• Day 1

  Arrive and Transfer to the Hotel - Meet & Greet with your Guide

  Meet and greet at Entebbe International Airport where your Uganda Adventure Safari starts by our representative who will warmly welcome you and facilitate seamless arrival formalities. Your will then be transferred to hotel where you will be briefed about your adventure safari.

  Depending on the time of arrival you are advised to have money Changed on this day and time allowing you may go for city tour with the help of our driver/guide, visit the shopping Malls around town and craft villages to get items which you may need while in upcountry. The guide will take you around and enjoy different crafted drums in the craft villages.

• Day 2

  Transfer to Mountain Rwenzori

  After morning Breakfast at your Guest House, drive west of Entebbe to Mabamba Swamp which is one of the best and most convenient places to see the elusive Shoebill. You will meet with the Local guides who will take you through the briefing and later you will enjoy a few minutes in a small canoe to the papyrus reeds that opens up into a flat grassy wetlands where a number of Shoebill can regularely be seen.

  This bird is easily spotted in the morning hence you may have a chance a make a great photo while it stalks its prey of mudfish or frogs, enjoy their hunting tricks as they stand absolutely still for long periods awating the movements of their prey and then suddenly strike with a marvelous speed. Finally enjoy aboat tour across Lake Victoria which will give you more opportunities to view more birds. Return for lunch in a selected restaurant at your own expense.Transfer to Mountain Rwenzori with a stopover for Lunch in a selectedRestraurant.

• Day 3

  Transfer to The Briefing spot - Start Your Hike from Nyakalengijja to Nyabitaba hut

  Have Breakfast and transfer to Nyakalengija gate for Briefing, from here one follows the Mubuku River for a ways through lush jungle, then across thickets hiding elephants and cobras to the start of a steep glacial moraine. This is climbed up past enormous ferns to the Nyabitaba hut at 2600 m where chimpanzees and monkeys may be heard or seen. Most people take about 5 hours to hike up a gain of 1200 meters. The hut has a spectacular view of the Portal Peaks.

• Day 4

  Hike From Nyabitaba to John matte hut

  Have Breakfast and Hike Descend down from the moraine to cross the Mubuku River, then a phenomenal hike through bamboo and trees coated with moss and ferns to the John Matte Hut at 3500 m, you will spend an overnight. The Hike is characterized with slippery paths, bridges as well as rough surfaces.

• Day 5

  Hike from John matte to Bujuku hut

  Enjoy breakfast and hike from john Matte hut where you will cross the Lower Bigo Bog to the older Bigo hut. At this point, it is possible to make a side trip (one or many days) up the Mugusu Valley to the Lac de la Lune, maybe Ptolemy’s source for the Nile. This valley also provides access for Mt. Gessi and Mt. Emin. If one stays on the main circuit, continue through spectacular vegetation past the Upper Bigo Bog and Lake Bujuku to the Bujuku Hut at 4075 meters.

  This takes many people 5 hours to ascend the 560 meters. If the weather is good, there are good views of Mt. Stanley from here. The Bujuku Hut serves as the usual base to climb Mt. Speke. Some fast hikers do the approach and peak ascent on the same day. In recent years, there has been talk of moving the hut to just below and east of Lake Bujuku.

• Day 6

  Hike from Bujuku to Elena hut

  Have Breakfast and Ascend to the Elena Hut, which once was beside the Elena Glacier at 4540 meters. It takes several hours to make the steep ascent. One portion of the climb is actually up a prolonged ladder (Groundsel Gully). Just past this point, there is a wonderful vantage point to survey the valley.

  The top portion of the climb is on steep moss covered slabs. The view from the hut is usually of fog but can be spectacular if the weather clears with the Portal Peaks and Mt. Baker prominent, as well as an impressive view of the Coronation Glacier on Mt. Stanley. In many ways the crux of the climbing can be navigating ice coated ledges from the hut to the outhouse in the middle of the night.

• Day 7

  Hike from Elena to Alexandra/Margherita

  Many people use this day to climb Mt. Stanley by ascending up steep often wet/verglassed slabs to the Elena Glacier and the Stanley Plateau, Africa’s largest ice field. There are several possible lines that are used depending upon the conditions. From here, one has good access to the excellent SE ridge of Alexandra Peak. One can also cross the Stanley Plateau to the north reaching the tow of Alexandra’s SE Ridge, drop down a steep gully to the Margherita Glacier, ascend this to the Alexandra/Margherita Col then from here climb to the summit of Margherita Peak on snow trending left somewhat, then generally wet or icy rock.

  The Margherita glacier is heavily crevassed, many of which are covered by a thin layer of snow. In addition, there are often wild ice formations along the way and on the adjacent ridges. At the summit, be sure to step to the West of the sign to enter the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is also possible to continue along the ridge to the west to reach Albert Peak

• Day 8

  Descent from Alexandra/margherita to Guy Yeoman hut

  Have Breakfast and Climb over Fresh field Pass (300 meters elevation gain) then descend to the Guy Yeoman Hut (3500 m). From near the pass it is possible to climb Mt. Baker or Mt. Liugi Di Savoia. The vegetation is phenomenal. On the descent, you pass by an old campsite of the Duke of Abruzzi (Bujongolo) where there is graffiti from expeditions from the early part of the 20th century.From the Guy Yeoman Hut it would be possible to climb Mt. Cagni up the steep ravine to the north, then east and back south. Supposedly, there is a nice sharp summit ridge to traverse in reaching the highest point.

• Day 9

  Guy Yeoman to Nyabitaba hut

  Enjoy breakfast and descent to The Lodge. You will reach in the afternoon where you will relax at the Camp or move around the Community for another adventure, later you will return to enjoy dinner and meet with your driver guide for another briefing about Queen Elizabeth National park safari.

• Day 10

  Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park

  Have Breakfast and Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park following the Mystical Rwenzori Back Drops. You will reach in time for Lunch and afternoon relaxation, you may read a book or even have a swim at the Pool or relax at The Bar side as you wait for dinner at The Lodge.

• Day 11

  Morning Game Drive and afternoon Boat Cruise on the Kazinga Channel

  Queen Elizabeth National Park’s diverse eco-system of grassy plains, tropical forest, rivers, swamps, lakes and volcanic craters is home to an incredible abundance of wildlife. Have an early morning game drive where you have an opportunity to view the massive Rwenzori as backdrop, which provides excellent opportunities to spot lion, leopard, giant forest hog, Cape buffalo, elephant, defassa waterbuck, Uganda Kob, topi and bushbuck.

  The game drives and the boat trip are memorable methods of discovering a vast array of Ugandan wildlife. Be sure to have your camera ready for these amazing sightings.You will enjoy a hot lunch and later in the afternoon take a unique 2-hour boat cruise on the Kazinga Channel into Lake Edward. This trip passes through possibly the highest concentration of hippos and this launch/cruise offers an excellent platform for photography, bird watching and game viewing. The prolific bird life is colorful and stupendous, with well over 550 resident species.

• Day 12

  Transfer to Entebbe for Outbound Flight Back Home

  Have Breakfast and Leisurely transfer to Entebbe with a Stopover in Masaka to watch how Royal Drums are crafted using methods passed on to generations as well as make a stopover at the equator for water experiment and another stopover in a selected restaurant for lunch then later proceed to the Airport.

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