Rongai Gate (2,020m/6,627ft) to Simba Camp (2,600m/8,530ft) Hiking distance: 6km Hiking time: 3–4hrs Habitat: Montane Forest You depart Arusha for Nalemuru Gate, which takes about 5hours, where you will complete entry formalities. Upon arrival at trailhead, you eat lunch, and then commence through wide path winding through fields of maize and potatoes, prior to entering pine forest that is home a various wildlife species. As the forest begins to thin out, you enter the first camp at the edge of the moorland zone (2,625m/8,612ft). This location ghastly extensive view of the Kenyan plains.