Mount Elgon Safari Tour Uganda Climbing, Hiking Tours

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7 Days Mountaineering with Amazing t

ours (Mt.Elgon)

Mount Elgon National Park is on the boarder of Uganda and Kenya and the mountain is named after the Elogonyi tribe who once lived in huge caves on the southern side of the Mountain. It is an extinct volcano that first erupted more than 24 million years ago with the largest surface area than any extinct volcano in the world (50kmx80km).
Because of its gradual slope, a climb to the caldera or crater rim (4321 meters above sea level) does not require mountaineering skills. On the wooded slopes, part of which includes Mount Elgon National Park, great caves, gorges and waterfalls provide some of the most exciting scenery in Uganda, and the terraced coffee plantations and bamboo forests just enhance the wonderful views.
Mt Elgon is not a difficult mountain to climb. Aspirant hikers need to be reasonably fit, but no specialized equipment or skills are needed to reach the peaks, and the mountain is not so high that there's a serious risk of the altitude-related illnesses that regularly afflict hikers on the upper slopes of Kilimanjaro or Kenya Mountains. Elgon can be climbed at any time of the year, though the dry season (June-August and December-March) are preferred. Birdlife is particularly prolific in this area and a good bird book is essential.

DAY 1: ARRIVAL AT THE AIRPORT
Arrival and transfer to hotel.

Depending on your time of arrival, you can do a tour OF Kampala city tour with the help of our driver/guide.

This can be done in places such as Kasubi tombs, Uganda Museum, Parliament, Christian Cathedrals, Mosques and craft shops around town.
Dinner and overnight at Sheraton Hotel (High end), Hotel Africana(Medium end) or Fair Way Hotel(Budget)

DAY 2: Transfer to Sipi Falls

After early breakfast transfer to Sipi Falls. We shall have lunch in Mbale town prior to our arrival at Sipi Falls Hotel. After lunch we shall hike the falls and return to hotel for dinner and over night.

DAY 3: MOUNTAIN HIKING

Take breakfast and then hike following the Kapkwata Trail. A scenic hike through the bamboo, heath and moorland gets you to the Piswa camp at 2850 meters. Breakfast, lunch and dinner in the mountains.

DAY 4: MOUNTAIN HIKING

Early morning breakfast and hike up to the rim of the calderas through beautiful columns of Lobelia Elgonensis. There shall be a possibility of visiting the Hot Springs and Suam Gorge before descending to the Hunters Cave Camp 3850m.

DAY 5: MOUNTAIN HIKING

After early breakfast, having ascended to the top of the caldera to the Wagagai Peak at 4321m we shall descend thereafter through the Jackson Summit and the Jackson Pool for overnight at Mude Camp 3500m.

DAY 6: ELGON- KAMPALA

Early morning breakfast descend through the Sasa trail to Budadiri then travel to Jinja town.
Dinner and overnight at Jinja Nile Resort (High end, or the Adrift Nile high Camp (Budget).

DAY 7: Jinja-Kampala

After breakfast we shall visit Bujagali Falls, the Source of the River Nile and a number of fishing villages.
After lunch, we shall return to Kampala for overnight or transfer to Entebbe International Airport.

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