9 Days Mount Rwenzori Trekking Tour

This 9 Days Uganda Safari takes you to the Rwenzoris, the famed Mountains of the moon in Western Uganda. Rwenzori Mountains National Park is famous for being Africa’s highest mountain range. The Rwenzori offers challenging hiking and climbing possibilities. It supports a diverse range of animals, including 70 mammal amd 177 bird species several of the latter are Albertine Rift Endemics.

TRIP ITINERARY

Day 1 Airport Pickup
On arrival you will be picked from Entebbe international airport by our safari guide who will transfer you to Cassia lodge for dinner and overnight.

Day 2 Mount Rwenzori-Nyabitaba Hut
After breakfast you will depart for Kasese via Queen Elizabeth National park south west of Kampala. On the way you will make a stopover to see the royal drum makers at Mpambire village, you will also stand at the Equator for photography. You will proceed to mount Rwenzori, and on arrival you shall begin to climb- to Nyabitaba Hut (2650m) and proceed to Nyakalengija trailhead (1600m). Follow the trail along the Mubuku River, through landslides and up and down rocks and bluffs, Cross the Mahoma River and climb steeply through break fern slopes and podocarpus forest. Dinner and overnight at Nyabitaba Hut
Day 3: Nyabitaba-John Matte Hut
after breakfast you will continue with the hiking. Nyabitaba drops down through the forest to the Kurt Shafer Bridge, just below the confluence of the Bujuku and Mubuku Rivers. From Nyamileju rock shelter, on clear days, Mount Stanley and mount Speke can be glimpsed before passing into the zone of the giant heather, lobelia and groundsel. The final stretch to the hut is across a tiring bog, the first of many for which the mountain is infamous. Dinner and overnight at John Matte hut
 Day 4: Enter the Lower Bigo Bog
after breakfast you will proceed with the hiking, at John Matte Hut, the trail drops to cross the Bujuku River and enters Lower Bigo Bog, home of giant lobelias. Jumping from tussock to tussock, the bog is finally crossed but rarely without the feet sampling some of the freezing ooze below. The upper Bigo Bog gives way to Bujuku Lake, with views of Mt Baker to the South and Mt Stanley to the west. Bujuku Hut, well located in the shadow of Mount Baker and Mount Speke, is set in a narrow valley below Steinmann pass. Dinner and overnight at Bujuku Hut
 

Day 5: Mount Stanley
Leaving Bujuku very early in the morning, through more bog, the trail climb to the steep slops west of the lake, passes through the magical Groundsels Gully as it ascends to Scott-Elliot Pass at 4372m. At the head of the gully a metal ladder takes you over a steep section after which the trail splits into two. The right leads up to Elena Hut and Mount Stanley on a steep trail over large boulders. The left path leads to Scott. Elliot passes down to Kitandara Lakes. Dinner and overnight at Elena Hut
 Day 6: Climbing the summit of Margherita.
In the morning after breakfast, for those climbing Margherita peaks (5109m) continue to the base of the Stanley Glacier. Depending on the weather and the individual’s acclimatization, it can be a four to seven hour walk to the summit of Margherita. This is a tough walk over three glaciers, slippery rock, ice and very exposed areas which are open on many sides. Climb on to the glacier, cross the Stanly Plateau and proceed with the ascent. Subject to altitude sickness, fog and weather, scramble up to the summit of Margherita, crown of the Rwenzoris. Returning to Scott- Elliot pass, there are spectacular views back to Bujuku Lake and Mount Speke, up to Mount Stanley and sown to the Kitandara Lakes. Once over the pass the trail enters an alpine zone of sparse vegetation and rough boulders. Descend to the Kitandara Hut for overnight, past the Kitandara Lakes. Dinner and overnight at Kitandara Hut
 Day 7: Climb Mt Stanley
Early morning you will continue to Guy Yeoman Hut (3260m). From Kitandara, the trail ascends steeply up the headwall, spreading out from the base of Mount Baker and continuing along the south side of the mountain to Fresh field pass. On a clear day there are views into the Congo to the west and Mount Stanley to the north. From the pass, the long muddy descent continues, passing the rock shelter at Bujangolo, the base camp for the historic expedition by the Duke of Abruzzi in 1906 Dinner and overnight at Guy Yeoman Hut
 Day 8: Climb Nyabitaba
In the morning after breakfast, proceed to Nyabitaba (2650m). The path down can be slippery and muddy with little to hold on to and requires careful balancing over the vertical mud or steep rock then to Nyakalengija trailhead. You will have lunch in Kasese town. Dinner and overnight at Margherita Hotel, Kasese 
Day 9: Kampala
You will take breakfast you will drive back to Kampala, lunch en route, arriving late afternoon. Then meet your flight.
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