Day 1
Drive 4 hours to the Rongai Gate. Walk to Simba Camp at 2650m, 2½-3 hrs. The walk is initially through plantations then rain forest and finally bush country.
Day 2
Walk to 2nd Cave at 3450m, 3½ hrs. A gentle day through bush then heathers.
Day 3
Gentle rising traverse through moorland over several ridges to 3rd Cave.
Day 4
Easy angled screes slopes lead across the Saddle to Kibo Hut, 4700m, 4½-5 hrs.
Day 5
Very early start for the summit on steep scree up to Gillman's Point (5681m) which is on the crater rim. Continue around the rim (which will take about two hours if you are fit) to Uhuru Peak (5895m) the highest point in Africa. Descend to Kibo Hut for tea and biscuits or soup and then down to the thicker air an relative warmth of Horombo hut.
Day 6
Descend to Marangu gate. Drive back to the hotel (B&B).
