Following breakfast, you will have a briefing from your guide. At 8 am, our staff will drive you Moshi to the wooded village of Nale Muru. The drive past villages and many coffee plantations will take 4-5 hours.

When you arrive, your guides and porters will prepare your equipment and supplies while you complete registration with the Kilimanjaro Park Office. You will begin your trek through fields of maize and potatoes before you enter the pine forest. Your ascent begins in the forest occupied by various wildlife. The trees of the forest become sparser as you reach the Simba Camp which is near the First Cave.

Your camp sits at the edge of the moorland zone with spectacular views of the plains of Kenya. When you arrive, you will find your camp and tent is already set up by the porters who ran ahead. They will bring you boiled drinking water and washing water in preparation for dinner.