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The Rwenzori Mountains is (5,119 m) high, snow covered - and is also known as the 'Mountains of the moon' It is also protected as Rwenzori Mountains National Park which is also a World Heritage Centre. The mist-shrouded peaks provide stunning back drops to this magnificent mountain. Ever since the Rwenzori became known to the World, its features have been changing. Today, the most visible and probably preventable, changes in the Rwenzoris are the fragile vegetation along the trails. A trip into the Rwenzoris is an exhilarating and rewarding experience but one, which must be planned. The key to an enjoyable visit is 'be prepared!' You can do the central circuit in just 7 days and our excellent guides will be there to add flavor to your experience. Those who have climbed this mountain have promised to come back, if you are an excellent hiker, looking for a lifetime adventure, please make your reservation now. with Mamaland Safaris. on email: info@mamalandsafaris.com
Below is your itinerary for your Rwenzori Special:
Day 1:
Arrival at
Entebbe Airport,
We
meet our tour guide and transfer to our Hotel for an
Overnight in
Entebbe (Golf
view).
Day 2: Transfer
to Kasese,
punctuation of stopovers at sceneries like the Tea estates- typical.
Overnight in Kasese.
Day3:
stage 1:
From Nyakalengija
to Nyabitaba Hut, 2.652 m
From
the Rwenzori Mountains National Park Head Quarter at Nyakalengija, 1.646
m., you will receive the
briefing from the guides, with the possibility of hiring equipment. The
hike starts through the plantations and homes of the Bakonjo,
the people of the mountain, gradually reaching garden plots and elephants
grass. You follow the Mobuku
river, until crossing the Mahoma river. The trail passes through an open
bracken fern slopes and Podorcarpus Forest, up to Nyabitaba Hut,
2.652 m., 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, 4.627 m. and in front Mount Kyniangoma. During the
day, you might see monkeys, the Rwenzori Turaco and hearing the
chimpanzees.
Day4:
Stage 2:
From Nyabitaba
Hut to John Matte Hut, 3.414 m
From
Nyabitaba Hut you cross the Kurt Shaffer Bridge, through a muddy area
along the Mubuku river. 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, 3.414 m.
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.
Day5:
Stage 3:
From John Matte
Hut to Bujuku Hut, 3.962 m
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, 3.962 m. This day hike can
take up to 5 hours. There you have a view on
the peaks of
Mount Stanley, Mount Baker and Mount
Speke.
Day6:
Stage 4:
From Bujuku Hut
to Elena Hut, 4.540 m.
From Bujuku Hut you climb through moss draped groundsel vegetation, to
Scott Elliot Pass, 4.372 m., between Mt. Baker and
Stanley. Here you divert to Elena Hut, 4.540 m. for spending the night
before climbing
Mt.Stanley.
Day7:
Stage 5
From Kitandara
Hut to Guy Yeoman Hut, 3.261 m.
From Elena Hut you ascend the last tract of rock and ice which leads to
Margherita Peak on Mt. Stanley, 5.109 m. Time to complete the climbing
about 3 hours. The peak was first climbed by the Duke of Abruzzi at 9.30am
on 18th June 1.906. After you descend to Upper Kitandara lake and through
thick mud to Lower Kitandara lake where is located Kitandara Hut, 4.023 m.
Time to complete the hike about 3 hours more. From Kitandara Hut you can
proceed for climbing Mount Baker or Mount Luigi di Savoia and the peak
Vittorio Sella. Enjoy the view of Mt. Luigi di Savoia.
Day8:
Stage 6:
From Kitandara
Hut to Guy Yeoman Hut, 3.261 m.
From Lake Kitandara you climb to Freshfield Pass, 4.282 m., 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 Mounts Stanley
and Baker and Mount of Savoy. A muddy trail leads to Akendahi, Bujongolo
and Kabamba rock shelters, where starts the Kabamba valley down to Guy
Yeoman Hut, 3.261 m. This can take up to 6 hours. The hut is surrounded by
a beautiful landscape of mountains, vegetations and rivers.
Day9:Stage
7:
From Guy Yeoman Hut back to Nyakalengija
Final
descent back to Nyakalengija. 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. Time
to reach Nyabitaba Hut is about 4 hours. From Nyabitaba starts the 40
minutes trial to see Lake Mahoma and back to the hut for descending to the
Park Head Quarter. The trial takes more 2 to 3 hours. Overnight in Kasese.
(Transfer Back to Kampala or Continue with Itinerary below for Gorilla Trekking and other Activities)
Day 10: Transfer to Bwindi after breakfast- Welcome to the Ishasha sector of Southern Queen Elizabeth (Mighty Tree climbing lions) After the early breakfast we drive off drive off in this adventurous area to get the Lions high in the Fig tree branches normally after midday game view drive under the thorny savannah trees. Dinner and overnight Bwindi Bandas.
Day 11: Gorilla trekking Day early breakfast, then get Down to the briefing area with some packed food and water, Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park is the home to the forest giants that are cousins to human beings, the gorillas. This Impenetrable Forest is full of birds, butterfly and plant species plus forest hog an addition to the greatest highlight of the trip.(If back early we ecotourism feeling with villagers we will can do the walk and mix with the locals or relax with the Orphans group performers. Dinner and overnight Bwindi Bandas. / Transfer after trekking is early.
Day 12:
Transfer to kable
lake Bunyonyi,/ Mbarara for a night.
the
scenery is spectacular with meandering terraces with cultivated hills - a
120km drive as we check in late
Day 13: Drive
off to Kampala
Drive out to kampala for a night.
