The shortest, steepest line to Point Lenana. Four days, up and down the same valley, for hikers already used to altitude.
Naro Moru is the route people choose when time is the constraint. It climbs hard and gets you high fast, through the Teleki Valley and the famous Vertical Bog.
We will be straight with you about this one. Combining the steepest approach with the shortest itinerary gives the lowest summit success rate of anything we run. If you have climbed above 4,000m before and know how your body handles it, it is a fine trip. If this is your first high mountain, take the 4-day Sirimon or, better, add a day. We would rather talk you into a longer trek than take your money for a summit you do not reach.
A short drive to Naro Moru Gate at 2,400m, then nine kilometres on foot through thick equatorial rainforest. Colobus monkeys overhead, elephant and buffalo sign underfoot.
The Met Station sits at the treeline and is your last night below 4,000m.
Met Station · 3,050mStraight into the Vertical Bog, a long stretch of waterlogged moorland that is exactly as advertised. Waterproof boots and gaiters earn their keep here.
Above it the Teleki Valley opens out beneath Batian and Nelion, and the last hour into Mackinder’s runs between giant lobelia and groundsel. Eat and drink well tonight — you climb in a few hours.
Mackinder’s Camp · 4,200mWalking by three in the morning, up past the Austrian Hut and onto the summit ridge to reach Point Lenana at 4,985m for sunrise.
Back down to Mackinder’s for breakfast, then the long descent through the Teleki Valley and the bog to the Met Station. A twelve-hour day and the hardest of the four — but you sleep almost two kilometres lower than you woke.
Met Station · 3,050mAn easy two hours back down through the rainforest to Naro Moru Gate, with the biggest trees on this side of the mountain and plenty of birdlife.
Transport meets you at the gate, back in Nanyuki before lunch.
What’s included
- Kenya Wildlife Service park fees for every day on the mountain
- KWS-certified guide, cook and porters
- All meals on the mountain, freshly cooked
- Accommodation along the route
- Tents, sleeping bags and walking sticks
- Road transport at both ends of the trek
- Drinking water throughout
What to bring
- Well-broken-in hiking boots — the most important item you own
- Warm jacket and insulated trousers for summit morning
- Waterproof jacket and over-trousers
- Warm hat, gloves and a buff or balaclava
- Sunglasses and high-factor sun cream
- Head torch with spare batteries
- Daypack for the summit push
Missing something? We rent down jackets, insulated trousers, gloves, fleeces and larger packs at USD 5 per item for the trip. Sleeping bags, walking sticks and tents are already included.
What it costs
Four days at our standard daily rate, everything above included.
Airport collection and Nairobi transport available at USD 150. See our full cost breakdown for what sits outside the daily rate.
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