2-Day Tour to Olpejeta Conservancy & Mount Kenya Hiking

• You'll be collected from the airport.
• Accommodation before the tour starts can be arranged for an extra cost.

Nairobi 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.
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 or Moran Nanyuki 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/similar or upgrade upon request.

Main Destination:

Nanyuki (Town)

Accommodation:

Kongoni Camp

• Mid-range tented camp located in Nanyuki (Town)

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Meals & Drinks:

• Lunch & dinner (Breakfast not included)
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Mount 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.

Main Destination:

Mount Kenya

Accommodation:

No accommodation (End of tour)

Meals & Drinks:

• Breakfast & lunch (Dinner not included)
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

• Additional accommodation can be arranged for an extra cost.
• You'll be dropped off at the airport.