Detailed 7 days margherita peak and mount speke.

Day 1: mihunga gate – Nyabithaba Hut (2651m).

The 7 days Rwenzori hiking starts at the Rwenzori mountains national park Mihunga gate 1651m asl.

The driver guide will drive you to mihunga gate for briefing, meeting porters, chef and the guides. The trail begins passing through farmland to the park boundary beyond which it follows a thick forest along the mubuku river. Cross the mahoma river tributary before starting a long steep climb up onto a massive ridge to reach Nyabithaba hut.

During this part of the trail, you may hear chimpanzee and see black and white colobus monkeys, blue monkey and the brilliantly coloured Rwenzori turaco.

Hike duration: 4-5 hours.

Day 2: Nyabithaba Hut to John Matte Hut (3505m).

After breakfast in the morning, you will begin climbing to John Matte Hut after your breakfast. this is believed to be the longest trials as it consumes minimum of seven hours on move.it involves passing through the forest for a short time before you cross Kurt Schefer bridge on river Bujuku. From here the trail to Nyamuleju Hut is very smooth and clear as it takes few hours although as you go far, the trail becomes more steeper as your entering higher grounds which is the place common for heather plants. you will proceed with the trial through massive heather forest and from the trail along River Bujuku, this will take roughly 3 hours and a distance of 200m to reach John Matte hut.

Dinner and overnight stay at John Matte Hut.

Hike duration:  7-8 hours

Day 3: John Matte – Bujuku Hut (3,962m).

After break fast in the morning, you start from John Matte to Bujuku hut. The trail leads down to cross the Bujuku River and arrive at Inferior Bigo Swamp, home of massive lobelias. Cross the swamp to the Higher Bigo swamp before proceeding to Lake Bujuku where sights of the uppermost mountain Stanley in the west are to be viewed.

Dinner and overnight stay at Bujuku Hut. 

Hike duration: 4-5 hours.

Day 4: From Bujuku Hut – mount speke 4890m

Early morning, you start ascending towards Stulman’s pass and turn left to join a short steep rocky part and pass through the senecio plants and start to climb on the rocks to reach mount speke (Vittorio Emanuel), after photo moments start descending down to bujuku hut for dinner and overnight.

Duration: 7-8hours

Day 5: Bujuku hut through Irene Route – margherita peak.

After breakfast in the morning, you ascend through Irene Route taking you to Irene and Elena junction and proceed to climb up the margherita glaciers to put on crampons and rope up to cross the glaciers and reach the last fixed rope and climb to reach the margherita peak, after taking photos descend back to bujuku hut for dinner and overnight.

Duration:7-8hours.

Day 6: Bujuku hut – Nyabithaba hut

Early in the morning after breakfast, start descending down to Nyabithaba hut through johnmaate, Nyamuleju resting point and descend to cross the kurt schifar bridge at the mubuku and bujuku confluence before you start to ascend to the camp for dinner and overnight.

Duration: 7-8 hours.

Day 7: Nyabithaba hut – mihunga gate

In the morning, you start to descend down to mihunga gate and sign out of the park as well as receiving your certificate from the Uganda wildlife Authority for conquering Rwenzori mountains and reaching margherita peak the top of Uganda.