DAY 1: NAIROBI - ARUSHA. Leave Nairobi in a shuttle bus arriving Arusha in time for lunch. Afternoon spent at leisure and shopping for the provisions needed for the mountain. Dinner and overnight at a hotel in Arusha.
DAY 2: ARUSHA - LAVAS CAVES. After breakfast, transfer to Marangu gate and then to Umbwe village to start the climb. Climb for four hours through the rainforest to camp at the caves 2,800m above sea level.
DAY 3: LAVAS CAVES - BARRANCO HUT. After breakfast, continue ascent along a sharp ridge, giving a distinct high mountain feeling, then unto the moorland camp and by mid-afternoon stay at Barranco hut 3,900m for dinner and overnight.
DAY 4: BARRANCO HUT - ARROW GLACIER. A four-hour walk past the enormous breach wall to camp at the foot of the arrow Glacier. A leisurely afternoon and evening, acclimatizing around 4,900m and watching the sunset behind Mount Meru.
DAY 5: ARROW GLACIER - KILIMANJARO CRATER RIM. Climbing the same steep scrambling up the screes and across the frozen lava on the tottering wall. You camp on the stunning crater rim of Kilimanjaro.
DAY 6: KILIMANJARO CRATER RIM - HOROMBO HUT. You trek up to the highest point in Africa, UHURU peak 5,896m. Descend via Gilman's point and Kibo hut for dinner and overnight.
DAY 7: HOROMBO HUT - ARUSHA. After breakfast ascend to the Marangu park gate via Mandara. Dinner and overnight at Arusha.
DAY 8: ARUSHA - NAIROBI. After breakfast, leave for Nairobi by morning or afternoon shuttle bus where the tour ENDS!!!