for breakfast then proceed to Road Head for lunch and dinner and overnight. Day 5: Road Head – Chogoria – Nairobi After breakfast, an early walk will take us to Chogoria for lunch then back to Nairobi arriving in the afternoon having conquered Mt. Kenya.
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