Day 1: (Entebbe - Kampala), 1-2 hrs , 42Km drive
Arrival at Entebbe International Airport aguide from Tomaz safaris will welcome you and take you for shopping modalities if required depending on your time of arrival, and transfer to the Golf COurse Hotel or Hotel Magherita in Kasese.This evening, your guide will go to the park headquarters and the Rwenzori Mountaineering Services concessions to arrange payments, rent equipment and select guides and porters for the following day’s journey. F/B.
 
Day 2: (Entebbe - Nyakalengija)
This morning after breakfast and reporting to the headquarters, you will transfer to Nyakalengija via Ibanda to start your 5-6 hour climb into the mountains  by hiking (5400 ft 1,646 m), walking past typical “ wattle and mud” here you will be able to view Buhonjo homes and gradually moving upward through elephant grass and garden plots. It takes approximately forty minutes to reach the National Park boundary (which can be a pleasant half or one day trip for someone not going further )The trail then follows the Mahoma River which you will cross for  two and a half hours. After crossing the River, you will have a very steep climb through open bracken fern slopes and Podocarpus forest up to Nyabitaba Hut ( 8,700 ft/ 2,652) reached about an hour and a half past the Mahoma River crossing.Your climb will take you through thick Equatorial vegetation before arriving at the Nyabitaba hut 2650 meters in the late evening.
During this part of the trip, you may be able to see Chimps, Black and White Colobus and Blue monkeys and catch glimpses of the brilliantly -colored Rwenzori Touraco ( a bird of the tree tops). Over night at Nyabitaba hut. F/B.

Day 3: (Nyabitaba Hut - Nyamileju Hut)
After your breakfast,you will proceed from Nyabitaba Hut the trail leads to westward for a half km then drops north (right) steeply to Kurt Shafer Bridge, crossing below the confluence of Bujuku and Mubuku Rivers. The path is good for the first couple of hours, but it becomes steeper and very rocky and slippery through Bamboo forest as you enter the moorland zone where heather plants are prolific. the muddy slippery trail climbs steadily up through bamboo forest. After one and a half hours of hiking you discover this challenging which many hikers consider the most difficult and dangerous footing on the circuit. Nyamileju means “ a place of beards” referring to the lichen and spanish moss draping trees near by. On a rare day, Mts. Stanley and Speke can be seen from the top of the rock near the Hut.Over night at Nyamileju Hut . F/B.

The path is good for the first couple of hours, but it becomes steeper and very rocky as you enter the moorland zone where heather plants are prolific. We shall have Lunch at Nyamileju Hut where there is a rock shelter. We shall climb through the open patches, Lobelia, and Heath moss forest before maneuvering a 2-hour walk to the John Matte hut for an overnight.

Day 4: Bujuku Hut. (Nyamileju Hut - the valley)
After breakfast, you will continue to John Matte Hut (11,200 ft3, 414 m) which is through a tiring bog full of these extraordinary plants like the giant Lobelias and and heath trees and ascend up to the Bigo Bog and a panoramic landscape of Lobelias and gigantic Groundsels. This takes up to five hours, depending on the condition of the two Bigo Bogs, which are often Knee-deep in Mud. On the way to the hut, we shall pass via Lake Bujuku prior to our arrival at Bujuku hut.
The slow pace can be a delightful chance to examine and photograph this unique environment. Well situated, John Matte is newly constructed, large and comfortable though muddy around the site. Hikers who feel they have reached their limits by this point should consider John Matte a reasonable stopping point.

Day 5: (Mount Victoria & Mount Speke)
Early morning departure from the valley with scenic alpine vegetation consisting of huge Groundsels and Lobelia and finally ascend Mount Victoria and Mount Speke at (4890 meters).

Day 6: (Elena Hut)
After breakfast you will  continue from west from Bukulu hut on a newer trail, which rises and falls twice before finally climbing steeply through magical moss- draped Groundsel Gully towards (14,345ft/4,372m) Scott Elliot pass. At the head of the gully is a short, strong ladder at a particularly steep section, after which a right hand branch would lead to view the magnificent  Savoia and Elena glacier (14, 700ft/4,430m). This is a steep, rocky trail which when wet or icy is treacherously slippery. Continuing straight, and a few steps below the pass there is a sheltered spot for a break, from here there is a second trail to the right to Elena is the Base Camp for climbing. Margherita peak in the Mt. Stanley complex, which would require an additional day or two and can only be attempted with ice axe, mountain boots, crampons, ropes and prior arrangements with RMS guides. Over night at Kitandara Lake Hut. F/B.

Day 7: (Final Ascent to the Alps of Africa)
Early morning climb to the snowy Alexander peak (5092m) and then move onwards to the supreme Margherita peak at (5109m). Magherita Peak gives a good panoramic view and great photo opportunities. We shall descend to the beautiful Lake Kitandara for overnight at Kitandara hut (3900m).

Day 8: (Descent, Guy Yeoman Hut)
After early breakfast, the descent begins. We shall take a picnic lunch on our way before resuming our journey to Guy Yeoman hut for dinner and overnight.

Day 9: (Back to Kasese)
Descend to Nyabitaba and thereafter proceed to hotel Margherita or Rwenzori Basecamp Guest House for overnight.

Day 10: (Kasese - Kampala)
Transfer back to Kampala/Entebbe Airport for your flight.