Back in Nairobi The following morning, we hiked to the park gate to wait for our ride back to Nairobi. Back to African reality, he was about four hours late. All in all, the experience was outstanding and I highly recommend it. If you have some experience in high altitude trekking and have someone to
Back in Nairobi
The following morning, we hiked to the park gate to wait for our ride back to Nairobi. Back to African reality, he was about four hours late.
All in all, the experience was outstanding and I highly recommend it. If you have some experience in high altitude trekking and have someone to go with, you can do most of the routes around the mountain without a guide. The trails are fairly obvious if not always well marked and the traffic is reasonable should something go wrong and you require assistance. If I were to do it again I would take a route that crosses the equator from the north such as Sirimon but I wouldn’t miss Chogoria. The Chogoria route is well worth the extra effort of getting there and foregoing huts and latrines for the fantastic scenery.
After the trek I took a shuttle from Nairobi to Arusha Tanzania and went past Kilimanjaro. It’s an impressive looking mountain but I still think I made the right decision. If I ever return, there’s a good chance I’ll plan a different route up Mt. Kenya and leave Kili to the package tourists.
References
If you’re considering doing this trek and have questions you can contact me at travis@bootsnall.net or get ahold of Daniel at daniel@mobile.africaonline.com. The company he works for is not particularly reliable but he’s a fine guide and a good guy. I’d like to see him get the business directly and that would make it cheaper for you as well.
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