3 days john matte Rwenzori hiking
Day 1: Nyakalengija (1600m)-Nyabitaba hut (2660m)
3 days john matte Rwenzori hiking , after breakfast at the camp, you will go to RMS headquarters where you will be briefed about the whole hike. Start the hike from Nyakalengija through the Bakonzo settlements to mount Rwenzori national park gate where you will be registered before entering the park. You will start the central circuit trail trek through thick tropes with high elephant grass and dense bushes. The forest is home to various animal species like forest elephant, chimpanzee, hyrax, black-and-white colobus, L’Hoest’s monkeys, duiker, and three horned chameleons among many more. Some of the bird species include: Handsome Francolin, Rwenzori Turaco, Long-eared Owl, Barred Long-tailed Cuckoo, Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater, Strange Weaver, Archers’ Robin-chat, Rwenzori Batis among many others as well as various tree and plant species. You will expect to see some of them.
It’s about 8 km from Nyakalengija to Nyabitaba hut. Dinner and overnight at Nyabitaba hut.
Day 2: Nyabitaba hut (2660m)-John Matte hut (3420m)
Have breakfast at the hut, you will move through thick shrubs and forests for about 30 minutes to Kurt Shafer Bright, which is at the confluence of the Mubuku and Bujuku rivers. You will then move though the bamboo mixed with montane forests and slippery moss covered rocks for a couple of hours. As you hike you will also expect to see various bird species that live in the forest. You will continue to move up to Nyamulejju rock shelter where the first hikers used to at times camp and also spend the night, you will have a stopover here for lunch. At this point you will have a view of mount Stanley and mount Speke if the weather is clear. You will then continue to move through the alpine forest to John Matte hut where you will have dinner and spend the night. The hut is near the river Bujuku and most hikers take a bath there, the water is so cold but so refreshing as well. You will also have a view of the Margherita glacier which is on mount Stanley between Alexandra and Margherita peaks.
Nyabitaba to John Matte is about 11km.
Day 3: Descend back to Nyakelengija.
After breakfast at Nyakalengija, you will descend back to Nyakalengija.
we shall provide you with the Transportation back to Kampala
Excludes;
-Warm and rain gear
-Walking sticks
-Sleeping bags
-Tips
-Beverages
-And other items of a personal nature
Price includes
-Hiking permit
-Parking entrance fees
-Accommodation and meals as you hike
-Guides and porters as you hike
-Guides , porter and chef, armed ranger