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Choosing Between Sirimon and Chogoria on Mount Kenya

Most first-time Mount Kenya hikers want to know which route to take up. The honest answer: take both.

By Wanjiru Mwangi · 22 April 2026 · 7 min read

Summit night on Point Lenana hovers around -5°C. Here's exactly what we send our clients with — and what we leave behind.

Altitude sickness is the single biggest reason hikers fail to summit on Mt Kenya and Kili. A guide to recognising it, preventing it, and treating it.

An hour outside Nairobi, an old volcano hides one of the longest cave networks in Kenya. We've been running cave camping trips there since 2018.

The short rains green everything up, the bugs are gone, the moorland is unreal, and you'll have the trails to yourself.

What it actually feels like to walk for a week with elders, eat at their fires, and sleep at their manyattas.

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