After breakfast you meet your guides and porters. The route begins at the National Marangu Gate at 6,000 ft. The forest teems with bird life, and colobus and other monkeys may be seen. You will stop for a picnic lunch en route. While rain may occur on this day, shorts, T-shirt and sneakers are usually adequate attire for this day.
Evenings range from cool to cold.
BLD Day 3 Horombo Hut . Today one leaves the last glades of the forest and follows the gently ascending path through the open alpine meadow. The altitude will begin to make itself felt, commonly experienced as shortness of breath, cautioning one to tread slowly and enjoy the flora and panoramic views of the peaks and of the plains below the mountain. The vegetation is quite spectacular, especially higher up, where giant lobelia and senecios may be seen. Higher still the vegetation becomes thinner.