Our Guides

Your guide is the single biggest variable in how a Rwenzori trek goes — more than the route, more than the itinerary, arguably more than the weather.

Who leads our treks

Local Bakonzo guides from the villages at the foot of the mountain, working the routes their families have known for generations. They are trained in first aid and in recognising altitude illness, and on the glaciated ground of a Margherita attempt they are equipped and experienced in roped movement.

They speak English and Lhukonzo; some speak more. Tell us if that matters for your group.

How we introduce your guide

You are told who is leading your trek before you travel, not on the morning you set off. If you want to ask them something first — about conditions on your dates, about whether your kit is right, about the bit of the route you are quietly worried about — we will put you in touch.

Why there are no profiles on this page yet

We will publish named profiles with photographs, and we will do it with each guide's own consent rather than assembling biographies on their behalf. That consent is being gathered properly rather than assumed. Until it is, we would rather this page said less than fill it with stock portraits and invented credentials, which is what a great many operator "meet the team" pages actually are.

What you can ask us now

How many times your lead guide has been up the route you are booking. What training they hold. How many porters and guides your group gets. Ask — the answers are specific, and an operator who cannot give you specific answers is telling you something.