Whats the climb like?
There are other routes, where you stay in tents, but the most common one, the one I went on, is like this: Day one: start at the park entrance at 1860 meters, and walk to Mandara Hut, 2725 meters. This is an easy walk up a fairly gentle climb. You’re in lush forest most of the way. The porters carry your sleeping bag and food and whatever else you want them too. You carry just your lunch, water, a jacket, and camera if you want. Our group had a guide, but I never saw him. It’s impossible to get lost: there’s only one path, and everyone is going the same place. You see other people, from France, Germany, Australia, all over, coming down the mountain. Mandara Hut is right at the edge of the rainforest, where it changes to grassland. It’s really a large common lodge where you cook and eat, and a collection of several small cabins, each sleeping 4 people. My stuff that the porters carried was in my cabin when I got there. There are pit toilets. Water is available, but no showers. The porte
