Cookie Policy Page
Last Updated: July 29, 2026
At Mt Kenya Trekking Expeditions, we use cookies and similar technologies to help our website function properly, understand how visitors use our website, improve your browsing experience, and support our marketing activities.
This Cookie Policy explains what cookies are, how we use them, the types of cookies that may be placed on your device, and how you can manage your preferences.
This policy applies to visitors to our website, including visitors from Kenya, the European Union (EU), the European Economic Area (EEA), the United Kingdom, and other jurisdictions with applicable privacy and electronic communications laws.
This Cookie Policy explains what cookies are, how we use them, the types of cookies that may be placed on your device, and how you can manage your preferences.
This policy applies to visitors to our website, including visitors from Kenya, the European Union (EU), the European Economic Area (EEA), the United Kingdom, and other jurisdictions with applicable privacy and electronic communications laws.
1. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files placed on your computer, smartphone, tablet, or other device when you visit a website. They allow a website to recognize your device and remember certain information about your visit.We may also use similar technologies, including pixels, tags, scripts, local storage, and other tracking technologies that perform functions similar to cookies.
Cookies can be first-party cookies, which are placed by our website, or third-party cookies, which are placed by external services that operate on or through our website.
2. Why We Use Cookies
We may use cookies and similar technologies for several purposes, including:- Keeping our website secure and functioning correctly
- Remembering preferences and settings
- Understanding how visitors navigate and use our website
- Improving website performance, content, and user experience
- Measuring website traffic and the effectiveness of our marketing
- Understanding which pages and services are most useful to visitors
- Supporting advertising and remarketing activities where applicable
- Preventing fraudulent or abusive activity
3. Categories of Cookies We May Use
Strictly Necessary Cookies
These cookies are required for the website to operate properly. They may support functions such as page navigation, security, forms, booking or enquiry functionality, session management, and other essential website features.Because these cookies are necessary for the website to function, they generally cannot be disabled through our cookie preference tool.
Functional Cookies
Functional cookies allow the website to remember choices you make and provide enhanced functionality.For example, they may remember preferences relating to language, region, forms, or other website settings.
Where required by applicable law, we will ask for your consent before placing these cookies.
Analytics & Performance Cookies
These cookies help us understand how visitors use our website, including which pages are visited, how visitors arrive at our website, and how our website performs.We may use analytics services to obtain information such as:
- Number of visitors
- Traffic sources
- Pages visited
- Approximate location
- Device and browser information
- Time spent on pages
- General interaction with the website
Marketing & Advertising Cookies
Marketing cookies may be used to measure advertising campaigns, understand visitor interactions with advertisements, and deliver or measure more relevant advertising.These cookies may be provided by third-party advertising platforms and may allow those providers to recognize your browser or device across different websites.
Where required by applicable law, marketing cookies will only be placed after you provide consent.
4. Third-Party Cookies
Some services used on our website may place cookies or similar technologies on your device. These may include services used for:- Website analytics
- Advertising and campaign measurement
- Social media integrations
- Embedded maps
- Video or other media
- Website security
- Booking, enquiry, payment, or communication functionality
5. Cookies and Personal Data
A cookie does not necessarily identify you by name. However, information collected through cookies may sometimes be associated with an identifiable person or combined with other information that can identify an individual. Where cookie information constitutes personal data, we process it in accordance with our Privacy Policy and applicable data protection laws.Depending on the circumstances, our legal basis for processing may include:
- Your consent
- The necessity to provide a service you have requested
- Our legitimate interests, where permitted by law
- Compliance with a legal obligation
6. Consent for Cookies
For visitors in jurisdictions where consent is required, we use a cookie consent mechanism to allow you to decide whether to accept or reject non-essential cookies.You may be presented with options such as:
Accept All Cookies
Allows non-essential cookies, including analytics and marketing cookies where applicable.Reject Non-Essential Cookies
Prevents optional cookies from being placed, while allowing strictly necessary cookies to operate.Manage Preferences
Allows you to select or change the categories of optional cookies you wish to allow.Your choice should be respected by our website, subject to the technical limitations of the consent mechanism.
7. European Visitors and GDPR/ePrivacy Requirements
For visitors in the European Economic Area and other jurisdictions where similar requirements apply, we aim to comply with applicable requirements concerning electronic communications, cookies, and personal data protection.In particular, non-essential cookies and similar tracking technologies that require consent will not be placed on your device until you have provided the required consent.
Consent should be:
- Freely given
- Specific
- Informed
- Unambiguous
- Capable of being withdrawn
You can withdraw or change your consent at any time through our cookie preference controls, where available. Withdrawing consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing carried out before you withdrew it.
8. How Long Cookies Remain on Your Device
Cookies may be either session cookies or persistent cookies.Session cookies remain on your device only while you are browsing our website and are generally removed when you close your browser.
Persistent cookies remain on your device for a specified period or until they are deleted manually.
The retention period depends on the purpose and provider of the cookie. Where applicable, our cookie consent tool may provide additional information about individual cookies, including their purpose, provider, and duration.
9. Managing Cookies Through Your Browser
You can also control or delete cookies through your browser settings. Most browsers allow you to:- View stored cookies
- Delete existing cookies
- Block cookies
- Block third-party cookies
- Receive notifications before cookies are stored
- Delete cookies when the browser is closed
10. Changes to Your Cookie Preferences
If our website provides a cookie preference or consent management tool, you can use it to review or change your choices. If you previously accepted optional cookies and want to withdraw consent, use the Cookie Settings or equivalent control available on our website.We recommend reviewing your preferences periodically because the cookies and third-party services used on our website may change.
11. International Visitors
Mt Kenya Trekking Expeditions serves travellers from Kenya and around the world. Our website may therefore be accessed from jurisdictions with different privacy and cookie requirements.We aim to apply appropriate privacy and cookie controls based on the applicable requirements and the nature of the information being processed.
Where European data protection requirements apply, we aim to comply with applicable GDPR and ePrivacy requirements concerning personal data, cookies, consent, and related tracking technologies.
12. Your Data Protection Rights
Depending on your location and applicable law, you may have rights concerning personal information processed through cookies and other technologies. These may include the right to:- Request access to personal information we hold about you
- Request correction of inaccurate information
- Request deletion of personal information in certain circumstances
- Restrict or object to certain processing
- Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent
- Request data portability where applicable
- Lodge a complaint with the relevant data protection authority
13. Updates to This Cookie Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes to our website, technology, third-party services, legal requirements, or the way we use cookies.When we make changes, we will update the Last Updated date at the beginning of this policy. We encourage visitors to review this page periodically to remain informed about our use of cookies.
14. Contact Us
If you have questions about this Cookie Policy, our use of cookies, or how your information is handled, please contact Mt Kenya Trekking Expeditions through the contact details provided on our website.Mt Kenya Trekking Expeditions
Kenya
Website: mtkenyatrekking.com
For questions concerning your personal information or privacy rights, please refer to our Privacy Policy or contact us using the details provided there.