Note: If you do not have these items, you can hire them in Moshi in the shops renting out hiking equipment.

Clothing:

• Shorts for the 1st and last day

• 2-3 pairs of pants for hiking and for lounging in the evenings

• Wind break pants (warm trekking pants for the summit)

• 3-4 short sleeved and long sleeved shirts for hiking and for the evenings

• 4-5 pairs of long underwear, depending on the duration of your climb

• Fleece jacket

• Down Jacket

• Rain Jacket

• Rain trousers

• Trekking shoes/hiking boots

• Sports shoes or trekking sandals for the evenings

• Balaclava

• Seamed cap (Beanie)

• Wool socks

• Thermal socks for the summit

• Hat with neck cover

• Thin inner gloves

• Warm and waterproof outer gloves

Equipment:

• Duffel bag and day pack

• Sleeping bag

• Binoculars  

• Trekking poles

• Headlamp with enough batteries

• Sunglasses - make sure they have polarised lenses

• Camera, memory cards, extra batteries, battery charger and lens cleaner

• Money belt

• Travel alarm clock

Supplies: 

• Insect repellent

• Sunblock and after sun lotion

• A travel towel 

• Skin cream

• Shower gel

• Wet wipes/hand sanitizer or no-water/antibacterial soap 

• Pocket Knife with scissors 

• Toothbrush/toothpaste/dental floss

• Tweezers

• Lip balm

• Q-tips & cotton balls

• Razor & shaving cream/gel

• Sanitary requirements 

• Band aids 

• Painkiller

• Antiseptic cream

• Motion sickness tablets

• Anti-diarrhoea medicine

• Re-hydration salts 

• Pen/pencil

• Plastic bags (wet washing/muddy shoes/organise clothes in suitcase)

• Small compass

• String/rope (washing line, tying sleeping bag, etc.)

• Cold/flu tablets

• Allergy remedy 

• Some people take a basic antibiotic in case

• Sterile needles (in case you need an injection and don't trust the hygiene conditions) 

• Prescribed medicine 

Documents:

• Passport & correct visas

• Emergency phone numbers

• Travel insurance policy

• Extra passport photos

• Copy of your passport, kept in a separate place than your passport

• Copy of marriage certificate, if applicable especially if you recently tied the knot

• Medical history

• Copies of prescriptions