11 DAYS HIKING RWENZORI MOUNTAINS
11 days Hiking or Climbing the famous Rwenzori Mountains. its a long journey to the top but the accomplishment of conquering Africa's "Mountains of the Moon" is an accomplishment for both the novice and expert h
iker and a memory that cannot be forgotten
Day 1: Airport pickup
On arrival at Entebbe airport our company driver will transfer you for dinner and overnight at Cassia Lodge/The lodge in Kampala.
Day 2: Kampala -Kasese
After breakfast you will drive to Kasese. Dinner and overnight at the Margherita hotel/Rwenzori base camp
Day 3: Hiking to Nyabitaba Hut
After breakfast, you will begin hiking by leaving the park head quarters (5400ft 1,646 m), walking past typical “ wattle and mud” Buhonjo homes and gradually moving upward through elephant grass and garden plots. The trail then follows the Mahoma River after about two and a half hours. After crossing the River, you will have a very steep climb through open bracken fern slopes and Podocarpus forest up to Nyabitaba Hut ( 8,700 ft/ 2,652) reached about an hour and a half past the Mahoma River crossing. During this part of the trip, you may be able to see Chimps and some times behind the Hut you can see Black and White Colobus and Blue monkeys and catch glimpses of the brilliantly -colored Rwenzori Touraco ( a bird of the tree tops). Dinner and Over night at Nyabitaba hut.
Day 4: Nyamileju Hut
After breakfast you will hike from Nyabitaba Hut that to Kurt Shafer Bridge, crossing below the confluence of Bujuku and Mubuku Rivers. After crossing the Shafer Bridge, the trail takes you through bamboo forest. Dinner and Over night at Nyamileju Hut
Day 5: John Matte Hut
After breakfast, you will continue to John Matte Hut (11,200 ft3, 414 m) which is through a tiring bog full of these extraordinary plants and the slow pace can be a delightful chance to examine and photograph this unique environment. Dinner and overnight at John Matte Hut
Day 6: Bujuku Hut
After breakfast you leave John Matte Hut to cross the Bujuku River and enter the lower of the two Bigo Bogs, where your first real experience jumping from tussock to tussock in a grassy bog begins. A steep section past the hut leads to upper Bigo Bog. In the last half of this bog a board walk has been constructed. An hour and a half beyond the upper bog, and after climbing through drier ground and crisscrossing the River, you reach Bujuku Lake.
Day 7: transfer to Elena hut
After breakfast you leave directly west from Bujuku hut on a newer trail, which rises and falls twice before finally climbing steeply through magical moss- draped Groundsel Gully towards (14,345ft/4,372m) Scott Elliot pass. At the head of the gully is a short, strong ladder at a particularly steep section, after which a right hand branch would lead to Elena Hut (14, 700ft/4,430m). Continuing straight, and a few steps below the pass there is a sheltered spot for a break, from here there is a second trail to the right to Elena is the Base Camp for climbing.
Day 8: Nyabitaba Hut
After breakfast, you will probably begin very early descending back and spend an overnight at Nyabitaba Hut
Day 9: Kasese town
After breakfast start hiking back and complete your trek by the evening. Dinner and overnight at the lodge
Day 10: Queen Elizabeth National park
After breakfast, you will drive to Queen Elizabeth National park do a game drive and in the afternoon go for a boat trip and later an evening game drive. Dinner and overnight at Mweya Safari Lodge/ Hippo Hill Camp/Simba Safari Camp
Day 11: Kampala
Have a morning game drive and later transfer to Kampala.
END OF RWENZORI MOUNTAINS HIKING
