ZedAway Tour: Kenya, and Uganda Adventure

Description: A very exciting and unusual Adventure tour in Kenya and Uganda climbing Mt. Kenya and enjoying water rafting in Uganda.
Highlights: Mt. Kenya, the river Nile

Country: Kenya, Uganda
Type: Adventure tour
Special Activities: Climbing, Rafting
Number of Days: 11 days
Price: Basic (explain)
Level of action: Very Active
Shared or private: Private (explain)

Included: All park fees,and activities, experienced guide, accommodation, 3 meals per day, all transfers
Extensions: Safari in Kenya, Gorilla trekking in Uganda

Notes: This is a n Adventure tour only suited for people in very good phisical conditions and looking for an adrenaline bursting experience.

11 days program
Day 1: Nairobi - Nanyuki
After breakfast, drive to Nanyuki town on the foothills of Mt. Kenya. After lunch, spend the rest of the afternoon acclimatizing and sorting out and organizing all the requirements for your trip.
Dinner and overnight at a Nanyuki.

Day 2: Nanyuki - Old Moses
After breakfast, drive to the Sirimon Track Park Gate. Hike to Old Moses hut in an average hiking time of 3 hours, lunch en route. This hike is very essential for acclimatization and quite educative to learn about the mountain and its vegetation. Dinner and overnight at the hut, which is 3,300m above sea level.

Day 3: Old Moses - Shiptons
An early start for Shiptons, attitude 4,200m in an average hiking time of 6 hours, lunch en route. Sirimon route lies on the north - western side of Mt Kenya and generally escapes some rainfall, making it drier than other routes most times of the year. Dinner and overnight at the hut.

Day 4: Shiptons - Pt Lenana - Mackinders
Wake up very early and attempt of Pt Lenana, 4,985m above sea level. If you are fortunate and the weather is clear, you may see Mt Kilimanjaro to the south, Mt Elgon to the west and even the Indian Ocean to the East. After your photography and viewing opportunity, surrounded by glaciers and ice rock caves, descend to Mackinder’s camp on the Naro Moru trail, meals en route. The attitude here is 4,200m. The hut is on Teleki Valley opposite the main peaks. Descent will be about 5 hours.
Dinner and overnight at the hut.

Day 5: Mackinders - Nairobi
After breakfast, descend to Met station in roughly 3 hours and catch your transport to Naro Moru town for lunch then board your transport to Nairobi, arriving in the evening.

Day 6: Nairobi – Jinja
Transfer to Jinja either bus or flight.

Day 7: Rafting in the Nile
Start white water rafting in the morning with Nalubale Rafting with a prior briefing
27 kilometres rafting on some of the biggest, yet safest white water in the world. The stretch includes more than fifteen rapids in total, out of which four are rated grade 5 on a scale from 1-6 and 6 is the biggest.
Camping at the scenic Itanda Falls

Day 8: Rafting in the Nile
16 kilometres rafting; five grade 4 rapids and a number of smaller rapids are included. Lots of time to swim and play in the water.
Camping on a beautiful, secluded island in the river

Day 9: Rafting in the Nile
4 kilometres rafting. On the last day we get the body boards out and spend the morning surfing and rafting the last rapid of the trip. Return to Kampala after the rafting.

Day 10: Jinja and surroundings on Quadbike
All day spend doing QuadBiking around the villages in Jinja. This is a great opportunity to have great fun and interact with local communities
Return to the airport in time for the flight back to Europe

Day 11: Jinja – Nairobi
Transfer back to Nairobi bus or flight.

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