9 Days Mount Elgon Hiking Tour, Culture & Exploration to Mt Elgon National Park
9 Days Mount Elgon Hiking Tour, Culture & Exploration to Mt Elgon National Park. Mount Elgon National park is located in Eastern Uganda and it is close to the border with Kenya.
This national park got its names from mountain Elgon and is a second highest mountain in Uganda; it stands an extinct volcano at 4321m above the sea level.
Even though this park is found in Uganda and also in Kenya, it highest peak Wagagai is found in Uganda and gives a less challenging and enjoyable mountaineering adventure.
The area around Mount Elgon is so significant and its foothills support the diversity of the altitudinal vegetation areas that range from the montane forest to the open moorland that is dotted with the giant groundsel and lobelia plants.
This mount also gives beautiful natural scenery which is the main attraction for the climbers, attractions found here include; the sipi falls, the calderas, crater rims and the gorges,rear antelopes, bush pigs, tree hyrax, the forest monkeys, leopards, buffalos, water bucks, and many more. You can also enjoy the imablu annual ceremony of the Bagishu people.
Thus If you are looking for an adventure with culture then, this trip is right for you, you will get the best of both experiences, the local communities in the countryside of the slopes of Mt Elgon with the Sabin/Kapichorwa culture and a thereafter you will spend 4 more days hiking and experiencing the beautiful Mountain Elgon with its views of waterfalls,vegetation, and caves.
9 Days / 8 Nights
Tours Start – Entebbe Int. Airport (Google Maps)
Minimum Persons 2 max 6
For single traveler – 1 pax – please contact us
Pick up and drop off/departure location – Entebbe International Airport
Departure/drop off time – 3 hours before flight time
Definitions:-
(B/B) Stands for Bed & Breakfast
(H/B) Stands for Half Board
(F/B) Stands for Full Board
(L) Stands for Lunch
(D) Stands for Dinner
Price includes:
- All accommodation and meals as indicated in the itinerary on FB & BB basis
- Full time exclusive use of a 4 x 4Safari Jeep/Toyota Land cruiser
- Full time services of experienced English speaking drive/guide
- Bottled drinking mineral water, coffees, teas or soft drinks while on Safaris, game drives, walks, hikes or transfers
- All Nature/Safari & Community walks as indicated in the itinerary-safari program
- All airport pickups and drop off from Entebbe & back to Entebbe airport
- All activities indicated & mentioned in the itinerary
- A $9 per pax off as donation to orphanage homes whose parents’ death are/were as a result of animal conflicts within conservation areas
- All government related taxes
Price Excludes:
- Laundry service in different hotels we stay
- Bar bills, phone calls
- Personal insurance and medical bills
- Air fares
- All other services of a personal nature
- All services marked as Optional in the itinerary
- Driver/guides/hotel staff or any other person’s gratuity
Mount Elgon Hiking Tour – 9 Days Hiking Safari Uganda highlights
- Day 1: Arrive/Entebbe –meet greet – transfer to the hotel – briefing – overnight
- Day 2: Entebbe – transfer to Jinja – adventure activity – transfer toSipi Falls
- Day 3: Cultural experiences on the slopes of Mt Elgon
- Day 4: Cultural Experience and participation – continuation in the Elgon Community
- Day 5: Mountain Elgon – hike Piswa trail – Piswa camp
- Day 6: Hunters Cave Camp – Hunters camp
- Day 7: Hunters Cave – Wagagai Peak – overnight Mude Cave Camp
- Day 8: Mude – descend through the Sasa Trail – Mbale Town
- Day 9: Mbale Town – Breakfast – transfer to Kampala/Entebbe – departure or chose a primate tour extension
Detailed Mount Elgon Hiking Tour – 9 Days Hiking Safari Uganda
Day 1: Arrive/Entebbe –meet greet – transfer to the hotel – briefing – overnight
On arrival our team will welcome you at Entebbe airport, greet and transfer you to the hotel for briefing information about the safari, you have a free evening for preparations as you wait for your dinner and overnight. (Meal Plan on B/D)
Accommodation options: Laico hotel (Standard upmarket), Karibu Guest House/Cassia Lodge (Mid-range)
Day 2: Entebbe – transfer to Jinja – adventure capital – and culture – overnight Sipi Falls
Early breakfast, start the adventure with a stopover at Ssezibwa Falls for a cultural experience on our way to Jinja, the journey to Jinja is through beautiful landscapes of tea and sugarcane plantations, Mabira tropical rain forest, and several homesteads, Jinja aa visit to the source of River Nile on Lake Victoria we will take a boat to the point believed to the flow out of the Nile from the Lake Basin, after the boat experience, we will have lunch and transfer to Sipi for overnight. (Meal Plan on F/B)
Accommodation options: RafikSipi Lodge/Sipi River Lodge (Mid-range), Casa Sipi (Budget)
Day 3 of the Mount Elgon Hiking Tour – 9 Days Hiking Safari Uganda: Cultural experiences on the slopes of Mt Elgon
We will spend time learning and engaging with the Sabiny culture and community. First, we visit the Sipi Widows group on the slopes of Mt Elgon. This is the origin of the finest washed Arabica Coffee.
The Sipi Widows’ Group takes you through the coffee plantation demonstrating how to plant, pick, grind, store, and wash the coffee.
Accommodation options: RafikSipi Lodge/Sipi River Lodge (Mid-range), Casa Sipi (Budget)
Day 4: Cultural Experience and participation – continuation in the Elgon Community
This day once again, we will learn about the Sabiny – participate in traditional weaving, African cuisines food preparation, cooking and tasting of local dishes, and visit the women’s handcraft shop.
Proceeds from the tour and shop maintain the coffee trees and plantations, raising awareness about the dangers of female circumcision a traditionally practiced in this region, and paying school fees. We will wind up our day by trekking to the Sipi falls for beautiful views of these waterfalls. (Meal Plan on F/B)
Accommodation options: RafikSipi Lodge/Sipi River Lodge (Mid-range), Casa Sipi (Budget)
Mount Elgon Hiking Tour
Day 5 of the Mount Elgon Hiking Tour – 9 Days Hiking Safari Uganda: Mountain Elgon – hike Piswatrail – Piswa camp
After breakfast, we will transfer you to Kapkwata at 2190m, from where you start your hike of Mt Elgon. It is a scenic route running through the bamboo, heath, and moorland, arriving at Pisa Camp at 2850m, today’s hike is relatively not too steep while you enjoy the different vegetation covers as you ascend to Piswa camp. (Meal Plan on F/B)
Day 6: Hunters Cave Camp –Hunters camp
Breakfast hike up to the rim of the caldera through beautiful columns of the rarest and endemic plant species like the giant Lobelia Elgonensis.
This is a beautiful trip through vegetation only found at this height in Uganda, look out for the ever beautiful wild Everlasting flowers, you will pass by the hot springs to make a good stopover.
We will continue our hike through the Suam Gorge with beautiful views of the mountain. After the gorge, you hike the last leg to Hunters Cave Camp at 3850 meters. (Meal Plan on F/B)
Day 7 of the Mount Elgon Hiking Tour – 9 Days Hiking Safari Uganda: Hunters Cave – Wagagai Peak – overnight Mude Cave Camp
An early morning call, we look at today to ascend to the top of the caldera at the Wagagai Peak which is at 4321mwe arrive at Sunrise, with beautiful morning raise overhead in the eastern direction.
After a beautiful and successful hike to the top, we will descend through the Jackson summit (4200 meters) and the Jackson pool to arrive at Mude Cave Camp at 3500 meters overnight. Mt Elgon has the largest caldera worldwide and is the 4th highest peak in Africa. (Meal Plan on F/B)
Mount Elgon Hiking Tour
Day 8: Mude – descend through the Sasa Trail – Mbale Town
Today after an early breakfast you begin the descent through the Sasa trail to Budadiri, we arrive in Bumasifa and Bumasola villages on the slopes of mountain Elgon from here our driver guide will pick us to transfer back to Mbale town for our relaxed evening as we wait for dinner and overnight. (Meal Plan on F/B)
Accommodation options: Mbale resort hotel (Mid-range)
Day 9 of the Mount Elgon Hiking Tour – 9 Days Hiking Safari Uganda: Mbale Town – Breakfast – transfer to Kampala/Entebbe – departure or chose a primate tour extension
After a restful night, you will have breakfast at leisure you will transfer to the Airport for departure, our driver will be through scenic landscapes of Iganga, Jinja, and Kampala, for crafts and a city tour overview before you are finally at the airport for your departure flight
End of Mountain Rwenzori African Safaris –Services- 9 Day Uganda Hiking Safari.
Quotation of the Mount Elgon Hiking Tour – 9 Days Hiking Safari Uganda:
- Based on 2 parsons sharing services – per person standard rate
- Standard Net rate – based on Mid range Accommodation per person: USD $.00
- For any extra 3rd person or more please contact office for rates
Overnight stay options:
If staying in Entebbe, please request assistance at the time of booking this safari to allow us ample time to make arrangements. If departing Entebbe the same night, please note’ by use of road’ returns to Entebbe are always late afternoon (approximately 15h00), please DO NOT book flights departing prior to 20h00 respectively in order to allow time for security, check in and if any delays due to weather.
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