The return to Horombo Hut will seem surprisingly fast compared to the ascent. You can easily make Mandara Hut by lunchtime, and continue to the Park gate and Marangu in the afternoon. Huts Mandara Hut - 2700 m. This is a group of comfortable, wooden A-frame huts. The total capacity is 60.
Water is piped into site from springs above and flush toilets are behind the main cabin.
The buildings are similar to Mandara, but total capacity is 120. Water is piped from the stream behind the huts. Do not use this stream or its valley as a waste disposal area. There are platform toilets south-east of main hut, about 80 m down the slope and new flush toilets have been built within the complex of small huts. Kibo Hut - 4700 m.