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Mountain Hiking
 Uganda
Hiking Safaris - Mountaineering Safaris
to Mount Rwenzori & Mount Elgon
National Park
Uganda is an outstanding hiking destination
for climbers of bigger mountains and
trekkers of small hills, medium sized
and high mountains. Uganda with its
combination of mountainous, hilly
and flat landscape in various sections
of the country is endowed with two
mountains which a major potential
destinations for hikers or climbers.
The paramount physical feature for
mountain trekkers is the magnificent
Rwenzori Mountain is south-western
Uganda and Mountain Elgon located
in Eastern Uganda.
Mountain Rwenzori.
The snow capped Rwenzoris, famed in
ancient times as the mountains of
the moon, offer great and wonderful
opportunities to hikers. Running along
the border with the Democratic Republic
of Congo, the Rwenzori Mountains have
now been developed and opened to travelers
interested in climbing not only the
tallest ranges of Africa but also
of the world as well. The Rwenzoris
offer some exceptional walking to
both trekkers at lower altitudes as
well as mountaineers who would like
to meet the challenge of ascending
to the glacial peaks of over 5100
metres.
Hiking of the magical Rwenzori Mountains
National Park in Uganda is a in fact
an extraordinary experience, the surprises
of the soaring glaciers, the beauty
of the valley of nine lakes, the bearded
lichen hanging from enormous heathers
with a background of rock-strewn cliffs,
crags and snow-coated summits. The
extensive diversity of plants and
animals with numerous biological aspects
as you go up through different vegetation
zones, offers a definitive experience
for hiking. Before, this exceptional
and stunning hike was unavailable,
completely intact and unquestionably
among the most attractive climbing
on the whole globe.
Rwenzori Mountain is among the World
Heritage Sites and provides a chance
to appreciate the natural world at
its finest. The mountain’s plant
life varies from thick tropical forest,
bamboo forests, montane cloud forests
to alpine vegetation and the landscape
is beyond doubt fabulous. Higher than
4,500 metres the snow and glaciers
enhance that special facet to the
marvelous views all through this wholesome
mountain collection. The Rwenzori
range is an accurate mountain with
several ascents and descents, qualifying
it a hard ascend, though the panorama
and the attractive plant life are
unbelievable. The high rain of more
than two and a half metres per year,
the moss-covered rocks, the solid
flora, the high peaks and precipices
very tall above to the moss covered
valleys and winding streams form a
wonderful environment that changes
through numerous ecological spheres
as you ascend the mountain resulting
into true distinctive experience.
Mountain Elgon
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eastern Uganda, Mount Elgon with its
caldera is pretty another well-liked
hiking target for average and high
hikers. It is essentially a deeply
forested very old volcano with its
base covering an area of more than
3000sq km. Although the mountain stands
astride at the Kenyan border, its
peak, known as Wagagai Peak is found
on the side of Uganda. This manifests
an amazing mountain climbing experience
to tourists who are increasingly fascinated
in hiking to reach moderate and high
peaks.
AAB Tours and Travel avails to you
a range of hiking choices from a day
to eleven or more to go well with
your adventure preferences and trip
timetable.
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