One day Nature Walk and Waterfall walk on Mt Elgon.

Trekking the Sasa Trail in Mt Elgon National Park is a truly rewarding experience with professional
guides, great food and good accommodation.

THE ONE DAY TREK
The best option is to have a pre-night stay in Mbale town, but also you can stay at any lodge overlooking the might Sipi falls. It is 52km from Mbale town to Budadiri Uganda Wildlife Authority office, taking
approximately one hour drive from Mbale town. To get an early start be at UWA offices at 8:00am.Clear the park entrance fees as: – $35 per 24hr period for Foreign non-residents and $25 per 24hr period for Foreign residents, Ugx.15000/- for East Africans. The trek starts just above Bugiboni Village at Elgon Trekking Services base camp.

The one day nature walk has 2 options;
Our one day nature walk gives you a great experience within the community as you pass past their homes, through their gardens and arabica coffee plantations then after the park entrance to walk along below the cliffs to the Nabanyifu Falls where the Dirigana River drops 61m to the valley below. You cross a bridge directly below the falls which offers a great opportunity for some stunning photographs. After the bridge you cross to the end of the cliff face where you then climb along the trail above the falls and trek up several switchbaks to make it easy walking with fantastic views of the community far below. The trek gives you a fantastic insight to nature and the beauty of Mt Elgon as you climb up below the hanging cliffs to cross the river directly below the Nabunyifu Falls (61m) up into the montane forest with giant Podocarpus trees and climbing vines to enjoy a hearty lunch at a rest shelter near the river and back.
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The one day nature walk gives you a great experience within the community plus a fantastic insight to nature and the beauty of Mt Elgon as you climb up past the Dirigana Falls into the montane forest.
The trek starts at Elgon Trekkers Base Camp and crosses through coffee plantations to the Gasawa steel
ladders just above Bugiboni Village with some steep sections above the ladders. It then flattens out to pass through the community where the main source of income is coffee, onions, potatoes and maize.
Or if it is not raining you may save a bit of energy and time to enjoy more of the national park, you may get a boda boda up to 2,070 metres to start your hike. From here it is a steady walk up to the park boundary directly below Dirigana Falls with a height of 61 metres flanked by sheer cliffs. We have constructed switchbacks in the trail to make it a easier to reach the top of the escarpment. This is a completely new trail which has never been accessible to tourists before and a great addition to the Sasa Trail. The trail climbs up along the Dirigana Valley and the base of the cliffs where there is a large rock shelter in case you need shelter when raining to the base of the falls where you stand below the falls to get fantastic photos before continuing to the top of the escarpment where you are treated to awesome views across the valley. The trail crosses above the falls as you enter the montane forest with huge Podacarpus trees and thick vegetation. About two kilometres from the top of the falls you will find a bridge cross the Dirigana River where there is a small shelter and beautiful lunch spot near the river.
After enjoying a lunch of either chicken & cheeze, or ham & cheeze roll or two, a piece of fruit and fruit juice and a hot cup of tea or coffee before you make your way back to Base Camp.

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