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Trekking Mount Elgon National Park in Eastern Uganda is a truly fantastic and unique experience, high cliffs, spectacular views, lush green forests, and the high altitude moorland with it’s display of wildflowers. Mt Elgon boosts the largest mountain caldera in the world and offers a great adventure for all
via Masaba Camp & walking across the top of Masaba Table, a truly amazing experience, different vegetation zones, incredible views and scenery with professional guides.
Cost $420 inclusive of guides, porters, accomodation, and meals plus $35 per night park entrance fee paid directly to Uganda Wildlife Authority
Price includes: guides, porters, TOTAL $525pp
Our Premier trek including walking across the top of Masaba Table, climbing Masaba Summit and Wagagai Peak, down across the caldera to Kiayah Camp near the hot springs and return via Mude Camp and Sasa River camps.
Cost $560 inclusive of guides, porters, accomodation, and meals plus the park entrance fee paid directly to Uganda Wildlife Authority of $140 for the four day trek TOTAL $700pp
A long challenging first day, 14.6km with altitude gain of 1,752 metres trekking through the beautiful montane forest to the open high altitude moorland,\ with incrediable views on the way down via Hunwick
$350 trekking fee inclusive of porters, meals and accomodation plus $35 per night park entrance fee paid directly to Uganda Wildlife Authority. TOTAL $420pp
After climbing up the escarpment within the community through coffee plantations you enter the park and walk along beneath the cliffs past the beautiful Nabunyifu Falls through the montane forest whilst in the mountain to have lunch beside the Dirigana River before returning to base $35 hiking fees plus $35 national park entrance fees. Total $70pp price includes: guide, porters and lunch
This is an excellent trek for those who want to experience the beauty of the nature in Mt Elgon without the strain of climbing up to Wagagai Peak. It is also an excellent area for birding with many species
$220 hiking fees plus $35 per night national park entrance fees. Total $290pp
Price includes: guides, porters, meals and accommodation whilst in the mountain.
A fantastic trek where you sleep in Hunwick’s & Masaba camps before crossing the Masaba Table, climb Masaba Summit @ 4,152m, Wagagai Peak @ 4,321m trek across the caldera to Kaiyah Camp before crossing to Kenya, climb Koitobos @4,221m & down the Kenya side
Cost whilst in Uganda – $445 inclusive of guides, porters, accomodation, and meals plus $35 per night park entrance fee paid directly to Uganda Wildlife Authority Price includes: guides, porters, TOTAL $550pp plus costs on the Kenya side
In Sipi there are many different lodges of different costs and activities, walks, abseiling down beside the Sipi Falls. In Pian Upe Game Reserve there are many wildlife including lion, leopard, cheetah, ostrich, giraffe, buffalo, Uganda kob, mountain reedbuck, Jackson’s hartebeest, eland, roan antelope, topi, zebra and many species of birds. Cultural visits to Karamong manyattas and cultural dances may also be organized.
Situated on the Kenyan-Ugandan border, Mount Elgon National Park is an extinct shield volcano which last erupted about 2 million years ago.
A shield volcano is a type of volcano characterized by its broad, shield-like profile. Unlike the steep, conical shape of stratovolcanoes, shield volcanoes have gentle slopes formed by the flow of low-viscosity basaltic lava which over the millions of years breaks down to create extremely fertile soils. Hence Mt Elgon is valued for it’s high quality arabica coffee and is a major food growing area. The base of Mt Elgon is 80km wide and features the largest mountain caldera in the world. The name “Elgon” is believed to have originated from the Maasai word “Elgonyi” meaning breast, as it’s shape resembles that of a human breast.
The park covers 1,279km² surface area with the Ugandan section covering 1,110km² whilst the smaller Kenyan section covers 169km².
Local communities, such as the Bagisu tribe refer to the mountain as “Masaba” named after their founding father.
The Bamasaaba are believed to be one of the oldest Bantu tribes of Eastern Uganda. Originally they lived high up on the slopes of Mt Elgon to avoid being attacked by other tribes in the area. Mt Elgon was a name given by European explorers around 1898 however locally it was known as Masaba.
They say that a man called Mundu or Uzi whose ancestors migrated from the Ethiopian mountains where they may have been linked to the Ethiopian jews called Falashas via Lake Turkana & settled in the upper reaches of Mt Elgon above the caldera where game was plentiful and caves were many. It was from here that they lived from hunting but also ate bamboo shoots which were dried and smoked to preserve them as the shoots are seasonal from May to August.
Mundu had two sons, Masaba and Kundu and lived in a large cave at the base of Masaba Peak (Jackson’s Summit) @ 4,152 metres. Masaba was strong and became leader of the several hundred strong tribe and produced three sons, Mwambu, Mubuuya & Wanale plus two daughters, Natuyi and Seera.
The park has several trails however the Sasa Trail is the easiest, more developed with waterfalls, inspiring montane forests and stunning views. Originally the Sasa Trail was one trail up to Wagagai Peak and back, however in September 2023 Mr John Hunwick formally from Australia signed a concession with the Uganda Wildlife Authority to develop and operate the Sasa Trail. In doing so he created a new trail up the mountain coming down the old trail to make a loop but also to capture the beauty and stunning views along the Mukooka Ridge. The park entrance was also changed from the steep metal ladders ascending the Mudange Cliffs to a new trail passing under the 61 metre Nabunyifu Falls which is much easier with incredible views as far as Mbale city and beyond. The trail also passes over the outstanding Masaba Table @ 4,024 metres and passes directly below Masaba Summit providing a fantastic option for hikers to climb and get awesome views across the caldera.
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Trekking Mt Elgon is a fantastic and totally unique experience as you explore the largest mountain volcanic base in the world
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