Day 1
Early in the morning after breakfast, you will be picked up from your hotel in Kasese town, around Nyakalejia, to the gateway to Rwenzori Mountains Park. From the park gate, you climb through rainforest along the Kyambogho Ridge for views of the Mubuku Valley and Rwenzori Mountains. While driving, you can see blue monkeys, colobus monkeys, some birds such as Turako Rvenzori, three horned chameleons. You will then reach Omuka Kizza Camping (2977 m) for dinner and overnight.
Day 2
In the morning, you will have a delicious breakfast at the camp, then you will walk along the Mahome nature loop trail in the Rwenzori mountains. You will walk through a bamboo and heather forest and will be waiting to see some forest elephants or their footprints in the area. You might as well find them at the hot springs. You will move along the ridge that leads to the Rukenga Valley, where you will see giant lobelias, which can grow up to 8 meters or more, and eternal flowers (mimulopsiseliotti), which are so beautiful to look at, which makes it a great place to relax and take photos. Finally, you will reach the camping at Lake Mahoma (3000 m), where you will have dinner and sleep.
Day 3
Today we will have breakfast at the camp and a walk by Lake Mahoma (the deepest lake in the Rwenzori Mountains), and then we will descend back through the Mpanga ridge, which will take you to the Mubuku Valley. Continue to Nyakalengia. Then transfer to the hotel in the city of Kasese.
So:
Central Circle standard program:
- with the ascent to the Margherita peak takes 9 days
- with ascent to 2 (two) peaks: Peak Spik and Peak Margherita takes 11 days
- with ascent to 3 (three) peaks: Spik, Margherita and Baker takes 12 (13) days
Accordingly, the program along the Bukurungu route:
- with the ascent to Margherita peak takes 10 days
- with ascent to 2 (two) peaks: Spik peak and Margherita peak takes 12 days
- with ascent to 3 (three) peaks: Spik, Margherita and Baker takes 13 (14) days
What can be added to this tour !!
- A trip to the city of Jinja - full white water rafting at the source of the Nile River (+1 day)
- Drive to Sipi Falls (Mount Elgon National Park, a series of three falls, the main 100-meter waterfall) (+1 day)
- Drive to Ziva Rhino Shelter for
- A trip to Murchison Falls National Park: safari, climbing to Cabarega Falls, sailing on a boat to Cabarega Falls (+2 days)
- Drive to the Mahoma waterfall and Lake Nkuruba (Nature Reserve) (+1 day)
- Trip to Semliki National Park, Sempaya hot springs (+1 day)
- A trip to Queen Elizabeth National Park: safari, a place of lions climbing trees, sailing on a boat along the canal (+1 (3) days)
- A trip to the Virunga Mountains, a hike to the crater of Mount Muhavura, one of the Virunga mountain ranges in Uganda. (+1 (2) days)
- Trip to Lake Mburo National Park (+2 days)
- Trip to Kibal National Park, safari, observation of chimpanzees (+2 (3) days)
- Trip to Bwindi National Park (impenetrable forest and gorilla habitat) and Lake Bunioni (+3 (4) days)