MT.ELGON NATIONAL PARK

WHEN TO VISIT:
The lower slopes are fine throughout the year. The drier months (June to August, December to March) are best for hiking.

ACCOMODATION:
Lodge at Sipi Falls for Up-market visitors. Mid-range hotels in Mbale town. Budget lodging at Sipi Falls, Mbale and Budadiri and camping within the.

Mt.Elgon is a 4,321m high extinct volcano which in prehistoric times stood taller than Kilimanjaro does today. Although the mountain straddles the Kenya border, its highest peak, Wagagai, lies within Uganda.
Elgon is a watershed whose slopes support a rich variety of altitudinal vegetation zones ranging from montane forest to high open moorland studded with the other-worldly giant lobelia and groundsel plants.
The Mountain’s Spectacular scenery is its main attraction especially for hikers. There is also a variety of forest monkeys and small antelope, along with elephant and buffalo. A checklist topping 300 birds includes many species not recorded elsewhere in Uganda.
Other attractions include ancient cave paintings close to the trailhead at Budadiri, and spectacular caves and hot springs within the crater