4 Days Climb Bukurungu Trail -Rwenzori Day Trips : Rwenzori Expeditions.

Escape Rwenzori Mountains on 4 Days Bukurungu hike with the experienced Rwenzori trekking safari company based in Kampala Uganda ! Never miss to hike Bukurungu trail on the tailored unique adventure into Rwenzori Mountains National Park with the leading tour operator in Uganda that has been offering Uganda Safaris since 2015 in the magical UNESCO heritage site .

The trip starts from Kasese and ends in Kasese, it will reward you with wilderness camping in the Rwenzori Mountains National Park in Uganda!

Day 1: kasanzi Camp to Lamia Camp

As a long travel the previous day from Kampala to Kasese, you wake up 08:00hours and have your breakfast before you drive to the Rwenzori National park gate for briefing and check your equipment and other necessities before you travel to Mukorokimi, the starting point to the Mountain, It is from here that you meet the Guides and porters that escort you to the Higher peaks, This day you walk through Coffee plantations, homesteads, schools and interact with local Bakonzo people the inhabitants of the Rwenzori mountains.

The trail which bends west on the ridge overlooking the Kasuka and Isule valleys and onward to Kebitakuli for a rest while and take a breath and thereafter, hike through the montane rain forest overlooking bamboo forested valleys. Encounter plant species like the Disa stairssi, Scadoxus cyrtanthiflorus, Impetiens apiculata and spot or hear calls of black and white colubus monkeys, The Rwenzori Turaco and other birds. On trail you will spot chimpanzee nests and droppings or hear their calls. The trail will lead you through the heather zone and reach lamia Camp for an overnight. It will take you only 6 – 7 hours.

Day 2: Lamia Camp
After breakfast, start with a climb along river Lhume, in the early morning hours of the day when still fresh and strong with urge to climb the only steep Mughuli bypass. As you think of slopping down to Lake Mughuli which is within MTN network coverage to give you a chance to call friends and family members about the beauty and experience encountered on the trail. There are several short peaks which one can easily climb depending upon what time you have arrived in the camp and how you feel.
The vegetation along the Lake is so beautiful to catch up your eyes. Animals you might see along the trail are the Rwenzori red-duiker, rock and tree hyrax and wild pigs. Around the camp, you can have a self guided walk to explore the water falls. The approximate time taken from Kambeho to Mughuli Camp is about 6-7hrs hike with a stopover at Mulhalhama resting view point.

DAY 3: Bigo Camp 3442MASL
This camp is set in the heart of the two mountains of the Portal Peaks and Mount Gessi; it is a relaxing point to acclimatize for those interested in climbing the Portal Peaks and Mount Gessi. Five hours from Lamia camp takes you through a very gentle crossing passing the vegetation of the alchemila, several giant lobelia species and the wonderful and unknown leaf looking like human palm. From Lamia Camp to Bigo Camp will take you 4– 5hrs. On this day if the weather is clear, your eyes and hands on the camera will have all the main peaks of Edward on Mount Baker, Margherita and Alexadra on Mount Stanley, Vittorio Emanuela on Mount Speke, Kihuma on the Portal Peaks and Mount Gessi at glance. If you are heading to the peaks then you will descend to Bigo camp which takes

DAY 4: Bigo Camp to John Matta & Descend to Nyabitaba Camp BIGO TO JOHNMAATE AND NYABITABA CAMPS TO MIHUNGA GATE
From Bigo camp you walk down valley through John Matte, down to Nyamulenju rest shelter where you can have your lunch and stretch through mosh-covered rocks and follow the trail which drops you to Kurt Shafer Bridge, just below the confluence of the Mubuku and Bujuku rivers. The walk takes between 3-4hrs.
After hot lunch, descend through the heather zone route with beautiful views of the Rwenzori Mountains Range onto Mihunga Park gate to complete your adventurous trek of the Rwenzori at Mihunga Park gate. While on the trail, you will see more of the black and white Colobus monkeys, blue monkeys, a lots of bird species like the starlings, sun birds, the great blue Rwenzori turaco, the Ross’s turaco and many of the butterfly family. It will take you 3-4 hrs from Nyabitaba camp to Mihunga Park gate to join your driver to Kasese town for a shower and WiFi before you can be hosted for a dinner by management of Rwenzori mountaineering service to welcome you back. Overnight at lodge and the following day you travel back to Kampala.

Day 5: Nyabitaba Camp to Mihunga Gate.