• Distance:7 kilometres
• Hiking Time:4 hours

In the morning after your breakfast you will be driven to Londorossi Gate, about 3 hour’s drive from your hotel. Upon completion of all the entry formalities and a final 15 km drive on a bumpy road, you will reach your starting point at the edge of the Montana forest. You will get your lunch before you set out on the trail via the rainforest. Today’s walk is quite short, about 3 hours, as opposed to the days ahead, this will give you time to enjoy the lush scenery which will drastically change over the course of your climb. You might even see white and black colobus monkeys sitting in the branches above you.

• Distance:7 kilometres
• Hiking Time:5 hours

As you start walking along the narrow route via the rainforest, you will find the vegetation becoming increasingly sparce until you finally arrive moorland filled with Lobelia and Erica plants. Ascending via rolling hills, you will approach Shira 1 Camp in about 4 hours. Looking over the Shira Plateau from your camp you will be able to see snow-capped summit of Kibo. A hearty evening meal and a last glimpse at the starry sky will bring the day to a close.

• Distance:9 kilometres
• Hiking Time:4 hours

After having your delicious breakfast, you will pass through Shira Ridge with its rocky ground, short grasses, and shrubs. As you hike the path is much flatter than the day before, your hike will become more easily and leisurely, you will admire breathtaking views of the Great Rift Valley and Mount Meru. Beautiful and distinctive Giant Lobelias still dot the moor landscape. Hikking on the ground where lava used to flow you will get to Shira 2 Camp, where you will get your hot dinner and overnight stay.

• Distance:10 kilometres
• Hiking Time:7 hours

After your breakfast, your ascent will begin to Lava Tower through a boulder-strewn terrain. From far you will see Kibo peak encouraging you to continue uphill. Approaching to Lava Tower at an altitude of 4,640 miter above sea level, you will have a lunch while relaxing and let your body to get used to the higher altitude, after about an hour you will continue downwards to Barranco Camp. This technique of trekking high but sleeping low allows your body to acclimatize to the differing altitudes and gives you a good idea of how your body reacts to changes in Altitude. Through the way the scenery changes once more and soon you are surrounded by Senecio kilimanjari and smaller Lobelia deckenii plants.

• Distance:10 kilometres
• Hiking Time:7 hours

The barranco wall is an amazing climb, after breakfast you will begin to climb the famous Barranco wall, which is probably the steepest part of the entire route. Although climb barranco wall some parts require technical climbing, some part will require you to use your hands for a better grip and to pull yourself up. Your guide will be always close to help you during climbing barranco wall. After you have pulled yourself around the Kissing Rock you will start walking along the mountain ridge and via the Karanga Valley. You will cross the last water point as you finally arrive at Karanga Camp after 4 hours.

• Distance:5 kilometres
• Hiking Time:7 hours

At midnight you will wake up and finish put on your summit gears. You will be given some hot tea/coffee and biscuits in order to get you ready for the summit. From starting you will ascend in a north-westerly direction via heavy scree toward Stella Point, reaching there in about 5 hours. At Stella Point, you will relax if necessary, before spending another 1 hour climb along the crater rim to Uhuru Peak – the highlight of your trip. An amazing view awaits you as you stand on the Roof of Africa. After taking as many pictures as you want, you will leave behind the glistening glaciers and snowy peak and make your way back down to Barafu Camp.After arriving back at barafu camp you will have time to catch your breath before heading further down to Mweka camp (3,080miter), an approximate 4-hour walk.

• Distance:10 kilometres
• Hiking Time:3 hours

After finishing your breakfast and a traditional ceremony by your mountain teams, your final descent to mweka gate will begin. A leisurely 3 hours walk will take you back more through the rainforest, where the endemic flower Impatiens Kilimanjari grows. You will arrive Mweka Gate where your transferring driver will be waiting for you. The driver will take you back to the arranged Hotel in Moshi or Arusha.