- Overview
- Detailed Trip Plan
- Trip Includes
- Trip Excludes
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Focusing on; Kibale, Queen Elizabeth, Bwindi & Lake Mburo National Parks
Day 1. Arrive Entebbe, Uganda
Day 2. Transfer to Kibale Forest National Park
Day 3. Kibale Forest
Day 4. Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park
Days 5. Queen Elizabeth National Park
Day 6. From Queen Elizabeth National Park to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
Days 7. Bwindi (Gorilla Trekking)
Day 8. Transfer to Lake Mburo
Day 9. Return to Entebbe/Departure
Day 10.Departure
Focusing on; Kibale, Queen Elizabeth, Bwindi & Lake Mburo National Parks
Itineraries
Day One
Arrive at Entebbe - Transfer to Hotel
Upon arrival at Entebbe, you will be met at the airport by our company representative who will then transfer you to the Windsor Lake Victoria Hotel, a charming, colonial style hotel with beautiful gardens and a swimming pool. This afternoon is free for you to relax at the hotel. If time allows, you may visit Uganda Wildlife Education Centre/Botanical Gardens. Overnight The Windsor Lake Victoria Hotel.
Day Two
Transfer to Kibale Forest
After breakfast and taking packed lunch,drive to Kibale National Park.The lunch will be enjoyed en route. The trip takes you through a variety of habitats that include forests, savannah, papyrus swamps, and vegetable gardens, that all result in beautiful sceneries. Overnight Ndali Lodge/Primate Lodge.
Day Three
Kibale Forest
After breakfast, proceed to Chimpanzee tracking. The exciting activity begins in the morning and may take a whole day or a few hours. Briefing is done by the local park guides. Besides close cousins, the chimpanzees, there are other primates likely to be encountered. These include: red colobus, L’hoesti, black-and-white colobus, red tailed monkeys, grey-cheeked mangabey and other primate species. The swamp walk at Bigodi wetland is an optional activity in the afternoon. Overnight Ndali Lodge/Primate Lodge.
Day Four
Queen Elizabeth National Park
After breakfast, check out and drive to Queen Elizabeth National Park. The drive passes though Fort Portal southwards along the Eastern length of the Rwenzori Mountains. On a clear day you may see the glaciated peaks as you gently descend into the Great Rift Valley to the park. The Rwenzori Peaks provide a magnificent backdrop to antelope-filled plains. Queen Elizabeth National Park, covers about 2,000 square kilometers and spreads along the eastern shore of the Rift Valley’s Lake Edward. Overnight Mweya Safari Lodge/Jacana Safari Lodge/Hippo Hill Camp.
Day Five
Queen Elizabeth National Park
This morning, enjoy a game drive in the park. This may include a drive to the magnificent plains of Kasenyi, crater valleys, and the channel drive. Here you may spot lion, leopard, herds of Uganda kob, bushbuck, waterbuck, reedbuck, African elephants and buffalos. The afternoon activities will include the exciting launch trip on the Kazinga Channel, which is home to countless hippos, as well as baboons and abundant bird life. Overnight Mweya Safari Lodge/Jacana Safari Lodge/Hippo Hill Camp.
Day Six
Queen Elizabeth Park - Bwindi Impenetrable Park
After breakfast drive to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park.Here you will choose either to go via Maramagambo Forest for a nature walk and visit the bat caves where you may observe thousands of bats within inches of their roosts and often pythons and monitor lizards poised to strike by the cave entrance or to go to Ishasha for a game drive in search for tree climbing lions. Afternoon, drive to bwindi, have Dinner and Overnight Gorilla Forest Camp/Buhoma homestead/Kitandara Camp.
Day Seven
Bwindi (Gorilla Trekking)
After an early breakfast we take a short walk to the park offices for briefing. After a briefing from the park’s guides, we set out on our long-anticipated adventure.
The trail through the tropical rainforest is both challenging and exciting, and we will travel deep into this dense jungle, described by early explorers as “The Impenetrable Forest”. Overnight Gorilla Forest Camp/Buhoma homestead/Kitandara Camp.
Day Eight
Bwindi - Lake Mburo
After breakfast, drive to Lake Mburo National Park through the renowned Kigezi hills arguably known as the Switzerland of Uganda. Overnight Mihingo Lodge/Mantana Camp
Day Nine
Return to Entebbe/Departure
After breakfast, take a game drive to the acacia savannah. The game likely to be encountered include the Burshell’s Zebra, Topi, Impala, buffalo’s, and the beautiful Eland. After lunch at the camp, drive to Entebbe for Overnight The Windsor Lake Victoria Hotel.
Day Ten
Departure
Transfer to airport for International flight connections.
End of Trip
- Transfers to and fro airport
- Transport in a 4 x 4 wheel drive vehicle with gasoline
- Entrance to the parks
- 1 gorilla permit per person
- 1Chimpanzee permit per person
- 9 nights accommodation and meals
- Boat trip on Kazinga Channel in QENP
- One day white water rafting fee
- Drinks (soft and alcoholic)
- Laundry
- Tips and gratuities
- Any expenses of personal nature i.e phone bills, antiquity purchases, etc
- Personal insurance
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