Africa’s highest mountain range, the 5,100 metre Mountains of the Moon is the snowy source of the Nile referred to by the early geographers. This is a montane wonderland, the trails to the snow peaks following glacier-carved valleys led with fantastically colored mosses and rare Afro-alpine plants that include giant forms of lobelias, heathers and groundsels. Expeditions use a chain of basic huts and campsites to ascend the mountain from Kilembe and Nyakalengija.
