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Mountain Rwenzori trekking expeditions & wildlife tours overview
A perfect snow capped mountain Rwenzori trekking expeditions for 6 days & wildlife tours in Uganda’s most popular game park- Queen Elizabeth national park and an extended Kalinzu forest experience with chimpanzee tracking. This safari is a birders’ pride as it gets you see Rwenzori region endemics, Albertine rift endemics, numerous forest species and more than 660 recorded resident bird species at Queen Elizabeth national park.
Arrival & departure: Entebbe int’l airport
- Day 1 transfer mtn. Rwenzori park headquarters
- Day 2-7 mtn. Rwenzori snow peak hikes
- Day 8-9 Queen Elizabeth wilderness game park safari experiences
- Day 10 Chimpanzee tracking excursions at Kalinzu forest
- Day 11 transfer to Kampala & departure
Detailed mountain Rwenzori trekking expeditions & wildlife tours
Day 1 transfer to mtn. Rwenzori park headquarters
On arrival, you will picked up by our guide and proceed to the foothills of the Rwenzori mountain and wait for the next day’s adventure through and beyond Rwenzori mountain national park to the snow capped peaks.
Meals: Breakfast| Lunch| Dinner
Accommodation: Hotel Margherita (or a similar one)
The 6 day trek to Hunwick’s camp 3,974m at the base of Mt. Baker over Bamwanjara pass 4,450m where, on a clear day offers fantastic views of Mt. Stanley, Mt. Speke and Mt. Baker with McConnells Prong in the fore. The trail from Kilembe takes you through the montane forest to Sine camp then up through the bamboo zone to the heather zone and cross the Alpine zone to Bugata camp at 4,062m. From here you climb up and over Bamwanjara pass at 4,450m and down the amazing Kacholpe valley with its unique dense vegetation and hundreds of scarlet tuffed malachite sunbirds. On the way back you climb over Oliver’s Pass with more spectacular views and walk down the beautiful Nyamwamba valley back to the park gate.
Meals: Breakfast| Lunch| Dinner
Accommodation: Mweya safari lodge (or a similar one)
Queen Elizabeth national park is one of Uganda’s most entertaining and concentrated game parks with more than 660 bird species, more than 5,000 hippos, a lion sanctuary, leopards, elephant and buffalo herds, antelopes, giraffes, lodges and mountain Rwenzori range sceneries. During your stay in the park, you will enjoy wilderness game drives, boat cruise, crater lakes walk among others.
Meals: Breakfast| Lunch| Dinner
Accommodation: Ishasha wilderness camp lodge (or a similar one)
Part of this 11 days Rwenzori trekking expedition is the amazing chimpanzee tracking tour in Kalinzu forest reserve along with black & white colobus monkeys, red colobus monkeys, numerous bird species & reptiles during the forest walk.
Meals: Breakfast| Lunch| Dinner
Accommodation: Silverback hotel (or a similar one)
Day 11 transfer to Kampala and departure
Finally, you’ll head to Kampala to booked accommodation for relaxation moments before embarking to your departure flights.
Meals: Breakfast| Lunch| Dinner
Accommodation: N/A
Inclusions
- Park entry fees
- Chimpanzee tracking permits
- Airport transfers
- Laundry
- Government taxes
- Driver and guide
- Transport 4×4 safari landcruiser
- All excursions in itinerary
Exclusions
- International flights
- Travel insurance
- Accommodation after the trip
- Any changes to the itinerary
- Extra luggage on domestic flights
- Visa fees & processing
- Tipping & gratitude
- Souvenirs & snacks
- Extra activities, meals, liquor/alcohol
- Anything not mentioned
Your journey route map
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