7 Days Rwenzori Summit Trek

We will meet in the early morning inside Rwenzori Mountain National Park, where your guide will be ready to meet you. We will make sure that you have all the equipment that you need, and rent what you might be missing. During this time you'll also meet your guides and porters. We then begin the trail by passing through farmland to the park boundary, which follows along the Mubuku River. We will cross the Mahoma tributary before starting a long, steep ascent onto a giant ridge until we reach Nyabitaba Hut at 2651m. During this part of the trail we may be lucky enough to hear chimpanzee calls and to see Black and White Colobus monkeys, Blue monkets, and the brilliant Rwenzori Turaco. We will have dinner and spend the night at the hut. (Approximate hiking time: 5-6 hours). 

On our second day of hiking we will leave Nyabitaba Hut, continuing along a trail that drops down through the forest to Kurt Schaffer Bridge, just below the confluence of the Mubuku and Bujuku Rivers. After passing through a bamboo forest, we will travers through a long and challenging stretch of slippery, moss-covered rocks. From the Nyamileju rock shelter, we will be able to see Mount Stanley and Mount Speke on a clear day. Thereafter we will pass into the zone of giant heather, lobelia, and groundsel trees. Finally, we will reach John Matte Hut after passing through a bog. We will have dinner and spend the night at the hut. (Approximate hiking time: 6-7 hours). 

On Day 3, we again descend from the hut along the trail to cross the Bujuku River and enter the Lower Bigo bog, home of the giant lobelias (a purple, flowering plant). Jumping from tussock to tussock--a thick clump of grass--we will cross the bog. Rarely is this possible without stepping at least one foot into the freezing ooze below. The Upper Bigo bog gives way to Bujuku Lake, where on a clear day we will be able to catch a glimpse of Mt Baker to the South and Mt Stanley to the West. We will then reach Bujuko Hut, located in the shadows of Mt Baker and Mt Speke, in a narrow valley below Stuhlmann Pass. We will have dinner and spend the night at the hut. (Approximate hiking time: 5-6 hours).