As a warm-up for a hike of Mt Kenya’s Sirimon and Chogoria Routes in March 2021, I spent a weekend in the Aberdares National Park with friends. We set out as a group of five to hike Elephant Hill and then - weather and wellness depending - to continue on to Mt Kinangop. At 3,906 meters (12,815 feet) Kinangop is the second highest point in the Aberdares, after Mount Satima in the north. I’d hike Elephant Hill several times, but never continued past it to Kinangop. We knew it’d be a long day so we set out before first light.
Three of our group summited Elephant Hill and decided to head back to camp, while M and I continued up to Kinangop with our excellent ranger guide, Philemon.
More views of Mt Kenya across the valley on the way up:
A few photos from the summit: