Mountain Elgon National Park
Kjong Safaris Uganda
would like to introduce to you Mountain Elgon National Park.
Mountain Elgon National Park
is found on the largest volcanic base in world, it’s a home to
over 300 species of birds, including the endangered lammergeyer small antelopes,
forest monkeys, elephants and buffaloes also live on the mountainside. The higher
slopes are protected by national parks in Uganda and Kenya creating and
extensive trans-boundary conservation area which has been declared a UNESCO man
And Biosphere Reserve.
Hiking on Mountain Elgon deserted moorlands unveils magnificent
and uncluttered wilderness without the summit-oriented approach common to many mountains:
the ultimate goal on reaching the top of Mt. Elgon is not the final ascent to
4,321m Wagagai peak, but the descent into vast 40km2 Caldera.
Activities that can be done in this amazing game park are
mountain hiking, the shortest but steepest hike takes 4 days following the sasa
trail and the other trail is the sipi trail which takes 4 to 6 days and the
longest trail(Piswa trail) starts at the
village of kapkwata on the north side of the mountain beyond kapchorwa
A visit to the breath-taking Sipi Falls which are on the
northern and eastern side of Mountain, these are three water falls at sipi in
kapchorwa just outside the park, the lowest of these is the most spectacular as
it cascades over 100m cliff, you can stand behind the caves and enjoy the back
view of the falls.
A visit to the Nyero rock Paintings that o back to about 100
years, these are the finest of the several rock art sites in the region.
The wildlife adventure tour of the region, where you are
able to do bird watching, primate tracking, wildlife adventures of the buffaloes,
elephants and so many others you can get a chance to view the amazing
vegetation in the area. The mountain slopes are covered with OliveOleahochstetter
land forest, at high latitudes this changes to olive and Podocarpusgracilior
forest, this is an excellent place to view primates such as the black and white
colobus, red-tailed and blue monkeys and baboons.
