Start your adventure with a drive from your hotel to the Londorossi Park Gate  (2,100m), where you will sign in.

Enjoy a drive along the rainforest track for around 45 minutes until you reach the Lemosho Glades, where you will start the trek.

Walk for 3-4 hours up the stunning rainforest trail, keeping an eye out for the monkeys.

Follow the trail through the rainforest until it steepens slightly, leading you to the moorland zone where you will get your first sight of Kibo.

Cross the Shira Ridge, where the trail flattens as you reach Shira Camp 1 (3,610m), located next to a mountain stream on the Shira Plateau.

Enjoy a hearty breakfast and begin a gentle walk across the Shira plateau, leading you to Shira Camp 2 (3,850m), located on moorland meadows by another mountain stream.

A variety of additional walks are available in the afternoon on the plateau, making this a good day for acclimatization. If you are feeling tired, use the afternoon to rest around camp.

Gear up for a long trek heading east, which passes through the ‘Garden of the Senecios' and enters the high alpine desert zone. Spend the morning trekking up to Lava Tower and the iconic Shark’s Tooth rock formation at 4,600 meters, where you will have lunch.

Join the northern circuit heading down to Moir Camp at 4,200 meters. This is an important day in your trek as you will get to experience high altitude and then sleep low, which is good for the acclimatisation process.

Start on a moderately steep climb out of Moir Valley.

Take a small detour to climb the summit of Little Lent Hill at 4,375 meters before returning to the Northern Circuit trail. The route follows a series of inclines and declines, skirting around the northern slopes of Kibo to Buffalo Camp (4,020 meters).

Arrive at Buffalo Camp just after midday, have lunch and rest after a long day of hiking. The trek gives great vistas out across the plains that lie north of Kilimanjaro and stretch out to the Kenyan/Tanzanian border.

Soon after breakfast, start with a climb up the Buffalo ridge and down into Porfu Camp, where lunch is usually served. The route then continues east around the northern slopes to the Rongai Third Cave at 3,800 meters. The trek is shorter than the day before, and by now, you should be feeling well acclimatized to the altitude.

After having a sumptuous breakfast, begin a steady incline up and over the Saddle, which sits between the peaks of Kibo and Mawenzi.

Continue walking south-west up to School Hut (4,800 meters).

Arrive at School Hut, and you will be served an early dinner

Remember to prepare all your gear, including warm clothes, insulated water bottles, snacks, headlamp, and camera, before going to bed.

Wake up at around 11:30 with hot tea and biscuits and begin the steep incline up the slopes of Kibo under the cover of darkness.

 Take a short break at your first checkpoint, Hans Meyer Cave. The climb will steepen as you approach Gilman’s Point (5,681 meters), which will be around 5-6 hours after departing School Hut.

Take a moment to enjoy the approaching dawn and incredible view out and across Mawenzi Peak, but remember you still have 2 hours trekking to reach Uhuru Peak so dig deep for the energy. 

Retrace your steps back around the crater rim to Stella Point (5,739 meters), where you will turn south and head down the heavily screed slopes of Kibo to Barafu Camp (4,680 meters). 

Hike through the dense montane rainforest from Millennium Camp (3,950 meters) to Mweka Gate (1,640 meters).