This 5 day safari takes you hiking the tallest mountain in Uganda, Rwenzori Mountain also known as the mountain of the moon which involves hiking, spotting the slippery moss-covered rocks, and the hike to the Mt. baker and Edward peak.
After an early breakfast, we will transfer to the Nyakalengija trailhead. Here, we will arrange our hiking equipment and meet your guides and porters. Then we will start our trail passing through farmland, the park boundary beyond which it follows a thick forest along the Mubuku River, crossing its Mahoma River tributary before starting a long, steep climb up onto a massive ridge to reach Nyabitaba hut for overnight. During this part of the trip you may hear chimpanzee and see black and white colobus, blue monkey and the brilliantly coloured Rwenzori turaco.
From Nyabitaba, we will follow the trail that drops down through the forest to the Kurt Shafer Bridge, just below the confluence of the Mubuku and Bujuku rivers. Passing through the bamboo forest, we will continue through the long and tiring stretch of slippery moss-covered rock. From the Nyamuleju rock shelter, Mount Stanley and Mount Speke can be seen before passing into the zone of the giant heather, lobelia and groundsel. Finally reach John Matte Hut after passing through the tiring bog, for dinner and overnight at the hut.
From John Matte Hut the trail we lead us down to cross the Bujuku River and enters Lower Bigo Bog, the home of giant lobelias. Jumping from tussock to tussock, the bog is finally crossed but rarely without the feet sampling some of the freezing ooze below. The upper Bigo bog gives way to Bujuku Lake, with views of Mt Baker to the South and Mt Stanley to the West. Bujuku Hut, well located in the shadow of Mount Baker and Mount Speke, is set in a narrow valley below Stuhlmann Pass. This camp is good for acclimatization for clients attempting the summits of peaks Mount Stanley and Mount Speke. Dinner and overnight at Bujuku hut.
Early in the morning, we shall start the hike through stullmans pass (4192m asl.) to Victorio Emanuele peak. It will take us 4 -5 hours ascending. Here you can enjoy spectacular views of Virunga National park of DR Congo. Later we will then prepare to descend for 3 -4 hours back to Bujuku camp from Victorio Emanuele with views of Bujuku valley and Bujuku lake, Margherita and Albert peaks on Mount Stanley, and Mount Baker back to Bujuku and continue for an overnight at John Matte Camp.
On our last day, we shall descend through the cliffs of Kichuchu. Beyond Kichuchu the muddy path crosses the Mubuku River twice through a bamboo forest before climbing downwards to Nyabitaba to complete the circuit. We shall continue descending Nyabitaba Camp and complete your trek by the evening at Nyakalengija, the base camp.
