4 Days Hiking to Wagagai Peak in Uganda gives you an additional night to enjoy this vast and beautiful Elgon Mountain. Are you so much adventurous and passionate about Mountain hiking? The time is now to book this 4 Days Hiking to Wagagai Peak in Uganda for an extraordinary hiking experience.
4 Days Hiking to Wagagai Peak in Uganda -itinerary at Glance.
- Day 1: Base camp – Sasa Rive Camp – 2860m
- Day 2. Sasa River Camp – Mude Camp -3250m
- Day 3. Summit Wagagai peak – 4321m
- Day 4. Descend down to the base camp.
Day 1: From the Base camp- Sasa River Camp
You start from the Base Camp at 1,720m and climb up to the park entrance at 2,240m through the community with coffee, vegetable, and maize plantations past many homesteads where the children will greet and welcome you to Mt. Elgon. From the park entrance, you climb up a steep section with wooden steps to make it easier.
After about 500 metres you get to the rock face of the escarpment where Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) constructed three sets of long steel staircases. As you climb the view over the community is spectacular with many homesteads and small farms.
Once you reach the top of the steel stairs the trail flattens out to be a gradual climb with a few steep sections but a steady climb through the beautiful montane forests with many birds and the occasional primate. It is a definite must for birders as the forest is evergreen and open, making it easy to spot many species.
After 3 or 4 hours you reach Sasa River Camp 2,860m where we are constructing new huts and facilities amongst the trees. Once completed it will be a fantastic place to chill out and enjoy nature at it’s best.
From here you will be able to cut across to the Dirigana River and back down to Base Camp along the river through the forest. Eventually, the river drops over a 80 metre cliff and then continues to Base Camp to make an awesome two-day trek.
Day 2: Sasa River Camp – Mude Camp
From Sasa River Camp you may continue to climb to Mude Camp at 3,472m passing through the higher levels of the montane forest with some different bird species to reach the bamboo zone where the lower sections have been over-harvested by the local communities for bamboo shoots and building materials, however, the upper section is now recovering and with a few years will be back to its former glory.
At around 3,250m the forest starts opening up to gradually become the Heath Zone where you walk across rolling grassy hills with the occasional Giant Groudsell and Giant Heather and many species of wildflowers which are more prolific in July, August, and September but found all year round.
Mude Camp 3,472m is set in a small forest of Giant Heather trees with views across the valley. Here you may see the mountain hares which live in the Heath Zone hopping around the camp and the occasional serval (Leptailurus serval) which lives mainly on the mountain hares and small rodents. From Mude, you can take an afternoon walk to Dirigana Falls as it tumbles down the mountainside. A walk of three kilometers each way.
Day 3: Trek to Wagagai Peak
Morning you start trekking up to the highest peak, Wagagai Peak past Jackson’s Pool (Sera’s Pool) and Masaba Summit which has a lot of history and culture concerning the Bamasaba people and Gisu triple. From Wagagai Peak you look across the largest mountain caldera in the world (40sq km) which was the centre of the Mt Elgon volcano. Judging on the area of the base of Mt Elgon it is estimated that millions of years ago Mt Elgon was the tallest mountain on earth.
After enjoying the views and taking a few pics for memories you head back to Mude Camp for a second night
Day 4: Mude Camp – Base Camp
Today is descending using the same route as the one you used to climb up. You should reach Base Camp around 11.30 am. End of service.
Inclusions of 4 Days Hiking to Wagagai Peak in Uganda
- Accommodation all night on the mountain
- Park fees/Hiking fees.
- 3 Course meal
- Continental breakfast
- Hire Camping materials and tents (sleeping bags and mats).
- Porters
- Professional cook.
- Bottled drinking water.
- Ranger/Guide fees.
Exclusion of 4 Days Hiking to Wagagai Peak in Uganda
Pre-night in Mbale, transfer back to Mbale from the base camp, sleeping bags per person can be hired at $10. Expenses of personal nature like visa, drinks, laundry, tips to local guides, telephone, personal insurance, and tobacco.
You may not find something as exciting as our 4 days hiking Elgon with our local knowledgeable guides, very outgoing and with unmatched humor. We believe that you can combine this hike with a wildlife safari to Kidepo Valley National Park for an amazing and untouched safari experience in Africa. Be rest assured to meet the king of the jungle, the Buffaloes, cheetahs, giraffes, name it.
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