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Eastern Uganda, Mount Elgon

Sipi Falls

Three waterfalls on the Mount Elgon foothills, with coffee farms between them and the Karamoja plains in the distance.

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Sun at Sipi Falls today Sunrise 06:25 Sunset 18:28

Sipi waterfall plunging over a red cliff under a blue sky

Sipi Falls at a glance

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Trips that visit here
06:25
Sunrise at Sipi Falls today
18:28
Sunset at Sipi Falls today
12.1hours
Of daylight today
  • The trek Three to four hours up and down, visiting all three waterfalls
  • Views Out towards the Karamoja plains
  • Coffee Optional walks through local communities and coffee farmland
  • Where we stay Sipi River Lodge
  • Getting there Through Mbale, on our Jinja to Kidepo route
A rainbow in the spray of a waterfall at Sipi Falls

What you do there

What to do in Sipi Falls

From first light to last, with today’s real sunrise and sunset at Sipi Falls to mark the day.

  1. Sunrise at Sipi Falls today

    06:25

  2. Trek to the three falls

    A three to four hour walk on the Mount Elgon foothills. Sturdy shoes and a reasonable level of fitness make it more enjoyable.

  3. Coffee on the farm

    Walk through the communities and coffee farmland around the lodge, where the cherries are laid out to dry.

  4. Sunset at Sipi Falls today

    18:28

A tall waterfall on a red cliff at Sipi Falls A woman smiling over red coffee cherries on a drying bed

Best time

When to go to Sipi Falls

The Sipi trek is on foot, so a dry day is kinder to the paths.

In pictures

Sipi Falls as our guests see it

  • A woman spreading coffee beans to dry on raised beds
  • Red rock cliffs on the caldera rim of Mount Elgon, with a giant lobelia
  • Rolling forest canopy and far hills seen from a ridge on Mount Elgon
  • Wide moorland with a small tarn and distant ridges on Mount Elgon
  • Golden moorland with giant lobelia and a flat-topped caldera rim on Mount Elgon

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Trips that visit Sipi Falls

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Photos: Uganda Wildlife Authority and Uganda Tourism Board.