Rwenzori Mountains Peak Tour 13 days
13 days / 12 nights
Starting Point
Entebbe Airport
Means of Transport
Private vehicle
- Queen Elizabeth NP
- Rwenzori Mountains NP
Boat trip
Game drive
Mountain climbing
- Domestic flight
- Night game drive
The highest mountain in Uganda, third highest in Africa continent. The highest peak, Margerita is 5,110m. This folded mountain is famous for diversity of nature, it starts with rainforest and ends in glacier just under the equator. Scenery of moss-covered heath forest, swamp with lobelia and slopes with senecio is solemn and mysterious.
Geographic features: Mountain, forest. Size: 996km2
Activity: Mountain climbing
The second largest national park in Uganda with 95 species of mammals and 610 species of birds. Savanna in north and south are home for large mammals like lion and elephant, Kazinga Channel is for birds, crocodile and hippo, Kyambura Gorge is for Chimpanzee.
Geographic features: Savannah, forest, lake, river Size: 1,978km2
Activity: Game drive, night game drive, boat trip, chimpanzee tracking, nature walk, balloon safari
Our driver guide will welcome you at Entebbe Airport. Our sales and reservation staff will brief you the itinerary after your arrival at Kampala. It normally takes 1-2 hours to reach Kampala.
2hr drive
Kampala
- B Nil
- L Nil
- D Hotel
6hr drive
Fort Portal
- B Hotel
- L Rest
- D Hotel
2hr drive
Nyakalengija
6hr walk
Nyabitaba
- B Hotel
- L Other
- D Other
6hr walk
John Matte
- B Other
- L Other
- D Other
5hr walk
Bujuku Hut
- B Other
- L Other
- D Other
4hr walk
Elena
- B Other
- L Other
- D Other
6hr walk
Margherita
4hr walk
Elena
- B Other
- L Other
- D Other
8hr walk
Guy Yeoman
- B Other
- L Other
- D Other
5hr walk
Nyabitaba
- B Other
- L Other
- D Other
Descend the same route you passed on the first day.
4hr walk
Nyakalengija
2hr drive
QENP
- B Other
- L Other
- D Hotel
Take a boat ride along the channel which connects two lakes. Its banks are habitats for reptiles like crocodiles and many species of birds like kingfisher and pelican, also resting place for hippo and buffalo. It starts at 3pm and takes about 2 hours.
- B Hotel
- L Hotel
- D Hotel
Drive with an open roofed vehicle in vast savannh and look for large mammals like lions, elephants, buffaloes and antelopes. Morning game drive starts at 6:30am, it takes 3-4 hours. Tell your rangers, if you have your favorite mammal before you take off.
7hr drive
Kampala
- B Hotel
- L Hotel
- D Hotel
Leave Kampala for Entebbe Airport 4 hours before the departure time of your flight.
2hr drive
Entebbe
- B Hotel
- L Rest
- D Nil