Climb the highest peaks in Africa: Mount Kilimanjaro & Mount Kenya, 15-day Itinerary

We will meet at the international airport in Nairobi and drive to Nanyuki, near the base of Mount Kenya, where we will spend the day acclimatizing and stay for the night.

We will get up first thing in the morning and check into the national park. From here, we will drive to the trailhead then hike for 2 to 3 hours up to Old Moses camp, where we will spend the night.

We will spend 6 to 7 hours hiking up through the scenic Mackinder Valley en route to Shipton camp, where we will spend the night.

Getting a pre-dawn start, we will hike for three hours up to Point Lenana (4,985 m), one of the minor summits of Mount Kenya. After watching the sunrise and taking the stunning views from the top, we will hike back down to the Chogoria Bandas campsite.

From Chogoria Bandas we will hike to the entrance fo the park and transfer to the Sweetwaters game reserve where we will go on an evening wildlife-watching drive, before returning to the hotel.

We will start the day by heading out on another wildlife-watching drive before driving past Lake Nakuru and on into the national park, where we will spend the night at a hotel.

We will drive from the national park back to Nairobi with the option of visiting the hippo-filled Lake Naivasha (for an extra $40 per person). We will spend the night at a hotel in Nairobi.

We will drive from Nairobi on to Arusha, crossing the border en route. From Arusha, we will continue on to Moshi, where we will spend the night in a hotel.

We will drive from Moshi to Kilimanjaro National Park. After signing in at the park gate, we will start by hiking up to the Mandara hut.

We will hike from Mandara hut through the forest surrounding Kilimanjaro and around the rim of the Maundi Crater, before entering the moorlands of an elevated plateau and on to Horombo hut. If we have the time, we can make a detour to climb to the rim of the crater.

We will spend the day hiking around the Horombo hut, possibly up to Mawenzi hut or the Zebra rocks, in order to acclimatize, before turning in nice and early.

We will hike up out of the moorlands and enter the mountain’s alpine desert habitat. We will continue hiking on to Kibo hut, where we will spend the afternoon relaxing and get to bed nice and early for summit day.

Getting a pre-dawn start, we will head out onto the trail and make a steep and rocky ascent up to Hans Meyer Cave (5,150 m). From here, the most challenging part awaits. We will ascend another 500 meters through a field of steep and loose scree and snow, which becomes gradually less steep until we reach the summit. After watching the sunrise and enjoying some time at the top (5,895 m), we will descend back down to Horombo hut.

We will spend the day hiking down the mountain and out of the park. We will then transfer to Arusha, where we will have a celebration dinner and stay in a hotel.

We will drop you off at Kilimanjaro International Airport and say goodbye.