10 Days Rwenzori Mountain Climbing Safari Uganda

10 Days Rwenzori Mountain Climbing Safari brings you the Mountains of the Moon, the Rwenzori Mountains. 10 Days Rwenzori Mountain Climbing Safari into the Rwenzori is an exhilarating and rewarding experience but one which must be well planned. The key to an enjoyable visit is to ‘be prepared’. The central circuit hike takes six nights seven days and reaches an altitude of 4267m (14,000f) above sea level. See the glaciers and snow all by yourself!

Tour Details

Activities: Mountain climbing
Start: Entebbe International Airport, Uganda
End: Entebbe International Airport, Uganda
Destination: Rwenzori Mountians National Park
Number of People: Tailored
Number of Days: 10 Days
Availability: All Year Round
Price: Upon Request

Highlights Itinerary

• Day 1 Entebbe – Kampala
• Day 2 Rwenzori Mountains National Park
• Day 3 Rwenzori Mountains National Park
• Day 4 Rwenzori Mountains National Park
• Day 5 Rwenzori Mountains National Park
• Day 6 Rwenzori Mountains National Park
• Day 7 Rwenzori Mountains National Park
• Day 8 Rwenzori Mountains National Park
• Day 9 Rwenzori Mountains National Park
• Day 10 Rwenzori Mountains National Park – Entebbe

Detailed Itinerary 10 Days Rwenzori Mountains Climbing Safari Uganda

Day 1 Entebbe – Kampala

Arrival at Entebbe Airport. Your guide will be there waiting for you. Pick up and proceed to your accommodation.

Day 2 Rwenzori Mountains National Park

After breakfast, we drive to Rwenzori Mountains National Park. The guide will check your equipment for the hike, so make sure you will go very well prepared. Anything missing can be rented in Kasese.

Day 3 Rwenzori Mountains National Park

Hiking Day 1

Transfer to the starting point of the hike!

The “central circuit” trail of Rwenzori is the main hiking activity that people undertake when visiting the mountain range. It consists of a hike lasting six nights and seven days, starting from the headquarters of the Rwenzori Mountains National Park at Nyakalengija. Then the trail follows a circular path around Mount Baker, spending the night in five different Huts, and reaching a maximum altitude of 4.372m. at Scott Elliot Pass.

The circuit gives the opportunity to see very close the peaks and glaciers of Mount Speke, Mount Stanley, Mount Luigi di Savoia, Mount Baker. Everybody is able to manage the hike, as the level of difficulty is not so high. For the mountain climbers, it is possible to reach all the major peaks, only adding a one-day extension to the trial per each peak. The central circuit is the best experience of Rwenzori, its landscape, and vegetation. – 10 Days Uganda Hiking Safari

From the Rwenzori Mountains National Park Head Quarter at Nyakalengija, 1.646m, you will receive the briefing from RMS (Rwenzori Mountaineering Services) and UWA (Uganda Wildlife Authority), with the possibility of renting equipment. The hike starts through the plantations and homes of the Bakonjo, the people of the mountain, gradually reaching garden plots and elephant grass.

You follow the Mobuku river, until crossing the Mahoma River. The trail passes through open bracken fern slopes and Podocarpus forest, up to Nyabitaba Hut, 2.652m., which is the arrival point for the day. This will take from 5 to 6 hours. From the location, you are facing on the North the Portal Peaks, 4.627m., in front of Mount Kyniangoma. During the day, you might see monkeys, the Rwenzori Turaco, and hearing the chimpanzees.

Day 4 Rwenzori Mountains National Park

Hiking Day 2

From Nyabitaba Hut you cross the Kurt Shaffer Bridge, through a muddy area. Then the trail climbs up through the bamboo forest. You reach a steep rocky area, which leads to Nyamuleju Hut. This point marks the start of the giant lobelia and groundsel zone. The way proceeds through a bog full of typical plants along the Bujuku river. The final point is John Matte Hut, 3.414m. for spending the night. From Nyabitaba Hut to John Matte it can take approximately 6 hours. Enjoy the view of Mount Stanley and snow-capped Margherita and Elena Peaks.

Day 5 Rwenzori Mountains National Park

Hiking Day 3

From John Matte Hut you cross the Bujuku River and enter the lower Bigo bog, a grassy bog where you experience how to jump from tussock to tussock. You reach Bigo Hut and enter the upper Bigo bog, proceeding to Lake Bujuku, where it is starting the alpine savannah zone of little vegetation.

You finally arrive at Bujuku Hut, 3.962m. This day hike can take up to 5 hours. There you have a view of the peaks of Mount Stanley, Mount Baker, and Mount Speke. From Bujuku starts the diversion for whom intends to climb Mount Speke. For climbing Margherita and Alexandra peaks it is advised to proceed to Elena Hut overnight. – 10 Days Uganda Hiking Safari

Day 6 Rwenzori Mountains National Park

Hiking Day 4

From Bujuku Hut you climb through moss-draped groundsel vegetation, to Scott Elliot Pass, 4.372m., the highest point of the loop trail. The path is very rocky and steep, at the foothills of Mount Baker. Enjoy a spectacular view of Margherita peak, Elena and Savoia Glaciers, and Mount Baker.

You reach Upper Kitandara lake through thick mud to Lower Kitandara lake where is located Kitandara Hut, 4.023m. Kitandara in the local language means “fresh field”, as a cold wind is blowing into the valley. Time to complete the hike for about 5 hours. During this tract, it is recommended to check any signs of altitude sickness or hypothermia. From Kitandara Hut you can proceed for climbing Mount Baker or Mount Luigi di Savoia and the peak Vittorio Sella.

Day 7 Rwenzori Mountains National Park

Hiking Day 5

From Lake Kitandara you climb to Freshfield Pass, 4.282m., a long flat of high alpine mossy glades, before descending the circuit among rocky and boggy areas. The panorama is dominated by the glaciers of Mount Stanley and Baker. A muddy trail leads to Akendahi, Bujongolo, and Kabamba rock shelters, where starts the Kabamba valley down to Guy Yeoman Hut, 3.261m. This can take up to 6 hours. The hut is surrounded by a beautiful landscape of mountains, vegetation, and rivers.

Day 8 Rwenzori Mountains National Park

Hiking Day 6

On this day you complete the central circuit by going back to Nyabitaba Hut. The trial is attractive along the valley of the Mobuku and Kichuchu rivers, rich in plants and flowers of the heather zone before reaching the bamboo forest. See Kabamba falls on the way. The time to reach Nyabitaba is about 6 hours. Eventually, you decide to terminate the trial by descending directly to Nyakalengija, adding 2 to 3 more hours.

Day 9 Rwenzori Mountains National Park

Hiking Day 7

From Nyabitaba to reach Nyakalengija, it can take up to three hours. From Nyabitaba starts the 40 minutes trail to see Lake Mamoha and back to the hut for descending to the Park Head Quarters. Transfer to the hotel. – 10 Days Uganda Hiking Safari.

Day 10 Rwenzori Mountains National Park – Entebbe

Transfer back to Kampala. We will make a stop in Kampala for shopping. Transfer to the airport for your departure.

PRICES

Prices are on request; please send an email to info@africarevealsafaris.com

All Prices Includes

• Airport transfers from Kampala/Entebbe to the Rwenzori Mountains
• Accommodations with the meals as mentioned
• Entrance fees to the National Park
• Activities: hiking through the Rwenzori Mountains, full board in the Rwenzori Mountains

Excludes

• Flights
• Visa
• Insurances
• Meals not mentioned and beverages
• Rucksack, sleeping bag for low temperature, and sleeping mat
• Tips and personal expenses such as laundry and communication