7 Days Mount Rwenzori climbing

After morning breakfast, start your 7 days Rwenzori trek through Nyakalengija trial. Here, UWA (Uganda wildlife authority) will take you through a short briefing to begin the Ruwenzori trekking. Also get to meet your porters, the trail takes you through Bakonjo homesteads at the park boundary, banana plantations continue with a trial along Mubuku River from where you will again cross river Mahoma, a tributary of the Mukubu river before climbing progressively through the forest to reach Nyabitaba hut.
Dinner and overnight Nyabitaba hut.
Distance covered 6.5Km
Approximate hiking time 6-7 hrs

After your breakfast, you will set off from Nyabitaba hut through a small trail and descend down to Kurt Shafer Bridge just before the conjunction of River Bujuku and Mubuku. Passing a bamboo region where the trail is slippery and moss-topped. A place of the massive lobelia groundsel vegetation and heather appears before the Nyamuleju rock shelter, from this shelter, you can see Mount Stanley Mount Speke, from here you cross a swamp to John Matte hut.
Dinner and overnight at John matte hut.
Distance covered 7.5Km
Approximate hiking time 7-8 hrs

After your morning breakfast, start hiking down as the trail descends down to cross the Bujuku River and enters the lower Bigo Swamp, home of massive lobelias. Cross the swamp to the Higher Bigo swamp using the tussock grass to evade the swamp, arriving at Lake Bujuku which offers great views of mountain Stanley to the west.
Dinner and overnight at Bujuku Hut.
Distance covered 5Km
Approximate hiking time 4-5 hrs

Depart from Bujuku after your breakfast, the trail ascends through more bog, climbing slopes west of the lake, going through the groundsel gorge. Climb to Scott-Elliot Pass, a metallic ladder takes you over a steep section then the trail splits ,left one takes you to Scott-Elliot Pass and down to Lake Kitandara, while the right trail goes up to Elena Hut and Mt Stanley over a steep rocky trail.
Dinner and overnight: Elena Hut(foothills of the Stanley Glacier).
Distance covered 2.5Km
Approximate hiking time 5-6 hrs

Wake up in the wee hours of the morning, have a quick bite and hot tea setting out at 2.30 - 3.00am, hike through the Stanley plateau to the top of Mount Stanley, use of ropes to hike steep rocky regions, as well as crampons and the ice axe on the glacial axe may be recommended by the guide. This may take between 4-5 hrs depending on pace and weather condition, arrive at the bottom of the Margherita glacier-the most challenging part of the hike, and finally the peak of Mount Stanley Margherita Peak at 5109m
After the Impressive views from the summit, descent to Elena hut for your lunch and continue the trek down to Kitandara hut.
Dinner and overnight at Kitandara Hut.
Distance covered 9Km
Approximate hiking time 8-9 hrs

After breakfast, trek a slippery trail along the base of Mt Baker, hike steeply up the headwall that spreads from the base of Mount Baker, trekking towards the Fresh field pass on the southern parts of Rwenzori. Get stunning views of Congo to the west, continue the muddy trail, passing the Kabamba, Akhendahi and rock shelters of Bujongolo-the base camp for the historic expeditions by Duke of Abruzzi in 1906.
Trek along the Kabamba arriving at Guy Yeoman, built at the banks of river Mubuku
Dinner and overnight at Guy Yeoman Hut.
Distance covered 6Km
Approximate hiking time 7-8 hrs

After breakfast, descend the cliff of Kichuchu, passing the bamboo forest and the Mukubu river descending to Nyabitaba and continue to the base camp Nyakalengija where you will be transferred back to the hotel this itinerary is best combined with a safari and beach holiday. This marks the end of your 7 days Rwenzori trek.
Distance covered 13Km
Approximate hiking time 7-8 hrs