5 Days Mount Kenya Climbing Chogoria Naro Moru Route

5 Days Mount Kenya Climbing Chogoria Naro Moru Route

5 Days Mount Kenya Climbing Chogoria Naro Moru Route is by far the most spectacular and beautiful route on Mount. Kenya.  This 5 Days Mount Kenya Climbing Chogoria Naro Moru Route ascend from Chogoria Route and descend through Naro Moru Route. This is only possible during dry weather. Pack camping gear and supplies to strike out on the eastern side of the mountain up this long but spectacular approach through the deep chasm of gorge valley.

Mount Kenya Climbing Expeditions Guide

Our Mount Kenya Climbing Expeditions Guide recommends the 5 Days Mount Kenya Climbing Chogoria Naro Moru Route as it is the most scenic of all the routes. Hiking on this 5 Days Mount Kenya Climbing Chogoria Naro Moru Route allows one to enjoy the remarkable Nithi Falls, Lake Ellis, Lake Michaelson and the Gorges Valley. It is possible to add an extra day at Austrian Hut, top hut giving one and opportunity to acclimatize comfortably thus reducing summit distance and time.

5 Days Mount Kenya Climbing Chogoria Naro Moru Route

 Mount Kenya is characterized by a series of peaks which are naturally crowned with snow, and its slopes are covered with forests. Here you can perform an adventurous activity, as the 5199 meter (17,057 ft) high summit is a difficult technical climb. Mount Kenya presents the perfect destination for the experience. It’s an extinct volcano with some trees half a million years old. Straddling the Equator, the mountain provides a mosaic of woods, moorland, stone, and ice, and is crowned by the glittering twin peaks of Batain (5,199m) and Nelion (5,188m).

5 Days Mount Kenya Climbing Chogoria Naro Moru Route – Sacred Home of Ngai, God of the Kikuyu

 Regarded as the sacred home of Ngai, God of the Kikuyu men and women. Mount Kenya is Kenya’s premier mountain, a climber’s mecca, as well as the state’s namesake. Mount Kenya is a favorite destination for Mountain Climbing vacations. The mountain is located 175km north of Nairobi and readily available from Nanyuki, through the Naro Moru gate or Sirimon gate. Travelers from the Meru and Embu towns can use the Chogoria Gate.

5 Days Mount Kenya Climbing Chogoria Naro Moru Route

While climbing higher up the Mount Kenya slopes, the countryside is scenic, with a green carpet of tea plantations, coffee shrubs, and macadamia trees. The air is tantalizingly fresh with crystal clear rivers running in the slopes, cold water gushing out of the woods, skirting the farms and down into the plains. High above the tea farms, the woods line to create the skyline and act as mega-sponges, providing the fresh water and also eye-catching waterfalls.

Mount Kenya is the second highest peak in Africa

At 5,199 m, Mount Kenya is the second highest peak in Africa. It is an ancient extinct volcano, which during its period of activity (3.1-2.6 million years ago) is thought to have risen to 6,500 m. There are 12 remnant glaciers on the mountain, all receding rapidly, and four secondary peaks that sit at the head of the U-shaped glacial valleys. With its rugged glacier-clad summits and forested middle slopes, Mount Kenya is one of the most impressive landscapes in East Africa. The evolution and ecology of its afro-alpine flora provide an outstanding example of ecological and biological processes.

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