Cheap safaris to Rwenzori Mountains National Park

Cheap safaris to Rwenzori Mountains National Park: A cheap safari to Rwenzori Mountains National Park can be full of wonders, like hiking the tallest mountain in Uganda or searching for the different bird species in the park. With a well-experienced local tour operator, we can assure you that your cheap safari in Rwenzori Mountains National Park will give you an unforgettable experience. Africa Adventure Vacations is one of the local tour operators that offer well organized cheap safaris to Rwenzori Mountains National Park with the best experience

Safaris to Rwenzori Mountains National Park range in the process depending on what activities you want to do, accommodation, number of days, and the time of the year you go. Well for cheap safaris to Rwenzori Mountains National Park, tourists should reduce the number of days, reduce activities, and choose to stay in budget accommodation facilities.

When can tourists have cheap safaris in Rwenzori Mountains National Park?

Tourists can have cheap safaris in Rwenzori Mountains National Park at any time of the year however there are months that are cheaper than others. The rainy season is when safaris to Rwenzori Mountains National Park are cheaper because accommodation facilities reduce prices and this leads to a reduction in the prices of the tour packages. The price of tour packages does reduce because service providers reduce prices to attract the few tourists that are visiting the country.

Tourists yes would get cheap tour packages for safaris in Rwenzori Mountains National Park during the rainy seasons, however they should know that there is plenty of rainfall received and this makes walking trails/hiking trails in the park muddy and slippery and the vegetation is tall and thick with unclear views of some of the attractions within the park.

Safaris are cheaper during the rainy season however tourists can still visit the park during the dry season which happens from December to February and June to September. During these months, there weather is so good as it is characterised by too much sunshine and little rainfall. The vegetation is short and scattered with good views of most attractions in the park and the roads leading to the park are in good condition.

Activities tourists can do during their cheap safaris to Rwenzori Mountains National Park

Hiking Mount Rwenzori

Everyone can hike mountain Rwenzori Mountains National Park for the days they can afford because it’s not compulsory to reach the summit. Hiking Mountain Rwenzori can be done for a few days and tourists will be able to reach a certain level of the mountains and they will also be able meet different attractions that are on the slopes of the mountain.

Hiking Mountain Rwenzori starts with a briefing at the park offices and later hikers are driven to the starting point of the mountain where they meet armed ranger guides and even hire porters in case they have excess luggage. Hiking Rwenzori mountain to the top takes hikers to well-constructed trails where a ranger guide makes ever hiker is safe from anything that could be dangerous.

Hiking Rwenzori Mountains National Park is done all day and tourists have points where they sleep for a night. Every day tourists wake up to continue with hiking up to any level of the mountains they want. Hikers who want to get to the summit can do so but those that want to stop at a certain level will still be allowed. While hiking Rwenzori mountain, hikers are able to take pictures, record videos, and see the different attractions on the mountain.

Bird watching

Bird watching in Rwenzori Mountains National Park is very affordable to all tourists that really love bird watching. The activity is among the cheap activities tourists can do in Rwenzori Mountains National Park and this will enable them to see most of the bird species recorded there. Over 217 bird species are said to be living in Rwenzori Mountains National Park and 19 are endemic to the Albertine region.

Bird watching activities in Mountain Rwenzori National Park must be done with well-trained birder guides and an armed ranger guide is always available to protect the birders while they look out for different birds in different areas of the park. Birding in Rwenzori is done using different birding trails and in some cases, local birders are hired to help in looking for specific bird species.

Bird watching in Rwenzori offers a chance to see more species of the birds that include Rwenzori turaco, northern fiscal, stout cisticola, brown woodland warbler, dwarf honeyguide, streaky seedeater, grey chested illadopsis, thick-billed seedeater, stuhlmann’s starling, rock martin, grey-headed nigrita, lesser striped swallow, African pied wagtail, sharpe’s starling, sharpe’s starling, white wagtail, olive woodpecker.

Oriole finch, montane sooty boubou, red-faced cisticola, road throated alethe, plain martin, ruppell’s staling, evergreen forest warbler, black-headed heron, wattled lapwing, northern grey-headed sparrow, variable sunbird, long-eared owl, western citril, yellow-bellied waxbill, little bee-eater, handsome francolin, kivu ground thrush, lagden’s bush shrike, chestnut throated apalis, white-necked raven, black-headed sunbird, mountain buzzard, fawn breasted waxbill, and white wagtail to mention but a few.

Nature walks

Nature walks in Rwenzori Mountains National Park are very affordable to all kinds of travelers as they go for $30 for foreign non-residents, $15 for foreign residents, and UGX10,000 citizens of East African member states. Tourists on cheap safaris to Rwenzori Mountains National Park can participate in nature walk activities during their free time.

Nature walks will enable tourists to meet different attractions of the park which include animals, birds, vegetation, rivers, and much more. During the nature walks, tourists can also meet local people depending on the walking trail used. Some local people live at the park boundaries and most of these were evicted out during the time they were gazetting the park.