Hiking Mount Muhabura.
Hiking Mount Muhabura: Mgahinga Gorilla National Park, Uganda’s smallest protected region, is home to Mount Muhabura, one of the three extinct volcanic mountains. The national park is situated in the Kisoro area, which borders the Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda.
After Mount Karisimbi and Mount Mikeno, Mount Muhabura is the third-highest and steepest of the eight Virunga Mountains. With a height of 4,127 meters above sea level, the extinct mountain is partially located in Rwanda’s Volcanoes National Park. Since many tourists utilized it as a guide, the local name muhabura means “the guide.”
The Mgahinga Gorilla National Park’s Mount Muhabura hike begins early in the morning with a briefing at park headquarters on expectations, rules, and regulations. Following the briefing, armed park guards and an experienced park guide will be assigned to you. You will then be driven to the trail head at the mountain’s foot, where you will begin trekking in the forest.
Depending on your fitness level, the round-trip hike will take five to seven hours. When you reach the summit, you will be rewarded with breathtaking views of the Crater Lake, other volcanic mountains, gorgeous scenery, and the twin lakes of Lake Burera and Lake Ruhondo, among other things. During your trek, you will have stops where you can enjoy amazing views of animals, various bird species, primates, and plants.
The price of climbing Mount Muhabura
Packing essentials for your mountain climb
The ideal time of year to climb Mount Muhabura
Accommodations for your safari in Mgahinga Gorilla National Park
The Mgahinga Gorilla National Park travel route
Travelers may also take scheduled or charter flights with Aerolink or Bar Aviation from Entebbe airport to Kisoro airstrip, and then connect to the park headquarters by road to reach Mgahinga Gorilla National Park.
Through the Cyanika border in Kisoro or the Katuna border in Kabale, which is around a three to four-hour drive away, travelers may also reach Mgahinga Gorilla National Park from Kigali, Rwanda, where they will fly to Kigali International Airport.
Additional activities in the Gorilla National Park in Mgahinga
In addition to mountain climbing, Mgahinga Gorilla National Park provides guests with additional thrilling safari activities, including as
Trekking with Gorillas in Uganda
You may spend an hour with mountain gorillas in their natural environment during gorilla trekking, which allows you to see how they behave, take pictures and films, and learn about their habits.
In golden monkey trekking, visitors may walk through the tropical jungle to find habituated golden monkeys and spend an hour with them in their natural environment.
Experience the Batwa cultural route, where visitors may meet the Batwa people who formerly inhabited Mgahinga forest before it was gazetted as a national park, explore the forest where they once lived, see the Ngarama caves, and take in performances by Batwa women, among other things.
Observing birds
More than 180 bird species have been identified in Mgahinga Gorilla National Park, including 14 indigenous species of the Albertine Rift, forest birds, and migratory birds. The Kivu ground thrush, the paradise flycatcher, the Rwenzori turaco, the handsome francolin, the regal sunbird, the black collared apalis, the Ruwenzori batis, the blue-headed sunbird, the western tinker bird, the cinnamon-chested bee-eater, and the purple-breasted sunbird are just a few of the various bird species that can be seen while bird watching.
Among other things, nature walks allow you to capture stunning photos, enjoy the cool wind, hear the lovely sounds of birds, and get up close and personal with various animal species.
