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This trip gives you a chance to meet face to face the Ugandan prime tourist attractions and the world’s endangered mountain Gorilla, and Kibale national park – the primate capital and home of chimpanzees. You have the opportunity to see rhinos and other Big Fives. You visit Bwindi Impenetrable Gorilla Park, do gorilla trekking, rhino tracking, game drive, boat cruise on the Nile and tour at the Equator.
Arrival of your
flight at Entebbe International Airport.
You are required to present a negative PCR test take atleast 48 – 72 hours to
travel. You will be warmly welcomed by our representative outside customs and
immigration hall and transferred to your hotel. Assisted with check in. If time permits, you will have a tour
briefing at the lobby. Overnight stay at The
Boma Guest House, HB
This morning, after breakfast, you
will check out and settle any extras.
Proceed to Kibale forest National Park, the primate capital of primates.
Enjoy Lunch in the beautiful fort portal and proceed to Kibale Forest. Arrive
at the lodge in the late afternoon. Check in. Evening at leisure. Dinner and
overnight stay at Primate
Lodge, Fb
A relatively
early morning start, to report to the ranger station in Kibale National
Park at 08h00 to track
habituated chimps
– these delightful apes, more closely related to humans than to any other living creature, are tremendous fun to watch as they squabble and play in fruiting trees. The incredibly diverse forest is home to over 13 species of primates including red Colobus monkey, the rare L’Hoest, blue monkey, grey mangabey, pottos, black faced vervet monkeys, baboons and also bush babies. A network of shady forest trails provides much to delight botanists and butterfly lovers, while birders are in for a treat with 335 species recorded including the endemic Prirogrine’s ground thrush. The elusive forest elephant, smaller and hairier that its savannah counterpart, moves seasonally into the developed part of the park, while other terrestrial mammals include buffalo, giant forest hog and a half dozen antelope species.
After lunch, you
will go for a guided walk in Bigodi Swamp to look for different
bird species like the Shining Blue Kingfisher, Blue Throated Roller and other
rare species and also find the fruiting trees, which attract Narina Trogon,
Pied Hornbill, Yellow Spotted, Hairy Breasted and Yellow-Billed Barbets. Meals and overnight stay at the lodge at Primate Lodge FB
After Breakfast, you will check out
and depart for Queen Elizabeth
National Park. We will enter the park via the Northern Crater
Area. With beautiful lakes and rich grasslands which are set deep in
the crater valley, this is truly the most breathtaking scenery in the park.
Arrive and check in at the camp. Lunch.
Afternoon, depart for game drive on
the park. Evening, return to the camp, before sunset for dinner and overnight
stay at Kasenyi Safari Camp, Fb
Begin your day with a cup of
coffee. Early morning game drive along Kasenyi and Queens Mile allows visitors
encounter elephants, buffalo, water bucks, warthogs, lions, Uganda Kobs lakes
and a variety of birds.
Queen Elizabeth National Park occupies an estimated
1,978 square kilometres (764 sq mi). The park extends from Lake George in the
north-east to Lake Edward in the south-west and includes the Kazinga Channel
connecting the two lakes.
The park was founded in 1952 as Kazinga National Park.
It was renamed two years later to commemorate a visit by Queen Elizabeth II.
Queen Elizabeth National Park is known for its wildlife,
including African buffalo, Ugandan kob, hippopotamus, Nile crocodile, African
bush elephant, African leopard, lion, and chimpanzee. It is home to 95 mammal
species and over 500 bird species. The park is also famous for its volcanic
features, including volcanic cones and deep craters, many with crater lakes,
such as the Katwe craters, from which salt is extracted.
Return to the camp for breakfast. Relax at the lodge
in the mid-morning, followed by lunch. This afternoon, a two-hour boat trip
along the famous Kazinga channel is worthwhile an opportunity to see Hippo and
crocodiles. The Kazinga Channel supports
the biggest number of Hippos in the whole of Africa. Predators as well as
nocturnal animals normally come to the shores in the late afternoons for a
drink.
Return to the camp in the evening for dinner and overnight stay at Kasenyi
Safari Camp FB
08h30: After early breakfast at the camp, you will check out and
depart for BWINDI impenetrable
forest and national park.
It is estimated half of the world’s surviving
population of mountain gorillas –300 and more live within Bwindi boundaries.
Arrive and check in at the lodge. Lunch. The afternoon will be at leisure.
Arrive and check in, followed by lunch. The afternoon is at leisure to relax. Dinner and overnight stay at Chameleon Hill Lodge, FB
After
an early breakfast and briefing from the guides, set off for the mountains
gorilla tracking inside the Bwindi forest. You will need to carry
drinking water, rain jacket and jungle boots while the rangers will provide you
with a walking stick. Gorilla tracking is one of the unique activities you will
enjoy while photographing and observing the gorillas.
Bwindi
Impenetrable Forest National Park’s 331 sq. kms of montane and lowland forest
jungle lies in southwestern Uganda, 540 kms from Kampala. A UNESCO World Heritage
Site and accessible only on foot, it is one of the richest ecosystems in Africa
providing a habitat for over 90 mammals (including 11 primates), 348 species of
birds (including 23 highly localized Albertine Rift endemics), 202 species of
butterflies, 163 tree species, over 100 species of ferns, 27 species of frogs,
chameleons, geckos and other endangered species. Bwindi is however most notable
for her 340 Mountain Gorillas, about half the world's population of this
critically endangered primate.
After tracking, come back to the lodge for late lunch. The afternoon will be at leisure to rest and enjoy the amazing scenery. Lunch, dinner and overnight at Chameleon Hill Lodge, FB
Breakfast at the lodge and check out. Transfer to the airstrip for your
schedule flight back to Entebbe. Land at domestics and proceed to test for
covid then go to international departures then check in for your outbound
flight.
Costs
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