Sipi falls have three beautiful scenery waterfalls on different heights and each has its own altitude. The highest fall drops the water 100m to the ground, sipi falls is at the altitude of 1600 to 1900mteters. When planning to visit Mt Elgon, the sipi falls area is where you start to hike the mountain. The best route and the one known starts from Budadiri, All these trips can be organized with the local guide or individual visit to take you through the waterfalls and hike the mountain learning through new things on the waterfalls. The people staying around the waterfalls are the sabinyo and the Bagisu this is mainly doing the farming activity of Arabic coffee mainly
Visiting sipi falls is accompanied by other activities like hiking Mt.Elgon which gives you a chance to view the stunning Karamoja planes, visiting Mt Elgon national park for animal view, and birdwatching, mainstream river activities in and around river Nile. The trail starts from the top of waterfalls is then descending down to the sipi falls and this trail is called the Sasa trial. Abseiling along the side of the 100m sipi waterfall-like climbing on 14bolted sport routes and this game looks so difficult and the game guide is a local outfit who was trained by an Italian climber
Sipi fall forms a River called River sipi, the name of the River comes as a result of the plant that was used as herbal medicine called Sep by the local people. This plant looks like a wild banana and it’s an indigenous plant on the banks of river sipi. This plant could treat measles and fever and it’s translucent green with a lot of crimson ribs
Sipi falls has an altitude of between 1600mand 1900m above sea level and this altitude favors the growth of Arabic coffee and this Arabic coffee is grown by Bagisu which is the main economic cash crop for the Gishu region. This Arabic coffee plant gets the tourist who wants to be knowledgeable on how it’s grown and the processing procedure, all the income got from these tours is invested back to the community project to the farmers. The guide will give you much knowledge and information about local coffee farming
Besides Arabic coffee planted the place has good fertile soil for other crops like maize cassava, cabbage plantation and so many other foods for domestic use on the sides of the fall
Visiting sipi falls is quite far from Kampala you need to book a commendation. It’s like a nonstop 5hours drive from Kampala. sipi area has all kinds of accommodation, camping site lodges, backpackers, depending on your budget. Sipi falls have a good and cool climate than other parts of the country and give a favorable literally chill out and relax away from the heavy duties from the city and reduce the noise and bustles of the town and cities.