Mount Elgon National 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.

Sipi Falls and Mountaineering