Enjoy this Top Trekking Travel Offer. Duration 9 Days
Located in western Uganda, the Rwenzori Mountains National Park is home to Africa’s third-highest peak, Mount Margherita Peak, which rises to a height of 5,109 meters. Furthermore its glaciers, rivers, and lakes make the mountain one of Africa’s most stunning alpine regions.
Besides, the park is home to numerous natural habitats for endangered animals and a diverse and rare flora, including the enormous heather among other species.
Trekking Programme Overview
- Day: Kampala to Kasese
- Day: Climb Nyabitaba through Bakonjo Farmsteads
- Day: Nyabita – Nyamileju – John Matte
- Day: John Matte Camp – Bujuku Hut
- Day: Bujuku Hut – Kitandara Hut
- Day: Kitandara Hut – Guy Yeoman Hut
- Day: Guy Yeoman Hut – Nyabitaba Hut
- Day: Nyabitaba Hut – Hotel Margarita
- Day: Hotel Margarita – Kampala
What is included ?
• Full time English speaking guide
• Accommodation & meals
• Bottled drinking water
• Government taxes
• All activities included in the itinerary
• Transport
• Park entrance fees
Trekking Tour Itinerary
Day 1: Kampala to Kasese
Upon your arrival at Entebbe airport, our tour guide will straight away transfer you by road to western Uganda. This journey will between 8-10 hours to arrive in Kasese. Dinner and overnight stay at Margherita Hotel, Kasese.
Day 2: Climb Nyabitaba through Bakonjo Farmsteads
After an early morning breakfast, hike to Nyakalengija trailhead (1600m) in the company of a guide and porters. Hiking up to Nyabitaba hut, walk through the banana sambas on the side of the steep foothills, past the typical Bakonjo farmsteads. Then, we follow the trail along the Mubuku River, via landslides up and down rocks and bluffs, traverse the Mahoma River and climb steeply through break fern slopes and podocarpus forest to Nyabitaba Hut. Dinner and overnight at Nyabitaba Hut (FB)
Day 3: Nyabita – Nyamileju – John Matte
Have your breakfast and then continue on the Nyabitaba route, which descends through the forest to the Kurt Shafer Bridge, which is located directly beneath the point where the Bujuku and Mubuku Rivers merge.
Continue moving uphill through the bamboo forest, then negotiate a strenuous length of slick, moss-covered rock.
Lunch should be consumed in Nyamileju Hut.
To avoid getting trapped in the relatively moist ground, continue hiking to the foot of the mass of tussock grass.
Arrive at John Matte Camp for your meal and overnight stay after 7 hours of walking.
