The Crow’s Nest Rest Camp

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Crow’s nest campsite is beautifully situated at an altitude of 1770m on the slopes of Mount Elgon in Kapchorwa. The site offers spectacular views of all the three Sipi water falls, the peaks of Mount Elgon and the plains far below. The friendly staff, comfortable facilities design, appropriate technology, local employment and culture exchange makes crow’s nest an ideal sustainable tourist destination and a life changing factor of the Sipi village. Crow’s nest will cater for your accommodation needs during your visit to Mount Elgon or just site seeing in the eastern part of the country. We have cottages, cabins and camping facilities.

Activities and experiences

Meals and accommodation
Rock climbing and abseiling
Village walks
Trekking mount Elgon with the world’s largest intact caldera, over 40 sqkm

Highlights

Visiting and viewing of the 100 meter high Sipi falls and the cold refreshing breezes as you relax in your balcony.
Visiting and viewing of the Elgon Mountains and the plains down below.
Meet and interact with the Sabiny people and get to listen to stories about the circumcision. ceremonies that initiate the youth into manhood.
Try the local coffee grown on the Elgon highlands.

Responsible Travel

All the food supplies are bought from the local families hence they earn a living from the existence of the camp.
The camp is locally owned and it employs 100% local people 90% of whom are youth.

How to get there:

From Kampala, take a taxi at Nakawa Taxi Park Leaving before 9:00am and it will drop you at Sipi trading center via Mbale. You can also take a bush from the Qualicell (Buganda) bus terminal or a taxi from Kampala or Jinja to drop you in Mbale town so that you will take the taxi to Kapchorwa from Mbale to be dropped at Sipi trading center. Sipi falls is about 49km, from Mbale and about 4 hr. drive

Contact for bookings:

PO BOX __ Mbale, Uganda

Tel: +256 752515389/ 772687924/ 752965815

Email: thecrowsnets@yahoo.com

Or contact:

UCOTA/Pearls of Uganda

Phone: +256(0)414-501-866/+256(0)772-657-700

E-mail:info@pearlsofuganda.org

Website: www.pearlsofuganda.org

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