Mount
Kenya Trekking
Climbing Mount Kenya Climbing
Chogoria Route: Chogoria route on Mount Kenya Climb, Chogoria
route
JTCK 004
: 6 DAYS NAROMORU OUT CHOGORIA
Day 1 : Nairobi/Mt Kenya
Depart Nairobi in the morning arriving Naromoru in time for lunch.
After lunch you proceed to Mt Kenya Youth Hostel for dinner and
overnight.
Day
2 : Met Station
After breakfast, proceed to Naromoru Park Gate and start hiking
to Met
Station (3300m). The hiking takes about 3 hrs. Dinner and overnight.
Day
3 : Mackinders Camp
Depart Met Station after breakfast and proceed to Teleki Valley
arriving Mackinders Camp (4300m) early evening. Picnic lunch enroute.
Dinner and overnight.
Day
4 : Austrian Camp
Depart at 10:00 am after breakfast ascending along a steep screw
to
Austrian Hut (4700m).Covering this distance takes about 3 hrs.
Dinner
and overnight.
Day
5 : Point Lenana-Chogoria
Departing at 5:30 am, proceed through Lewis Glacier to Point
Lenana(4985m) arriving approx. 6:30 am in the morning. After the
sunrise, descend down to Mintos Hut for full breakfast. Later
descend
along the famous Gorges Valley to Chogoria campsite. Dinner and
overnight.
Day
6 : Chogoria - Nairobi
After breakfast, set on morning journey to chogoria (32km).4WD
vehicles are provided but during the bad weather, climbers have
to
walk some distance as vehicles may not reach the bandas. From
Chogoria
transport is provided back to Nairobi, arriving late afternoon.
