5 Days Mount Elgon Hiking

Hiking Mount Elgon. Credit: Home of Friends, Uganda

Trip highlights: 5 Days Mount Elgon Hiking itinerary will take place in Uganda; starting from Kampala and departing via Entebbe International Airport. You will drive to Mbale town and start hiking Mount Elgon the next day, together with porters and a cook you will hike till its peak Wagagai at the top of the Caldera.

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Mount Elgon Hiking Itinerary

Day 1: Kampala – Mbale

An early departure from Kampala and start your drive towards the Eastern part of Uganda seeing sugarcane plantations and Mabira Forest, the largest natural forest in Central Uganda along the Kampala Jinja highway. It will take you approximately 2 hours to get to Jinja town where you will enjoy lunch and later proceed to Mbale town.

Accommodation: Mbale Resort Hotel (high-end and medium) or Wash and Wills (budget)

Day 2: Mount Elgon Hike Piswa Camp

After breakfast, you will be transferred to Kapkwata (2190 metres) where you will start your hike following the Kapkwata trail. A scenic route through the heath, bamboo and moorland through to the Piswa camp (2850 metres).

Accommodation: Piswa Hut Campsite

Day 3: Hunters Cave Camp

Hike up to the rim of the Caldera through beautiful various plants like the giant Lobelia Elgonesis. You will visit the hot springs and Suam Gorge before you start to descend to Hunters Cave Camp (3850 metres).

Accommodation: Hunters Cave Camp

Day 4: Mude Cave Camp

After breakfast, you will ascend to the top of the Caldera Wagagai peak (4321 metres). You will then descend through the Jackson’s summit (4200 metres) and the Jackson’s pool to get to Mude Cave Camp (3500 metres)

Accommodation: Mude Cave Camp

Day 5: Mount Elgon – Kampala

After an early breakfast, you will start descending down the Mountain through the Sasa trail to Budadiri where you will be picked up and transferred back to Mbale town where you will enjoy a warm lunch and thereafter start your journey back to Kampala. You will be dropped off at your preferred point.

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Mount Elgon Hiking Inclusions and Exclusions:

Includes

Return airport transfers
4 nights’ accommodation with meals as indicated in the itinerary above
Activities shown in the itinerary
Park fees
Mountain hiking fees
While on the Mountain; you will be given a wooden walking stick, food, guides, 3 porters per person, chef, gas cooker and rescue if any
Services of an experienced English speaking guide
Transportation in a 4×4 safari vehicle
Government taxes