{"id":5676,"date":"2018-05-22T06:37:36","date_gmt":"2018-05-22T06:37:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vimatsafaris.com\/?page_id=5676"},"modified":"2018-05-22T06:37:36","modified_gmt":"2018-05-22T06:37:36","slug":"4-days-mt-kenya-trek-sirimon-naromoru-route","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/vimatsafaris.com\/4-days-mt-kenya-trek-sirimon-naromoru-route\/","title":{"rendered":"4 Days Mt. Kenya Trek \u2013 Sirimon\/Naromoru route"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>Ascend Mt Kenya (Africa\u2019s second highest mountain) through mountain forest, moorland, dramatic glacial valleys and alpine desert to get to point Lenana.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Day 1: Nairobi &#8211; Old Moses Camp (3,300m)<\/strong><br \/>\nDeparting Nairobi in the morning, you drive towards Mt. Kenya to arrive in time for lunch, then you drive to Sirimon Park Gate at 2,600m to begin your hike (3-4 hrs) through the forest to Old Moses Camp for dinner and overnight.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Day 2: Old Moses &#8211; Shipton\u2019s Camp<\/strong><br \/>\nBreak camp and after breakfast begin the trek through the moorkands via Mackinders Valley, enjoying the spectacular views amongst the mountain vegetation consisting of giant lobelia and groundsel, with a brief stopover for lunch.\u00a0 You\u00a0 arrive at Shipton\u2019s camp where we set up for dinner and overnight (4,200m)- 7\/8 hrs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Day 3: Point Lenana then Metrological Station Banda\u2019s:<\/strong><br \/>\nPre-dawn attempt of the summit starts at 0300hrs and you hike for about 3 hours up steep scree slopes and across rugged rocks up to Pt. Lenana (4985m), the hikers&#8217; summit. The views from the summit are stunning and o\u00adn a very clear day, you should be able to see Kilimanjaro in the south. You then descend down to the Meteorological Station (approx 7 hrs walk) for dinner and overnight at the Meteorological Station Bandas.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-152\" src=\"http:\/\/foothillwildexpeditions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Mount_Kenya.jpg\" alt=\"Mount_Kenya\" width=\"899\" height=\"362\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Day 4: Met &#8211; Nairobi<\/strong><br \/>\nAfter breakfast, you descend early in the morning to Naromoru Park gate where you take our transfer vehicle back to Nairobi arriving late afternoon. Drop off at your hotel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ascend Mt Kenya (Africa\u2019s second highest mountain) through mountain forest, moorland, dramatic glacial valleys and alpine desert to get to point Lenana. Day 1: Nairobi &#8211; Old Moses Camp (3,300m) <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/vimatsafaris.com\/4-days-mt-kenya-trek-sirimon-naromoru-route\/\">Continue Reading &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vimatsafaris.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5676"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vimatsafaris.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vimatsafaris.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vimatsafaris.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vimatsafaris.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5676"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/vimatsafaris.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5676\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5677,"href":"https:\/\/vimatsafaris.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5676\/revisions\/5677"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vimatsafaris.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}