14-Days Private Marathon Running Camp in Uganda

Overview

Day by day itinerary

1. 1Meeting at the Entebbe airport⌄

   Meeting at the Entebbe airport. Transfer to Jinja. Small shopping. Dinner. Accomodation at the lodge on the shore of the Nile.

   Meals: Breakfast · Lunch · Dinner

   Overnight: Victorian Holiday Villa, Jinja

2. 2Acclimatization day in Uganda⌄

   Acclimatization day in Uganda. Morning and evening short runs in a pine forest and alongside the Nile's bark. Exploring neiboring village, small shopping. Swimming on the sunset.

   Meals: Breakfast · Dinner · Lunch

   Overnight: Bubugo Conservation Trust, campsite in Bubugo

3. 3Swimming and whitewater on the Nile⌄

   Swimming and/or whitewater day. Two challenges offered to your choice: swimming or rafring on the Nile. Swimming distances can vary from a few hundred to 5 k. meters. Rafting distance can vary from 10 to 40 k. Morning run is quite recommended. We'll also visit 2 spectacular Busowoko and Itanda falls.

   Busowoko and Itanda falls are majestic roaring waterfalls on the River Nile situated 27 kilometers away of Jinja. They are a challenge for kayakers and rafters, being graded at the highest level of difficulty.

   Meals: Breakfast · Lunch · Dinner

   Overnight: Bubugo Conservation Trust, campsite in Bubugo

4. 4Journey to Rwenzori Mountains⌄

   Today we will drive to the far west of the country, watching its dayly routine from our safari van, droping by at most scenery view points, tasting local food. By the sunset we'll reach Rwenzori Mountains national park and fall asleep at nice lodge.

   On the way we will cross the equator in Kikorongo where we will stop for a photo and water amusement based on Coriolis effect when water going down a plughole spin in one direction in the Northern hemisphere and in the other direction in the Southern.

   Meals: Breakfast · Lunch · Dinner

   Overnight: Ruboni Community Camp, Rwenzori National Park

5. 5Intensive training in Rwenzori⌄

   Intensive training on the slopes of Rwenzori. Morning: progressive run, exercise and core workout. Evening: jogging. This day's running trails will follow the thick forests and bushes which is a natural home to different mammals and bird species such as hyrax, forest elephants, Forest Elephants, l'Hoest monkeys, Black and White colobus monkeys, three horned chameleons, while the birds include Rwenzori Turaco, handsome francolin, barred long tail cuckoo, strange weaver among others.

   Meals: Breakfast · Lunch · Dinner

   Overnight: Ruboni Community Camp, Rwenzori National Park

6. 6Intensive training in Rwenzori⌄

   Intensive training on the slopes of Rwenzori. Morning: easy jogging, track speed workout. Evening: jogging.

   Let's stay with Ruboni community, it's time to sing, dance, learn and appreciate the local Bakonzo culture. And we'll be having a good dinner together.

   Meals: Breakfast · Lunch · Dinner

   Overnight: Ruboni Community Camp, Rwenzori National Park

7. 7Intensive training in Rwenzori⌄

   Intensive training on the slopes of Rwenzori. Morning: run, slope workout. Evening: exercise and stretching. Let's run uphil alonside Mabeku river. If we're strong enough we can reach alpine zone and enjoy Rwenzori's endemic alpine flowers, do exercices and run on even higher altitude.

   Meals: Breakfast · Lunch · Dinner

   Overnight: Ruboni Community Camp, Rwenzori National Park

8. 8Intensive training in Rwenzori⌄

   Intensive training on the slopes of Rwenzori. Morning: easy jogging, speed work (fartlek). Evening: jogging and stretching. Our fartlek workout will be done on serpantin roads on the same altitude and below as Ruboni through cocoa and cassava plantations owned by Bukonzo, the proud and strong people that have farmed these foothills of the Rwenzori for over 15 generations.

   Meals: Breakfast · Lunch · Dinner

   Overnight: Ruboni Community Camp, Rwenzori National Park

9. 9Tapering or climbing in Rwenzori⌄

   Pre-race tapering on the slopes of Rwenzori. For the most enduring athlets we offer a 3-days climbing to the Mutinda Lookout with an elevation of 3.975 m. or Weismann's Peak at 4.620 m. with increadible views to the main peaks of Mt. Baker and Mt. Stanley. The alternative 28 k. trail will take us to explore a cross-section of the lower slopes of the scenic Rwenzori Mountains. On these three days two nights Mahoma trip, you will traverse the lower slopes of the mountains finishing at Lake Mahomato. During this trekking, we'll explore some of the 70 mammals and 217 birds that are found in Rwenzori that include 19 species that are endemics to the Albertine Rift, such as the three-horned chameleon, as well as some of the world's rarest plants. The plant life is a mixture of lush forest, bamboo forest, heather, everlasting flowers, giant lobelia, and a multitude of plant life endemic to this mountain.

   Meals: Breakfast · Lunch · Dinner

   Overnight: Mutinda Campsite, Rwenzory National Park

10. 10Tapering or climbing in Rwenzori⌄

    Pre-race tapering on the slopes of Rwenzori for those who decided to stay at Ruboni or undertake a hiking to Lake Mahomato. Climbing expedition of those who decided to accend one of the peaks. The alternative 28 k. trail will take us to explore a cross-section of the lower slopes of the scenic Rwenzori Mountains. On these three days two nights Mahoma trip, you will traverse the lower slopes of the mountains finishing at Lake Mahomato. During this trekking, we'll explore some of the 70 mammals and 217 birds that are found in Rwenzori that include 19 species that are endemics to the Albertine Rift, such as the three-horned chameleon, as well as some of the world's rarest plants. The plant life is a mixture of lush forest, bamboo forest, heather, everlasting flowers, giant lobelia, and a multitude of plant life endemic to this mountain.

    Meals: Breakfast · Lunch · Dinner

    Overnight: Mutinda Campsite, Rwenzory National Park

11. 11Tapering or climbing in Rwenzori⌄

    Pre-race tapering on the slopes of Rwenzori for those who decided to stay at Ruboni or undertake a hiking to Lake Mahomato. Climbing expedition of those who decided to accend one of the peaks. The alternative 28 k. trail will take us to explore a cross-section of the lower slopes of the scenic Rwenzori Mountains. On these three days two nights Mahoma trip, you will traverse the lower slopes of the mountains finishing at Lake Mahomato. During this trekking, we'll explore some of the 70 mammals and 217 birds that are found in Rwenzori that include 19 species that are endemics to the Albertine Rift, such as the three-horned chameleon, as well as some of the world's rarest plants. The plant life is a mixture of lush forest, bamboo forest, heather, everlasting flowers, giant lobelia, and a multitude of plant life endemic to this mountain.

    Meals: Breakfast · Lunch · Dinner

    Overnight: Ruboni Community Camp, Rwenzory National Park

12. 12Resting day, journey to Masaka⌄

    We're on a way to Uganda International Marathon. This time we'll take another road through Queen Elizabeth National park, the most popular savanna park in Uganda and the best place to see lions making it the perfect destination for a Uganda Wildlife Safari. It prides in a great diversity of habitats that include: lakes, savannah grasslands, forests and wetlands that serve as home to the biggest variety of large mammals in the country.

    Resting and carbohydrate loading in Masaka, the home of Uganda's biggest annual race! 5,000 people descend from all around Uganda to run in this event, bringing the trademark African atmosphere: joking, laughing, singing, high-fiving. Let's start breathing this air already this evening.

    Meals: Breakfast · Lunch · Dinner

    Overnight: Courtlane hotel, Masaka

13. 13Uganda International Marathon⌄

    Taking part in Uganda International Marathon. A 21 k. course around some of the most beautiful scenery that Africa has to offer. Run through farms, villages & towns around Masaka, all the while being supported by cheering locals. The second 21 k. of the full marathon course joins with the 10 k., where you'll tackle The Beast, a hill unlike anything you've seen before, then ascend to the top of pine ridge where you can look out to see all the way to Lake Victoria. Having fun and resting at the lodge on on the shore of Nabajuzi river.

    Meals: Breakfast · Lunch · Dinner

    Overnight: Courtlane hotel, Masaka

14. 14Farewell or resting day⌄

    Driving to an Entebbe airport in the morning. Or having rest before the start of the upcoming safari.

    Meals: Breakfast · Lunch · Dinner

    Overnight: Frontiers Hotel, Entebbe