The Burguret route starts from the West, between the Naromoru route and the Sirimon route. There is also no KWS Park Gate so prior arrangement has to be made with the rangers and payments made and receipts collected at another gate beforehand. It is rarely used and does not have a distinct path that can be followed in the way that the others above can, neither does it have any huts or facilities. The lower section through the bamboo forest is likely to need ‘route-finding’ by the guides unless another group happens to have been through it recently. This means that the actual precise route taken will vary from time to time until out into the moorlands and the first normal camping place at Giant Bamboo. The next stage from the moorland is easier in terms of route finding as the ground is more open, however, it is again a matter of orienteering up to the next camp at the rocky outcrops of Highland Castle, 3700m. From here the route continues up thinning flora along the ridge to meet the summit circuit. It gives out options of either heading to Shipton’s camp, Mackinders valley, or descending Teleki valley to Mackinder’s camp.
Since the Burguret route is not highly used due to its added difficulties of route finding and lack of facilities, it is a major attraction to those who enjoy private hikes away from the crowded trails. In addition, it is along this route that Felice Benuzzi, Giovanni Balletto, and Vincenzo Barsotti made their remarkable climb of the mountain when they escaped from the British PoW {Prisoners of War} Camp in Nanyuki in 1943. The story is recorded in Benuzzi’s fantastic account- “No Picnic on Mount Kenya”.