Overnight tour to Olpejeta Conservancy and Mount Kenya Hiking

Overview

Day by day itinerary

1. 1Nairobi to Olpejeta Conservancy⌄

   Pick up in Nairobi Hotel/Residence/Airport at 6am and then drive for 2 and half hours to arrive Nanyuki town at 8.30am. Here you will have a stop over at the equator crossing. This is an imaginary line that divides the earth into 2 hemispheres. north and south. There is a big sign where you will be able to take a photo saying you are now crossing the equator.

   From here you will proceed for another 15 minutes where you will now be entering the gate. Start of first game drive that will atleast 3hours and this will take you to see the chimpanzee and more wild animals on the northern side of the vast conservancy. Arrive at Serena sweet waters lodge by 2 pm. Here you will have a look at the animals coming to the watering hole in front of the lodge to drink water while you enjoy taking photos of the resident monkeys at the lodge. Enjoy lunch You will drive to the eastern side of the park where you will be able to visit a blind rhino called Baraka. Have additional game drives enroute to the Hotel Dinner and overnight at Kongoni Camp or similar

   Meals: Lunch: Lunch at Serena Sweetwaters or Moran Nanyuki · Dinner

   Overnight: Overnight at Kongoni Nanyuki or Similar

2. 2Mount Kenya to Nairobi⌄

   07:00 am: Pick up from your Hotel to Mount Kenya through Sirimon Gate 7:40 am :On completion of park entry formalities at the Sirimon Gate, you begin a 3½ hour (9 km’s) hike through forest, bamboo, rosewood and heather zones to Old Moses camp (also called Judmeier Camp) at 3300 meters. We gain 740 meters on the ascent and begin to truly acclimatize. The forest and bamboo are home to hundreds of buffaloes, elephants, bushbucks and a plethora of bird species 11:30pm: We hike a little higher about 1 km from Old Moses camp to 3600 meters to see 2 Mount Kenya peaks – Nelion and Batian next to each other. These peaks are climbed only by professional alpinists. 1:00pm: After taking pictures we descend down from 3600 meters to Old Moses camp at 3300 meters for our picnic lunch. 2:00 pm: After lunch we descend down for 9 km’s (1.5 hours) to Sirimon gate where you get your driver guide and transfer back to Nairobi to arrive around 1800hrs

   Meals: Breakfast · Lunch: picnic lunch