About Us

We are a Ugandan company with over 30 years in tourism and 12 years experience in mountaineering having a concession to develop the Kilembe Trail in the Rwenzori Mountains, Western Uganda - www.rwenzoritrekking.com

Previous to that we started in tourism in Uganda in August 1993 taking tourists to all corners of Uganda from the gorillas in the South West of Uganda to Murchison Falls and Kidepo.

It is this valuable experience that we won the concession for developing the Kilembe Trail in the Rwenzori Mountains and where we are the top trekking company focusing on professional guides and service. Over the years we have had several International mountaineering instructors come and undertake training of our guides from rock climbing, rescue, identification of trees, plants, birds and animals, preparation of meals, customer service and First Aid.

That experience is now transferred across to Elgon Trekking Services (U) Ltd in Mt Elgon to provide a fantastic experience trekking in Mt Elgon National Park. Previously the huts and infrastructure were run down however we are constructing new huts and facilities plus developing a new trail to create a loop highlighting new features and areas never open to tourists before.

John Hunwick from Australia is the managing director with many years experience in tourism and travel particularly in the wilderness and mountainous areas and a keen conservationist. It is his life passion to conserve nature and protect wildlife that drives him to accomplish these new trails and even at the age of 76 is often in the mountains himself sometimes for weeks at a time. At the age of 15 he climbed his first mountain, the east face of Mt Barney in Queensland Australia and has climbed many more mountains since and has travelled widely developing a passion for nature and the wilderness.

John is also driven by his desire to empower Ugandans in conservation and management of the trails so they continue to operate long into the future.