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Mount Elgon National Park Safari Uganda
By admin | February 7, 2008
MOUNT ELGON NATIONAL PARK UGANDA
Size: 1.145 km²
Location: East of Uganda, on the bordering area to Kenya Approx. 250 km from Kampala.
Mammals: elephant, buffalo, forest hog, bushbuck, Tree hyrax, duiker, hyena, leopard, Guerezas, Vervet monkey, species of birds
Mt. Elgon, 4.321 m high and 50 to 80 km in diameter lies in the middle of the park. The highest point, Wagagai can be climbed from the Kenyan or Ugandan side. Just like other East African mountains, the Mt. Elgon has different vegetation zones.
There is choice of three different routes- Sasa Trail, Sipi Trail and Piswa trail.
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