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