7 Days Trekking Mount Rwenzori

Day 1: Kampala – Kasese
Depart in the morning and proceed to Kasese town. Dinner and overnight at Hotel Magherita or Rwenzori Base Mountain Camp.

Day 1: Nyakalengija (1615m) - Nyabitaba Hut
The Central Circuit starts at the RMS offices, one should arrive in the morning to allow ample equipment and meet your guides and porters. The steep climb up onto Nyabitaba hut. The hike takes around 5 hours. During this part of the trip you may hear chimpanzees, see black and white colobus, blue monkey and colored Rwenzori turaco.

Day 2: Nyabitaba (2651 m) - Mubuku River (Matte Hut (3505m)
This involves a demanding 7+ hour trek up to the Central Circuit a proper climb starts a few hundred meters from Nyabitaba where the trail divides. The right fork I peaks up the Bujuku valley while the path on the le1 the subsequent descent. The trail leads to the Kurt Shafer Bridge which Mubuku valley just below the river's confluence with valley. Beyond the river, a muddy, slippery trail up through bamboo forest.

After a five hour trek is the start of the giant lobelia zone, a vegetation type limited to East Africa's highest “The final hour's walk to John Matte hut passes through a challenging bog full of extraordinary plants.

Day 3: John Matte (3505m) to Bujuku (3962m)
The route fords the Bujuku River as you cross the bog, A steep climb follows to reach the Upper Big a boardwalk has been constructed to assist walk weather, there are superb views of Mt. Stanley at this cavernous, glacier-carved valley. Above the bog steady climb over all glacial moraine, criss-crossing  trail reaches the lovely Lake Bujuku. The last stage of the 3-5 hour hike to Bujuku Hut past Cooking Pot Cave is perhaps the muddiest stage of the expedition. The hut is well placed for parties climbing Mt. Speke.

Day 4: Bujuku (3962m) - Scott Elliott Pass (4372m) Kitandara (4023m)
From Bujuku hut, the trail crosses more mud before climbing steeply through a forest of giant groundsels, climbing a short metal ladder to ascend the Groundsel Gully. Above the gully, a branch in the trail climbs directly to Elena Hut (4430m) for the ascent of Margherita peak on Mt. Stanley (5109m). This climb needs an ice axe, mountain boots, crampons and ropes.

The main trail continues up a steep scree slope over Scott Elliot pass, the highest point on the circuit. The pass provides fabulous views back down the Bujuku valley and of Mts. Stanley and Baker towering above. Beyond the pass, the route runs downhill beneath the massive cliffs of Mt. Baker. After passing Upper Lake Kitandara, the 3-5 hour hike ends at the hut beside Lower Lake Kitandara, a beautiful site surrounded by towering peaks.

Day 5: Kitandara (4023m) - Fresh field Pass (4282m) - Guy Yeoman (3505m)

Fresh field is a long flat traverse through tracts of fabulously colorful moss (and more mud), beyond which the long descent to Nyakalengija begins. The hike to Guy Yeoman hut takes around 5 hours. The hut enjoys a lovely location close to the Mubuku River with terrific views of the looming Mt. Baker to the north.

Day 6-7: Guy Yeoman (3505m) - Nyabitaba (2651 m)
The descent to Nyabitaba takes around 5 hours but with an early start it is possible to make it all the way down to Nyakalengija. Below Guy Yeoman, the route descends the cliffs of Kichuchu. Beyond Kichuchu the muddy path crosses the Mubuku River twice before climbing upwards to Nyabitaba to complete the circuit.

Day 7: Nyabitaba (2651m) - Nyakalengija (1615m)
The descent from Nyabitaba to Nyakalengija takes 2-3 hours. Drive back to Kampala, reaching in the late afternoon.
 

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A Must on the mountain:
*1 day bag
*1 sleeping bag
*1 pair of mountain boots
*1 jogging suit
*2 pairs of woolen socks
*2 pairs of trekking trousers 2 cotton shirts warm
*woolen underwear 1 warm pullover
*1 woolen cap 1 pr gloves, woolen mitten
*1 parka, extra large with hat
*1 sleeping mat 8-12mm 1 torch, headlamp incl. batteries
*1 sun glasses
*Necessities on the mountain:
*1 trekking bag
*1 pair of jogging shoes
*1 sun hat
*Handkerchiefs
*5 pairs of socks 1 pr. glacier goggles
*Leggings up to the knee (Gaiters)
*Rain proof parlor zip trousers
*Walking sticks
*Photo equipment
*Pocket knife
*Appetizer
*Drugs against:
*Stomach upsets
*Headache
*1 elastic bandage, Elastoplasts
*Water purification tablets
*Vitamin C tablets
*Sun lotion 20
*Lip ointment
*For summit climbers:
*1 pair of crampon Proof Mountain boots