On arrival in Uganda, you will be welcomed and picked by our Kubwa Five Safaris guide, who will be holding an A4 paper with your name printed on it at Entebbe International Airport, and you will be transferred to Kasese, you will check on your hiking gears and we shall make sure you have got hiking gears of your choice that fits you.

Meals and overnight at  Rubon Community Campsite.

After breakfast at 8:00am, your guide and porters will pick you from the hotel and start the journey to Rwenzori Mountains National Park at Nyakalengija gate at about 1.615m Asl.

Your Kubwa five safaris mountain guide will brief you then begins the hike by passing through farmland to the park boundary beyond which it follows a thick forest along the Mubuku River, crossing its Mahoma River tributary before starting a long, steep climb up onto a massive ridge to reach Nyabitaba hut.

During this part of the trip you may hear chimpanzee and see black and white Columbus, blue monkey and the brilliantly colored Rwenzori turraco without forgetting  the most attractive chameleons illusive 3 horned and you will be seeing the first peak on your right hand side called Portal peak .

Meals and overnight at Nyabitaba Hut.
Hike duration: 6 -7 hours. Elevation height: 1,036m.

From Nyabitaba Hut, you will follow the trail that drops down through the forest to the Kurt Shafer Bridge, just below the confluence of the Mubuku and Bujuku rivers.

Passing through the bamboo forest, traverse through a long and exhausting stretch of slippery moss-covered rock. From the Nyamuleju rock shelter, Mount Stanley and Mount Speke can be seen before passing into the zone of the giant heather, lobelia and groundsel. Finally reach John Matte Hut after passing through the tiring bog.

Meals and overnight at John Matte Hut.
Hike duration: 7 – 8 hours. Elevation height: 854m

From John Matte Hut, the trail drops down to cross the Bujuku River and enters Lower Bigo Bog, the home of giant lobelias. Jumping from tussock to tussock, the bog is finally crossed but rarely without the feet sampling some of the freezing ooze below.

The upper Bigo bog gives way to Bujuku Lake, with views of Mt Baker to the South and Mt Stanley to the West. Bujuku Hut, well located in the shadow of Mount Baker and Mount Speke, is set in a narrow valley below Stuhlmann Pass. This camp is good for acclimatization for clients attempting the summits of peaks Mount Stanley and Mount Speke.

Meals and overnight at Bujuku Hut.
Hike duration: 4 – 5 hours. Elevation height: 457m

Leaving Bujuku Hut, the trail takes you through more bog, while climbing the steep slopes west of the lake and through the magical and forest of Groundsel Gully.

Turn to your right up to Elena Hut and Mount Stanley on a steep trail over large boulders, while the trail on your left leads to Scott-Elliot Pass and down to Kitandara Lakes the trail on he left leads those who are not climbing Margherita Peak to Kitandara Hut. Those climbing the peak will have their dinner.

Meals and overnight at Elena Hut.
Hike duration: 5 – 6 hours. Elevation height: 579m

Very early in the morning, you attempt climbing the highest peak, Margherita of Mount Stanley. To reach the summit of Margherita, the climb takes about 4 -5 hours depending on the weather conditions and the pace of climbing this mountain.

This tough walk takes you over three glaciers, slippery rock, ice and very exposed areas which are open on many sides. Climbing on to the glaciers, cross the Stanley Plateau and proceed with the ascent. Acclimatized to fog, altitude sickness and coolly weather, scramble up to the summit of Margherita the highest peak of the Rwenzori mountains. The Descend from Margherita peak back to Kitandara Hut will take you about 2 – 3hours.

Meals and overnight at Kitandara Hut.
Descend duration: 3 – 4 hours.

From Kitandara Hut, take on the trail that ascends steeply up the headwall, spreading out from the base of Mount Baker and continuing along the south side of the mountain to Fresh field Pass 4282m asl.

At this point you can view into the Congo to the west and Mount Stanley to the north. From the pass, take on the long high alpine mossy. Thereafter start the descend through steep rocky trails and the rock shelter at Bujongolo, the base camp for the historic expedition by the Duke of Abruzzi in 1906

Meals and overnight at Guy Yeoman Hut.
Hike duration: 6 – 7 hours.

Below Guy Yeoman Hut, the route descends the cliffs of Kichuchu. Beyond Kichuchu the muddy path crosses the Mubuku River twice through a bamboo forest before climbing downwards to Nyabitaba Hut to complete the circuit.

Continue descending Nyabitaba Hut and complete your trek by the evening to Mihunga gate to end your 7 days Rwenzori Margherita peak summit trip.

Descent duration: 6 – 7 hours.

Upon your arrival, you will be welcomed by the community with the traditional dance celebrating for your success on conquering Rwenzori Mountain which is the top most part of Uganda.

Meals and overnight at Rubon Community Campsite.

After having a delightful breakfast, you will be transferred to Entebbe International Airport for your scheduled flight back home.