Mount
Elgon
Day 1: Leave
Kampala and proceed to Mbale via Jinja. Stop-over
at the Uganda Matyers Shrine in Namugongo, mabira
forest for a short forest walk. At Jinja you will
visit the famous source of the world's longest
river, the River Nile, and then proceed to Mbale.
Dinner and overnight at the Sippi Falls Rest
Camp.
Day 2: Ascend via
the Sasa trail, descend via the Piswa
trail:
Budadiri to trailhead (4 hrs), trailhead
to Sasa River Camp (2 hrs).
Day
3: Sasa River to Sasa Patrol Hut (2 hrs).
Sasa Patrol Hut to Mude Cave campsite (1 h).
Strong walkers may leave their bags at Mude and
continue to Jackson's summit 4,192 m (2 hrs).
Spend the night at Mude Cave.
Day
4: Mude Cave to Wagagi Peak 4,321 m (4
hrs) and return to Mude Cave.
Day
5: Mude Cave to Caldera and Hot Springs
(4 hrs). Caldera to hunter's Cave Camp (3
hrs).
Day 6: Hunter's Cave
Camp to Piswa Patrol Hut (6
hrs).
Day 7: Piswa Patrol
Hut to Kamnarkut (2 hrs). Kamnarkut to Kapchorwa
(2 1/2 hrs).
Day 8: Visit
the Sipi Falls. Dinner and overnight at the Sipi
Rest Camp.
Day 9: After
breakfast leave Mbale to return to Kampala at
leisure speed, arriving in the late
afternoon.
The cost of the safari is
1170 per person.
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