Hiking & Walking Holidays in Uganda
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Compare 7 hiking & walking holidays in Uganda. Prices from €500. Expert-reviewed retreats with real photos, itineraries and verified availability.
Uganda rewards walkers with some of the most varied terrain in East Africa, from the glaciated heights of the Rwenzori, the Mountains of the Moon, to the dense rainforests of Bwindi and Kibale, where you can follow trails on foot in search of mountain gorillas and wild chimpanzees. The seven programmes on this page run from three to eleven days and fall into two broad styles. If your heart is set on the mountains, you can choose a full seven-day expedition from Nyakalengija (1,615 m) through forest, bamboo, the Bigo Bog and Groundsel Gully to Elena Camp at 4,541 m, followed by a pre-dawn summit push to Margherita Peak. Or you can take a three-day trek that climbs from the same park gate through montane forest and bamboo to John Matte Camp at 3,505 m, with no summit required. If wildlife is your focus, there are short trips for chimpanzee trekking in Kibale with the Kasenda Crater Lakes, gorilla trekking in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park with a night on Lake Bunyonyi, and a four-day gorilla habituation experience in the Rushaga sector. Longer private safaris of eight and eleven days combine forest treks with golden monkeys, rhinos on foot at Ziwa, the Nile at Murchison Falls and tree-climbing lions in Ishasha. These holidays suit you whether you are a determined mountaineer, a walker short on time, or a traveller who wants to meet primates on their own ground. Prices on this page range from 500 USD to 9,400 USD.
Programmes on this page start from 500 USD for the 3-Day Rwenzori Mountains Nature Trek and go up to 9,400 USD for the 8-Day Uganda Chimpanzees, Gorillas & Golden Monkeys Safari. The gorilla trips sit towards the upper end, with the 3-Day Bwindi Gorilla Trek & Lake Bunyonyi from 4,780 USD and the 4-Day Bwindi Gorilla Habituation Experience from 6,500 USD. The 7-day Margherita Peak climb is from 1,549 USD.
The programmes on this page last between three and eleven days. There are several three-day options, a four-day gorilla habituation trip, a seven-day Rwenzori summit expedition, and longer private safaris of eight and eleven days.
The mountain treks are in the Rwenzori, starting at the park gate at Nyakalengija. The forest walks take place in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, including the Rushaga sector, and in Kibale Forest near Fort Portal. The longer safaris also include Ziwa, Murchison Falls and Ishasha.
Over seven days you climb from Nyakalengija at 1,615 m through forest, bamboo, the Bigo Bog and Groundsel Gully to Elena Camp at 4,541 m. From there you make a pre-dawn summit push to Margherita Peak. It is a full expedition in the Mountains of the Moon.
Yes. The 3-Day Rwenzori Mountains Nature Trek climbs from Nyakalengija (1,615 m) to John Matte Camp at 3,505 m, passing through montane forest and bamboo along the way. It is designed for those who want to experience the Rwenzori without reaching the summit, and it is the most affordable option on this page, from 500 USD.
A standard gorilla trek gives you a single hour with a gorilla family. On the habituation experience in the Rushaga sector of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, you spend up to four hours with a semi-habituated mountain gorilla family. The 4-Day Bwindi Gorilla Habituation Experience is priced from 6,500 USD.
Yes. The 3-Day Kibale Chimpanzee Trek & Crater Lakes is aimed at travellers with only a few days who still want to see wild chimpanzees. You drive west from Entebbe to Fort Portal, passing through the Kasenda Crater Lakes region, a landscape of volcanic lakes. It is priced from 3,150 USD.
Several programmes on this page are described as private, including the 3-Day Bwindi Gorilla Trek & Lake Bunyonyi, the 8-Day Uganda Chimpanzees, Gorillas & Golden Monkeys Safari and the 11-Day Uganda Gorillas, Chimpanzees & Big Five Safari.
