How To Get To Mountain Rwenzori National Park

How To Get To Mountain Rwenzori

Routes & Shortcuts to Reach Rwenzori Mountains National Park

Travelling to Rwenzori Mountains National Park: From Kampala/Entebbe, the best method to travel to Rwenzori Mountains National Park is by air and road.

Rwenzori Mountains National Park: How do I get there? Road travel, air travel, or both are options for getting to the Rwenzori Mountains National Park. The fastest and most convenient alternative, however, often is a direct charter aircraft that takes 90 to 120 minutes to get from Kampala/Entebbe to Kasase Airstrip. This eliminates the need for lengthy driving times to get to the Park, which are required for road transportation.

Drive from Kampala to Kasese using the highway.

Depending on the route, the Rwenzori Mountains National Park can be reached from Kampala in between four and six hours. The road is well-maintained and has some tarmacadam. Gasoline is never an issue.

Traveling To mountain Rwenzori by Road

Depending on the route, it takes between four and six hours to drive from Kampala to the Rwenzori Mountains National Park. The road is in good shape and is mostly tarmacked. In Uganda, fuel is never an issue, and all car rentals come with simple-to-follow maps. There are two ways to get to Rwenzori Mountains National Park from Kampala to Kasese. The shortest route takes a 44 from Kampala to Fortportal via Mubende, covering a distance of 300 km, while the longest route takes a car 350 miles from Kampala to Kasese via Masaka, Mbarara, and Busheny.

The second route to Kasese offers a spectacular stopover near the Equator where you can see how the northern and southern hemispheres differ.

Travelling to the Rwenzori Mountains National Park by Air

At Entebbe International Airport, a scheduled chartered aircraft can be arranged to Kasese Airstrip, where a 40-minute drive will take you to the Rwenzori Mountains National Park. How to reach the Rwenzori Mountains National Park There are two timetables for air charter flights to Kasese airport, with the first one departing at 7:00 am and the second one departing at 12:00 noon.

Take note: The Democratic Republic of the Congo also has access to the Rwenzori Mountains National Park. To reach Mutwanga, the starting point of all Rwenzori mountain climbs, it is necessary to travel by road from Kigali, Rwanda, via Gisenyi and Gisenyi to Beni.

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