After the 3-day Mount Kadam trek we have acclimatized: ready to climb Wagagai, the highest peak of the extinct volcano Mount Elgon at 4,321 meters.
We are going to take the Sipi-Trail route. Maaike, Anja, Peggy, Nelleke and I meet at Kapkwai (2,050m, national park entrance) the Ugandan team of Juma Chebet @elgon_trekk, consisting of National Park rangers Joël & Maddi, Daniel, cook Robert and seven porters.
With a permit for four days we set off from the secondary forest*. At Tutum Camp we take a break. The porters and cook arrive after us and we are told that we are a ‘sporty group’ ? Via Tutum Cave we ascend further through the jungle, then the heathland with beautiful flowers and plants follows.
Kajeri Camp (3,030m) is our camp site today. And…we have a clear running mountain stream where we can freshen up! Two porters teach me how to chop wood with their machetes, a profession in itself ? In the porters hut, the wood fire burns and the food is prepared. Tonight rice with meat, sauce and separately cooked white cabbage. Enjoy your dinner!
* Around 1700 there were rules for the forest / jungle, but compliance was minimal. Resulting in illegal logging. From 1989, the Netherlands helped to restore the forest (secondary forest).
Knowing which animals live where is critical to planning effective conservation following to the two researchers. With the support of a grant from the National Geographic Society they are now focusing their research on the primates of Uganda. They conducted primate surveys in northeastern Uganda from 2014 to 2017
Karamoja Safari featured in the Dutch and Belgium magazine called Columbus Travel Magazine. The magazine highlights a 20 pages travel report from climbing worlds Mt Elgon (4321m), an authentic cultural experience in Karamojaland and ending with an off the beaten path Wildlife Safari in Kidepo Valley National Park!
Well, when I headed for my very first Kara-Tunga adventure I had a rough idea about what was there to come. I knew I was about to Climb Mount Kadam and to spend one night up there.
There are three routes from Kenya to Ethiopia, two routes along the Eastern shores of Lake Turkana through Marsabit county and one on the Western shores of the Jade Sea through Turkana county. The adventure bike riders Michnus & Elsebie Olivier took the most adventurous Eastern route that was more a track and can take …
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Trekking in Uganda: Kadam, Moroto, Elgon
Trekking in Uganda: Mount Elgon – day 1 of 4
After the 3-day Mount Kadam trek we have acclimatized: ready to climb Wagagai, the highest peak of the extinct volcano Mount Elgon at 4,321 meters.
We are going to take the Sipi-Trail route. Maaike, Anja, Peggy, Nelleke and I meet at Kapkwai (2,050m, national park entrance) the Ugandan team of Juma Chebet @elgon_trekk, consisting of National Park rangers Joël & Maddi, Daniel, cook Robert and seven porters.
With a permit for four days we set off from the secondary forest*. At Tutum Camp we take a break. The porters and cook arrive after us and we are told that we are a ‘sporty group’ ? Via Tutum Cave we ascend further through the jungle, then the heathland with beautiful flowers and plants follows.
Kajeri Camp (3,030m) is our camp site today. And…we have a clear running mountain stream where we can freshen up! Two porters teach me how to chop wood with their machetes, a profession in itself ? In the porters hut, the wood fire burns and the food is prepared. Tonight rice with meat, sauce and separately cooked white cabbage. Enjoy your dinner!
* Around 1700 there were rules for the forest / jungle, but compliance was minimal. Resulting in illegal logging. From 1989, the Netherlands helped to restore the forest (secondary forest).
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