How many days is the 5 Days Rwenzori Mahoma Loop Trek?

The 5 Days Rwenzori Mahoma Loop Trek is 5 days and 4 nights, operating year-round from Uganda.

How much does the 5 Days Rwenzori Mahoma Loop Trek cost?

The 5 Days Rwenzori Mahoma Loop Trek is priced on request depending on your group size, dates, and accommodation preferences. Contact Orika Africa Tours for a free tailor-made quote: hi@orikaafrica.com or +256 707 916 185.

What is included in the 5 Days Rwenzori Mahoma Loop Trek?

The 5 Days Rwenzori Mahoma Loop Trek in Uganda includes all accommodation, meals, park fees, private safari vehicle with an experienced guide-driver, and 24/7 support from Orika Africa Tours. Uganda's UTB-licensed Tour Operator & DMC. We welcome solo travellers, couples, families, and larger groups.

Is the 5 Days Rwenzori Mahoma Loop Trek suitable for first-time safari visitors?

Yes. Orika Africa Tours designs every itinerary from scratch around your group's fitness, interests, and budget. The 5 Days Rwenzori Mahoma Loop Trek is available as a private safari, no shared vehicles, no fixed groups, ever.

What is the best time to go on the 5 Days Rwenzori Mahoma Loop Trek in Uganda?

The 5 Days Rwenzori Mahoma Loop Trek in Uganda runs year-round. The dry seasons (June to August and December to February) offer the best conditions for game drives and trekking. Contact Orika Africa Tours for month-by-month advice.

5 Days Rwenzori Mahoma Loop Trek

5 days on the Mahoma Loop make the Rwenzori's most rewarding short trek, a circuit that samples the range's extraordinary vegetation zones without the demands of a full summit expedition. From the park gate the trail climbs through montane forest and bamboo into the otherworldly afro-alpine moorland of giant lobelia and groundsel, with a night beside Lake Mahoma, the deepest lake in the Rwenzori Mountains.

It is a genuine mountain adventure on well-graded trails, suited to reasonably fit walkers and a fine introduction to the fabled Mountains of the Moon. Read more in the Uganda destination guide, and see our safari packing list to prepare for the climb.

Ready for the summit? The 9 Days Rwenzori Margherita Peak Trek climbs to the glaciated 5,109m roof of Uganda. To pair the mountains with wildlife, the 11 Days Classic Uganda Wildlife Safari takes in gorillas, chimpanzees and the savannah parks.

Trip Highlights

The scenic Mahoma Loop through the Rwenzori's vegetation zones
A night beside Lake Mahoma, the deepest lake in the range
Montane forest, bamboo and afro-alpine moorland
Black-and-white colobus monkeys and the Rwenzori turaco
Giant lobelia and groundsel of the high moorland
A guided mountain trek without the demands of a summit climb

Day-by-Day Itinerary

Your driver-guide collects you from Entebbe or Kampala for the scenic drive west to the Rwenzori Mountains, the fabled Mountains of the Moon. On arrival the rest of the day is at leisure to settle in and prepare for the trek ahead.

After meeting your mountain guides and porters at the park gate, you set off on the trail to Omukakiza Camp, a climb of around a thousand metres over six and a half kilometres. The path winds through montane forest alive with birds, black-and-white colobus monkeys, three-horned chameleons and the brilliant Rwenzori turaco, before a steeper final ascent to camp.

The trail descends through bamboo before easing into the open, with views of the Portal Peaks and the Kinyangoma Hills. Boardwalks carry you across the heather and afro-alpine zones, thick with giant lobelia and senecio, to Lake Mahoma, the deepest lake in the Rwenzori, fed by the meltwaters of Mount Baker.

Leaving the lake early, you retrace the route down through forest and along the Mubuku River to the park gate. A hot shower and a comfortable lodge await at the foot of the mountains, a welcome reward after the trail.

After breakfast you transfer with a packed lunch to Kasese airstrip for the scheduled flight to Entebbe, in good time for your onward connection.