Mount Elgon National Park

At 4,000km²  Mt. Elgon has the largest volcanic base in the world. Located on the Uganda-Kenya border it is also the oldest and largest solitary, volcanic mountain in East Africa. Its vast form, 80km in diameter, rises more than 3,000m above the surrounding plains. The mountain’s cool heights offer respite from the hot plains below, with the higher altitudes providing a refuge for flora and fauna.

Mount Elgon National Park is home to over 300 species of birds, including the endangered Lammergeyer.  The higher slopes are protected by national parks in Uganda and Kenya, creating an extensive trans-boundary conservation area which has been declared a UNESCO Man & Biosphere Reserve.

A climb on Mt. Elgon’s deserted moorlands unveils a magnificent and uncluttered wilderness without the summit-oriented approach common to many mountains: the ultimate goal on reaching the top of Mt. Elgon is not the final ascent to the 4321m Wagagai Peak, but the descent into the vast 40km² caldera.

Note: The Bagisu, also known as the BaMasaba, consider Mount Elgon to be the embodiment of their founding father Masaba and refer to the mountain by this name.

 

Highlights:

 

This extinct volcano is one of Uganda's oldest physical features, first erupting around 24 million years ago.

  • Hiking to the top of the mountain: Mt Elgon was once Africa's highest mountain, far exceeding Kilimanjaro’s current 5,895m. Millennia of erosion have reduced its height to 4,321m, relegating it to the 4th highest peak in East Africa and 8th on the continent.
  • Experience Cultural dance of Bagisu “Embalu”: Mt Elgon is home to two tribes, the Bagisu and the Sabiny, with the marginalized Ndorobos forced to dwell deep within the forest of Benet.

 

elgon mount peek

 

  • Rwenzori Mountain
    Experiencing great hiking to the peak
  • The Murchison Falls
    Victoria Nile great falls spot
  • Gorilla
    Tracking and Trekking of Gorillas in Uganda, Rwanda and DR. Congo
  • Boat Ride
    Boat ride in Queen Elizabeth and Murchison Falls National Parks

1 Day Gorilla Trip

Day 1

You will be picked by our guide from your hotel to Volcanoes national park for gorilla mountain trekking. After very early breakfast at the park, get briefing by national park Warden and at 8:30 am tour guide transfer you to the starting point of gorilla trek. This shall take about 8 hours depending on the movements of the gorillas. After trekking, driver guide will transfer you to the airport for scheduled flight or to the hotel.

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2 Days Gorilla tracking

Day 1

Upon your arrival, you will be picked by our representative from Kigali Airport. After an optional Kigali city tour, including a visit to the Genocide Museum and locals markets, you will proceed to the Volcanoes National Park for an overnight stay.

Day 2

After a 6 am breakfast you are driven to the Gorilla Park Office, where you are given briefing for your trek and introduced to your guide and co-travellers for the day. It is then time to trek into the virgin forest, where you will meet one of eight of the local gorilla families.

After completing your trek to the gorillas and lunch at your hotel, our guide will deliver you back to Kigali in time for your flight.

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3 Days Murchision Falls

Day 1

Welcome to Uganda, you will be picked by our guide from Entebbe International Airport/ from your lodge and proceed to Murchison Falls National Park. Visit Rhino sanctuary as an optional on the way and proceed for an overnight.

Day 2

Go in morning go for game drive in Northern circuit of the Park and afternoon have a boat cruise to the bottom of the Falls

Day 3

Visit the Top of Falls and return to Kampala/Entebbe for departure.

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