Trekking in Uganda: Mount Elgon – day 4 of 4; the descent ?
Today we descend from Mude Cave Camp (3,500m) to the mountain village of Bumasola (1,770m). From there, boda bodas (mopeds) will take us to the mountain village of Budadiri (1,250 m) where we check out Mount Elgon National Park.
One more time we get up early and clean up our tent camp. Maaike calls together the porters, cook and rangers of Juma Chebet’s team @elgon_trekk. She expresses our thanks and gives everyone a well-deserved tip. Then: descend! ?
It is a bright sunny morning. On the descent on Sasa-Trail we pass Sasa River Camp (2,900m) and just above Bumasola is a steep rocky cliff passage. Today it has steel stairs, but not before and then she called the passage ‘the wall of death…’
At the bottom of the rock cliff passage are thousands of arable fields. Coffee trees with red ripe fruits, banana trees and fields of Irish potatoes, maize and onions. In between, mud huts, cattle and playing children who seek contact with us. Overwhelmingly beautiful.
Sitting on the back of one of the boda boda mopeds, it feels to me as if ‘the film’ of two weeks of Uganda has started the credits. The journey with all the impressions pass by like slides as I shake back and forth driving on the gravel roads. I would love to come back here again ?
Adventure awaits with Kara Tunga’s new group safaris! Explore Karamoja, Uganda’s hidden gem beyond the common tourist trailm alongside fellow explorers.
With effect (October 4, 2021), South Sudan and Uganda have agreed to exempt their citizens from visa requirements when travelling to either country. Both governments have waived visa entries for nationals from either country holding valid passport.
Karamoja has become a safe tourist destination – It’s the first question I ask Theo Vos, the charming 33 year-old founder of Kara Tunga, which is the travel company that arranged my visit of the last two days. He is developing cultural tourism to the region, he explains. Theo, whose mother is from Karamojong descent, …
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Trekking in Uganda: Kadam, Moroto, Elgon
Trekking in Uganda: Mount Elgon – day 4 of 4; the descent ?
Today we descend from Mude Cave Camp (3,500m) to the mountain village of Bumasola (1,770m). From there, boda bodas (mopeds) will take us to the mountain village of Budadiri (1,250 m) where we check out Mount Elgon National Park.
One more time we get up early and clean up our tent camp. Maaike calls together the porters, cook and rangers of Juma Chebet’s team @elgon_trekk. She expresses our thanks and gives everyone a well-deserved tip. Then: descend! ?
It is a bright sunny morning. On the descent on Sasa-Trail we pass Sasa River Camp (2,900m) and just above Bumasola is a steep rocky cliff passage. Today it has steel stairs, but not before and then she called the passage ‘the wall of death…’
At the bottom of the rock cliff passage are thousands of arable fields. Coffee trees with red ripe fruits, banana trees and fields of Irish potatoes, maize and onions. In between, mud huts, cattle and playing children who seek contact with us. Overwhelmingly beautiful.
Sitting on the back of one of the boda boda mopeds, it feels to me as if ‘the film’ of two weeks of Uganda has started the credits. The journey with all the impressions pass by like slides as I shake back and forth driving on the gravel roads. I would love to come back here again ?
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