Rwenzori Mountain Uganda

On arrival, you will be warmly welcomed by a driver guide form Trek Rwenzori Tours who will shortly brief and transfer you to a hotel in Entebbe depending on your flight arrival time. Dinner and overnight

Enjoy breakfast at 8:00am, then hit the road to the Rwenzori mountains. The drive is 8 hours but incredibly scenic – passing through villages, lush green countryside and hills dotted with tea and coffee plantations that characterize this part of Uganda. The beautiful scenery will amaze you all the way.
You will stop in Fort portal at Dutchers restaurant and guesthouse for lunch and after lunch at 2:00 pm you will proceed to the Rwenzori Mountains, upon arrival at the accommodation check in and just relax.
Accommodation is at Ruboni community camp site.

Early morning you will be transferred to Kasese district from Fort Portal and you will be met by your guide and porters at Nyakalengijo in Rwenzori Mountain National Park.
Before the hike, he will make sure that you have all the equipments that you need. Note: we have all the required hiking gears that is on the agreed price.

You will then drive to Uganda wild life authority where you will do registration with Uganda national park in charge for Rwenzori and begin the hiking by passing through farmland to the park boundary, which follows along the Mubuku River. You will cross the Mahoma tributary before starting a long, steep ascent onto a giant ridge until we reach Nyabitaba Hut at 2651m.

During this part of the trail you will pass in the grass land, Montana forest zone and heither which are tropical rain forests, on the right hand side you will see Portal peaks, you will crisscross different rivers and water falls , there is higher chances of seeing chimpanzees and Black and White Colobus monkeys, Blue monkeys, and the brilliant Rwenzori Turaco, different chameleons including the most attractive one 3 horns . We will have dinner and spend the night at the hut. (Approximate hiking time: 5-6 hours).

On Day 3, we again descend from the hut along the trail to cross the Bujuku River and enter the Lower Bigo bog, home of the giant lobelias (a purple, flowering plant). Jumping from tussock to tussock--a thick clump of grass--we will cross the bog. Rarely is this possible without stepping at least one foot into the freezing ooze below. The Upper Bigo bog gives way to Bujuku Lake, where on a clear day we will be able to catch a glimpse of Mt Baker to the South and Mt Stanley to the West. You will then reach Bujuko Hut, located in the shadows of Mt Baker and Mt Speke, in a narrow valley below Stuhlmann Pass. Dinner and spend the night at the hut. (Approximate hiking time: 5-6 hours

Leaving our home for the night, Bujuku Hut, we will continue along the trail through more bogs, all the while climbing the steep slopes west of the lake through the magical Groundsel Gully until we ascend to the Scott-Elliott Pass at 4372m. At the head of the gully we will use a metal ladder to climb over a very steep section of the trail, after which the trail splits. The trail on the right leads to Elena Hut and Mount Stanley along a steep trail over large boulders. The trail on the left leads to the Kitandara Lakes. Those who do not intend to climb Margaritas Peak will follow this trail to Kitandara Hut where they will have dinner and spend the night. Those hoping to ascend Margarita will continue on to the icy Elena Hut where they will have dinner and spend the night. (Approximate hiking time: 4-5 hours).

We will continue to the base of the Stanley Glacier. To reach the summit of Margarita, we will climb for 5-7 hours (pace and weather conditions depending on). This extremely challenging climb will take us over three glaciers, slippery rocks, ice, and areas that are completely exposed on all sides.
Note: this climb is only for physically fit and technically experienced climbers! After reaching the glaciers, we will cross Stanley Plateau and proceed with our ascent. Finally, and after we've acclimatized to the altitude, we will continue in the icy cold up a scramble to the summit of Margarita, the highest peak in the Rwenzori.
Not all who attempt to summit Margarita will be able to reach the peak due to altitude sickness, and extreme conditions. Please don't be disappointed! When it is time to turn around, we will return through the Scott-Elliot pass, where we will be delighted with spectacular views. We will then continue our descent to Kitandara Lakes after passing through an alpine zone of sparse vegetation and rough boulders. We will have dinner and spend the night at the hut. (Approximate hiking time: 7+ hours).

From Kitandara Hut, we will follow a trail that ascends steeply up the headwall spreading out from the base of Mt Baker. We will then continue along the south side of the mountain to Fresh Field Pass. At this point, we should be able to see into the Democratic republic of Congo to the west and Mt. Stanley to the north. From the pass, we will take the long trail past a rock shelter at Bujongolo to the base camp for the historic expedition by the Duke of Abruzzi in 1906. We will have dinner and spend the night at Guy Yeoman hut. (Approximate hiking time: 5-6 hours).

On this day, we will descend from Guy Yeoman Hut to Nyabitaba Hut. We will descend past the cliffs of Kichuchu, follow a muddy path to cross the Mubuku River twice, and climb upwards to Nyabitaba Hut to complete the Central Circuit Trail. *With an early start it's also possible to make it all the way down to Nyakalengija, our starting point. (Approximate hiking time: 6-7 hours).