Day 1: Entebbe – Kampala: Arrive Entebbe airport. and take a transfer to a hotel in Kampala. We pass by a lake side town of Entebbe a night or otherwise opt to stay in the capital Kampala. (1hr drive)
Day 2: Kampala/Entebbe – Kasese Town: After breakfast live for Kasese to the west of Kampala. Stop for lunch at Garden restaurant Fort portal. Continue to Kasese arriving later in the evening.Dinner and overnight in a hotel. The drive will take around 6 hours.
Day 3: Nyakalengija 1646m – Nyabitaba 2632 m: This is the first trekking day that will take 6hours. After a briefing with the local porters and guides we drive to Rwenzori Mountain National Park Head quarter (1646m). The trek starts from here through homes of the Bakonzo community past plantations.The trail continues through the forest a long the Mubuku river and crosses Mahoma river at some point. Then up slopes via a forest canopy to Nyabitaba hut at 2632m. Dinner and overnight at the mountain camp. (5hrs)
Day 4: Nyabitaba 2652m-John Matte 3.414 m: Today is a 7hrs trek. Leave Nyabitaba and take the central circuit loop anticlockwise. The trail leads to the crossing point at Kurt Shaffer Bridge of rivers Mubuku and Bujuku. After a slippery and difficult muddy path we trek through a bamboo zone we reach Nyamuleju hut at 3000 meters a simple shelter on the rocks. We hike for 3 hours more via a heather vegetation and arrive John Matte hut (3414m) where spend the night.
Day 5: John Matte (3414m) – Bujuku 3962m: The third trekking day lead us to Bujuku hut after 5 hours of hiking passing through the lower Bigo bog where there is an old shelter. Bujuku hut is located near the Bujuku Lake in a valley among 3 mountain peaks- Mt Stanley, Mt Baker and Mt Speke Which can be viewed from this point in a clear day. Overnight in Bujuku Hut.
Day 6:– A full days climb on Mt Speke; a ridge of mountains with three peaks. This easily allows climbing the three peaks on Speke. The highest is point Emanuele Vittorio 4890m, Point Ensonga 4865m and Johnson 4834m.
After the days mission you break for overnight in Bujuku Camp
Day 7: Bujuku Hut (3962m) to Elena Hut, 4540 m. From Bujuku Hut trek on for 5hrs via a moss draped groundsel vegetation up the steep gulley, Climb up the metal ladder to the top between Mt. Baker and Stanley where the trail branches to Scott Elliot Pass 4372m We will divert to Elena Hut 4540m where we spend the night before climbing Mt. Stanley.
Day 8: Elena Hut 4540m to margarita peak (5109m) back Elena to Kitandara hut, 4023m. From Elena Hut we ascend the last tract of rock and ice leading to the base of Stanley Glacier to access the Margherita Peak (5109m). The climb is about approximately 3hours. After the Climb on Mt Stanley you descend to Elena hut for breakfast. Hike downward to Upper Kitandara Lake on a thick muddy terrain to reach at Kitandara Hut(4023m). We proceed to climbMount Baker or Mount Luigi di Savoia and the peak Vittorio Sella. Enjoy the view of Mt. Luigi di Savoia.
Day 9: Kitandara Hut(4023m) to Guy Yeoman Hut 3261m. This may be a long day, taking an average of 6hrs. After crossing the Fresh Field Pass 4282m,
continue to the new Guy Yeoman hut at 3261 meters.
Before Guy Yeoman hut there are two other shelters: Bujongolo and Kaijongo, which was the base camps for Mount Luigi by the Duke of Abruzzi who conquered and fully explored the Rwenzori in 1906. Follow the trail a long a bogy and slippery trail to arrive Guy Yeoman in the evening for overnight
Day 10: Guyeoman (3261m) – Nyabitaba 2632 m: After breakfast descend to the camp of Nyabitaba taking 5hrs. We will complete the Central circuit back to Nyabitaba. On descent the terrain is often slippery and boggy.The trek is otherwise beautiful a long the valley of Mubuku and Kichuchu Rivers with variety of plants and flowers. The trail becomes easier as we pass through the bamboo forests. Eventually arrive Nyabitaba for overnight.
Day 11: Nyabitaba – Base camp/ Nyakalengija : This is the last day where we trek 3hrs back to Rwenzori National Park headquarters in Nyakalengija. Connect a transfer to Kasese Town for Dinner and overnight in the hotel.
