Day by Day Itinerary.

Day 1. From Kasese to Omukorukumi – Kasanzi camp 2354m.

Our driver guide dives you to the starting point in omukorukumi at 1544m where you meet porters, chef and guides for briefing and checking your equipment before the hike.

The trail starts by hiking gentle hills through the community, viewing coffee plantations, local homesteads, schools, churches and interacting with the bakonzo people that lives on the foot hills of the mountains.

The trail will take you to the resting point where you take your packed lunch and a sip of water or juice . then proceed to enter the park through a canopy of the montane forest zone and reach kasanzi camp for overnight. It take 4-5 hours.

Day 2. Kasanzi camp 2354m – Kambeho camp 3290m.

After breakfast in the morning, start a journey to kambeho camp, kambeho means coldness in the local dialect of the bakonzo tribe. The trail takes a short ascend through the forest taking you to join a ridge that takes you to the resting point then proceed on the ridge through the bamboo forest zone before descending in the valley to cross a river then join a gentle walk through the heather forest [ Ericathiasis zone]. Along this area depending on the luck of the day, you may spot the Rwenzori turaco bird, blue monkeys, black and white colobus monkeys and the chimpanzee. Before arriving at the camp for overnight, you will have a view of the next day’s highest point mughule peak standing tall then arrive at the camp for pitching your tents and overnight. It takes 15 km. taking 8-9 hours.

Day 3. Kambeho camp – lamia camp 3580m

After an early breakfast, start the trek with a gentle walk in few minutes takes you to the network reception to make a local call and trek to cross river Rwigho and the metallic bridge on the river before starting the challenging ascend section of the day.

Along this section you are welcomed by the Rwenzori alpine zone sceneries and reach the mughule peak 3890m where you have a rest, a sip of water,  packed lunch and viewing the Virunga mountains on the Uganda and congo border.  Start a descend section on metallic down stairs taking you in the valley to meet the cold mughule lake and trek through the huge heather trees forest where colourful mosses are draped across the mountainside. After this long forest you will cross lamia river on the congo side then join a heather forest taking you to lamia camp at 3580m. At this camp there are chances of hearing the Rock hyrax Rabbit like animals screaming loud at night. it takes 12.2km and takes 7-8hours.

Day 4. Lamia camp – Bigo camp 3442m

After breakfast in the morning, you start the trek to bigo hut, passing through the heather forest zone, valleys and bogs.

The trail starts with a gentle walk overlooking the Virunga Mountain on the Uganda and congo boarder, through the valley you will view the bukurungu lake and the historical portal peaks as well as viewing margherita peak on Mount Stanley when the weather clears then slope to the lower bigo bog area where you join the central circuit trail before reaching the bigo camp for overnight and acclimatization. Taking 5-6hours.

Day 5. Bigo camp – Irene hut 4495m

After breakfast in the morning, we start with the gentle walk that takes us to the upper bigo bog where we cross on the long board walk and cross river Bujuku then trek gently to bypass the bujuku lake leaving the route that heads to bujuku camp for clients who prefer to summit mount speke. We start with an ascend through the afro alpine zone to the Irene hut that is situated in the Rocky zone for an overnight and prepare for the summit.

Day 6. Irene hut – Margherita peak – Bigo camp

After an early morning breakfast, set off early morning from Irene hut to margherita peak 5109m Africa’s third highest mountain. After a successful ascend, you take photos for memories of conquering the highest point of Uganda and return back to Irene hut for a hot lunch then start descending down to Bigo camp for an overnight.

Day 7. Bigo camp – Mihunga gate 1651m.

After breakfast in the morning, you start walking down through johnmaate camp, descend through the rocks at Nyamuleju resting shelter and follow the trail dropping you down to Kurt Shafer bridge below the mubuku and bujuku river confluence and proceed to Nyabithaba camp for a quick hot lunch then descend down through the montane forest where there are chances of sighting a three horned chameleon, colobus monkeys and the Rwenzori turaco bird. It will take you 7-8 hours to reach mihunga gate and will be picked by our driver guide.

END OF TRIP!

PACKAGE INCLUDES.

Park entrance fees

Airport pick up and drop off

Hiking fees

Government taxes prescribed in the itinerary

Guides and porters

Meals

Drinking water

Accomodation

Transport.