DAY 1: NAIROBI –CASTLE LODGE (1500M-2081m)
Drive from Kimunye shopping
centre by transport. The important {6}km Acclimatization walk will lead
you through a part of the equatorial rain forest, you however can be
entertained by varieties of game including the black black and white colobus
monkeys, elephant and even Buffaloes if lucky. Dinner and overnight at the famous
castle lodge {2081}
Day 2: Castle Lodge –Kamweti {2081-3150}.
Leave the famous castle Lodge after breakfast for kamweti.This is
through the last part of equatorial rain forest
ton the beginning of the bamboo zone. The views are just amazing and the experience
.is unbelievable, lunch dinner and overnight at upper kamweti guest house
{2650}
Day 3: Kamweti –Sagana campsite {2500m-3150m}
Start early enough after
breakfast ready for 15 km trekking, this through the beautiful undisturbed bamboo
zone where the real trekking starts. Lunch on the way, dinner and overnight
at sagana campsite.
Day 4: Sagana campsite –Thegu
camp{3150m-4000m}
Start by steep climbing from
sagana to fragile moorland. The experience is just wonderful and views are just
amazing, with the special mountain plants that never grow below 3500m. Lunch en-route
dinner and overnight at Thegu camp {3850m}
Day 5: Thegu camp-Mackinders camp {4000m-4300m}
Breakfast and depart Thegu camp
for mackinders camp, with full time peaks view In front of you, its 13km
trekking through wonderful and fragile moorland. Slow pace rhythm is highly
recommended on this day. Packed lunch on the way, dinner and overnight at Mackinders
camp {4300m}
Day 6: Mackinder camp-point Lenana-Majors camp {4300m-4985m-4000m}
Predawn continental breakfast
and shoot for the summit at 6.15am time to enjoy the African sunrise and a
chance to Kilimanjaro to the south about 316kms away After this magic experience,
its then a careful descend to Austrian hut again for the real breakfast before
proceeding to major camps. Lunch en-route dinner and overnight at the majors camp{4000m}
Day 7: Majors Camp-Road Head-Nairobi{4000m-1500m}
Last breakfast and start
descending towards the road. The three hours walk will eventually leave you at the
Mariana camp {road head} for transfer back to civilization, lunch at Nanyuki proceeding to Nairobi where the tour
ends. Water a day before, a night before and at least 4 liters
during the expedition.
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