Itinerary

1. Day 1- Arrival in Kasese

   • You will be welcomed by an experienced and professional tour guide of Rwenzori Mountaineering Service and start the journey to drive to Kasese town, which is the next biggest town to Rwenzori Mountains national park. 
   • Lunch will be en route, as it will be advised by the safari guide. The journey is like to take you around 7-8 hours, and Dinner and overnight are planned to be at Ruboni Community Camp or Equator Snow Hotel.

2. Day 2- Nyakalengija(1648) – nyabitaba (2651)

   • You will have an early morning breakfast and head to the briefing point for the Rwenzori mountain hiking tour from the experienced Rwenzori national park rangers and Rwenzori Mountaineering services Team (RMS) and later start the hike at around 8 am through the bamboo, high elephant grass and dense bushes. 
   • You will climb some rocks and bluff, cross river Mahoma then to Nyabitaba hut where you will spend the night. 
   • You will expect to see some animals like white colobus monkeys, blue monkeys, three-horned chameleon and the Rwenzori turaco along this route. The journey will take you 4-5 hours.

3. Day 3- Nyabitaba - John Matte

   • You will move through the forest for about half an hour to the hurt Shafer bridge, the conference of Mubuku and Bujuku rivers. Then through the bamboo forest. Slippery most covered rocks for a couple of hours. 
   • Proceed to Nyamulenge rock shelter where you will have a view of mount Stanely and Mount Speke. 
   • Then, you will reach john matte hut, where you will spend the night. This place will offer you a beautiful view of mount Stanely and Margherita glacier.

4. Day 4- John Matte - Bujjuku

   • After the morning breakfast, move from John Matte hut across the Bujuku River to the lower Bigobog. Your real first experience of jumping from tussock will begin from here. A steep section past the hut leads to the upper to Bigo and half of this a boardwalk has been constructed. 
   • You will have a lunch break at a beautiful narrow stream at the upper end of this bog. The southern end of the lake is in a majestic setting, with Mt. Baker to the South, Mt. Stanley to the west and Mt. Speke to the north. 

   Dinner and Overnight stay at John Matte – Bujuku Hut – 3962 m

5. Day 5- Bujuku - Kitandara

   • Leave Bujuku hut to a newly newer trail. This trail rises and falls twice before finally climbing steeply through magical moss draped groundsel vegetation about 14,345 ft (4,372 m) to Scott Elliot Pass. While at the steepest section a short strong ladder after which a right-hand branch will lead to Elena Hut 14,700 ft (4,430 m). It is the steep rocky trail that when hot can be slippery. 
   • You will then continue straight, a few steps below the pass, there is a sheltered spot for a very good break before Elena Hut. It is the base camp for climbing 16,763 feet and 5,109m to Margherita peak in the Mt. Stanley Complex and requires an additional day. In case the weather is bad, rain, snow and wind can occur in any season.

6. Day 6- Kitandara - Guy Yeoman

   • If you are aiming at Margherita's peak (5109m), you will continue to the base of the Stanley Glacier. To reach the summit of Margherita, it will take you about 5-7 hours depending on the weather conditions and the pace of climbing this mountain. This tough walk takes you over three glaciers, slippery rock, ice and very exposed areas which are open on many sides. Note that this climb is for only physically fit and technical climbers. 
   • Climbing onto the glacier, cross the Stanley Plateau and proceed with the ascent. Acclimatized to fog, altitude sickness and coolly weather, scramble up to the summit of Margherita the highest peak of the Rwenzoris. Given the high altitude and the tough conditions even if you do not reach the peak, don’t get disappointed. 
   • Prepare for your return through the Scott-Elliot pass, where there are spectacular views back to Bujuku Lake and Mount Speke and down to the Kitandara Lakes. 
   • After the trail that passes you through an alpine zone of sparse vegetation and rough boulders, descend past the Kitandara Lakes for dinner and overnight stay at the Kitandara Hut.

7. Day 7. Guy Yeoman - Nyabitaba - Nyakalengija

   • Today, from Guy Yeoman, take on the trail that ascends steeply up the headwall, spreading out from the base of Mount Baker and continuing along the south side of the mountain to Fresh field Pass. 
   • At this point, you can view the Congo to the west and Mount Stanley to the north. 
   • From the pass, take on the long trail passing the rock shelter at Bujongolo, the base camp for the historic expedition by the Duke of Abruzzi in 1906. 

   Overnight at Ruboni Community bands.

8. Day 8. Departure Kampala

   • The guide will pick you up from the camp in the morning after your breakfast and then drive you back to Kampala or to the airport for your flight back home.