Rwenzori Bujuku Lake Tour

Upon arrival at the airport, you will be received by our company representative(s) and your tour driver/guide who will then transfer you to your accommodation for the night. Dinner and overnight at the accommodation.

Depart for the Rwenzori Mountains with a stop en route at Mbarara for lunch. This journey is about a 4-5-hour drive covering a distance of approximately 295 kilometres. Accommodation on this night will be at a hotel near the Rwenzori Mountains or a campsite. Dinner and overnight at camp or hotel.

Meet at the starting point of the circuit at Nyakalengija to rent some equipment and meet with the porters and guides. The trail starts from the farmland to the park boundary beyond which it follows a thick forest along the Mubuku River, crossing its Mahoma River tributary before starting a long, steep climb up onto a massive ridge to reach Nyabitaba hut. You may hear chimpanzees and see black and white colobus, blue monkeys and the brilliantly coloured Rwenzori turaco on this trail. The hike takes an average of 6 -7 hours. Dinner and overnight at the camp in Nyabitaba.

From Nyabitaba follow through the forest down to the Kurt Shafer Bridge, just below the confluence of the Mubuku and Bujuku rivers. Continue to the bamboo forest, and traverse through a long and exhausting stretch of slippery moss-covered rocks. From the Nyamuleju rock, Mount Stanley and Speke can be seen before passing into the zone of the giant heather, lobelia and groundsel. Finally, reach John Matte Hut after passing through the tiring bog. The hike takes an average of 7 - 8 hours. Dinner and overnight at the hut.  

Breakfast then depart from John Matte to cross Bujuku River and enter the Lower Bigo Bog, the home of giant lobelias and tussock, the bog gives a freezing feeling from below. Reach the Bujuku Lake, with views of Mt Baker to the South and Mt Stanley to the West. Bujuku Hut is well located in the shadow of Mount Baker and Mount Speke and set in a narrow valley below Stulman Pass. Bujuku camp is good when attempting the summits of peaks Mount Stanley and Mount Speke. The hike takes an average of 4 – 5 hours Dinner and overnight at Bujuku hut.

From John Matte, climb down from the same trail to Nyabitaba Camp for your lunch. This will take about 5 – 6 hours. After your lunch, descend back to Nyakalengija and overnight at base camp. The descent from Nyabitaba to Nyakalengija will take 3 – 4 hours  

After breakfast, prepare for your journey with a stopover en route at the EQUATOR for photos and lunch. You will be dropped off at Entebbe Airport for your onward flight or at your accommodation in Kampala or Entebbe.