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Mount Kenya and Kilimanjaro

Climb Mount Kenya and Kilimanjaro via the Chogoria and Machame routes Trek to the summit of Mount Kenya and Mount Kilimanjaro

  • Trek to the summits of Africa's two highest peaks, Mount Kenya and Mount Kilimanjaro
  • The Chogoria and Machame routes
  • Stunning variety of landscape and wildlife
  • KEs record of success on Kilimanjaro is second to none

Mount Kenya and Kilimanjaro present very obvious challenges to the world's adventure travellers. We begin this exciting East African trekking holiday by heading north from Nairobi to Mount Kenya, where we undertake a superb 6-day traverse of Kenya's highest mountain via the Chogoria and Sirimon routes. KE groups encounter few other trekkers on this excellent and much under-rated peak, which also provides perfect acclimatisation for the ascent of Mount Kilimanjaro. Travelling overland to Tanzania, we have chosen to climb Kilimanjaro (5894m / 19332ft) by way of the Machame Route, which leads through luxuriant rainforest and then across alpine tundra, to the glaciated crater rim of Africa's highest peak. Although these are not technically demanding mountains, they do involve a combined ascent (and descent) of 6000m / 19,600ft and even fit and experienced hikers will find this to be a challenging adventure holiday. In our opinion, this is the ultimate African high adventure.

We also offer two alternative treks to Mount Kilimanjaro: a 9 day (8 days land only) trek to Kilimanjaro via the Rongai Route or a 13 day (12 days land only) trek combining Mount Meru with Kilimanjaro via the Machame Route

Trip Guide

This is quite a tough trek, simply in terms of the altitude gain which is involved in climbing Mount Kenya and Mount Kilimanjaro - a combined total of more than 5000 metres (16500 feet). However, the climbing on the first of our objectives, Mount Kenya, involves rather shorter days than the Kilimanjaro climb and so provides excellent fitness and acclimatisation training for the group. Generally, there are excellent trails to follow, although high up on Kilimanjaro we do have to negotiate some sections of scree where the path will not be so well-marked. This trip has been given the DEMANDING grade on account of the quite considerable height gain and the fact that there are a couple of long trekking days.

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