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UGANDA GORILLA TOUR 12 DAYS

Day 1  Kampala City tour .

On reaching Entebbe International Airport, you will be met a guide from   Our company who will drive you to your hotel room in Kampala. If you arrive in the morning, our guide will take you to interesting places around Kampala for a city tour  . Fundamentally, Kampala is  renown  to as “a city on the 7 hills” derived from its original location on 7 hills that provided the key points of direction and distinctiveness; some of these hills are closely linked to colonial history.   They  include; Rubaga hill ; the catholic center where the Rubaga Cathedral is found. Namirembe hill; the protestant center where Namirembe Cathedral is found.  Makerere hill which houses the impressive and historic Makerere University Kampala the oldest university campus in Uganda. Kololo hill which is a diplomatic area and provides administrative offices for diplomatic missions, Kibuli the Islamic center, Mengo hill which houses the Kabaka’s palace and is a center for Buganda’s Central government and Mbuya hill where we find the biggest army barracks and hospital closest to the city center.  You may choose to vist the Kabaka’s trail; This  trail  takes you to Nagalabi coronation site, Kasubi tombs a palace turned burial place for three of Buganda’s Kabaka’s, Wamala tombs, Katereke prison ditch, Ssezibwa falls, Kabaka’s man made Lake, Kabaka’s palace Mengo or the City sounds and sites that include; This track captures you to the Uganda Museum, markets in town, imaginative local arts and crafts markets, Bahai temple, Makerere University, the National Theater, Namugongo Uganda Martyrs Shrine, the Ndere Center, shopping in some of the Kampala Shopping centres. Dinner at   Cassia lodge / Speke Hotel/Hotel Africana/or Sheraton Hotel (BB)

Day 2  TO MURCHISON FALLS NP.

You will be picked up from your hotel room and then leave for Murchison Falls National Park known as land of hippos arriving in the early afternoon.   Visit the top of the falls which is a fantastic sight. Here the Nile, which is the longest river in the world, is forced through a narrow gap in the rock (only 7 meters wide), before ferociously plunging down 43 meters. Dinner at Luxurious Paraa Safari Lodge/Midrange Sambiya River lodge/Budget Red Chili Camp (Full Board).

Day 3   GAME DRIVE AND LAUNCH CRUISE.

Wake up very early in the morning and go for an early morning game drive. Expect animals like the Giraffe, antelope, bush bucks, water bucks and many others. Return to the lodge and take breakfast then lunch . After, you will assemble along the river to take the launch cruise along the Nile which will take you to the bottom of the falls. Here you will encounter a school of hippos, crocodiles and many bird species. Diner and overnight at a Luxurious Paraa Safari Lodge/Midrange Sambiya River lodge/Budget Red Chili Camp (Full Board)

Day 4  TO Fort Portal.

After breakfast, we will take off to Fortportal, have lunch en route. Dinner and Overnight at Ndali Lodge/Rwenzori View guest house/Kanyankyu campsite/ Chimp’s Nest camp (FB)

Day 5  Chimpanzee tracking.

Take breakfast, then report to Kanyankyu tourist centre for briefing before you proceed to the forest for Chimp Tracking. This forest has a wide range of over 13 species of primates including the Colobus monkey, rare L'Hoest,red grey mangabeys, blue monkey,pottos, black faced vervet monkeys, baboons, not leaving out bush babies among others.  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 than its savannah counterpart, dislodges seasonally into the developed part of the park to look for food , while other terrestrial mammals include buffalo, giant forest hog and a half dozen antelope species. You will return to the lodge or the centre for lunch and then after go for a nature walk to Bigodi swamp. Dinner at Ndali Lodge/ Rwenzori View Guest House/Kanyankyu Ecological site (FB)

Day 6  TO Queen Elizabeth NP.

After breakfast, Depart to Queen Elizabeth National Park. We will enter the park via the Northern crater Area. Queen Elizabeth hosts a large diversity and volume of wildlife. It boasts one of the highest bio diversity ratings of any game park in the world, from the open Savannah to Rain forest, dense swamps and beautiful crater lakes to the vastness of Lake Edward. Almost 100 species that include Hippos, Lions, Buffaloes, Leopard, Spotted Hyena and the elusive giant forest hog. The park has over 606 species of bird life which include; the martial eagle, black-rumped buttonquail, Verreaux's eagle owl and African skimmer to mention but a few. The primates include Chimps, Black and white Colobus Monkeys, Blue, Black Faced Red Colobus, and Red Tailed monkeys and Olive Baboons. Relax after lunch and later go for a visit to the cater lakes region in the park. You will visit the Katwe Lake salt mine to encounter how salt is mined traditionally and then later return for dinner and overnight at Mweya Safari Lodge/ Albertine safari camp/ Institute of Ecology. (FB)

Day 7    The launch cruise along the Kazinga channel.

Wake up very early in the morning and go for an early morning game drive along the Kasenyi track in search for lions, hyenas, leopards, water bucks and many antelopes. . You will return to the lodge for breakfast and lunch .  Then later in the afternoon, you will  leave for a boat trip along the Kazinga Channel which gives you the opportunity to view wildlife up close: hippo's huff and spray mere feet away from the boat, buffalo linger in the shallows. The shores of the channel are also home to an array of birds including pink backed pelicans, pied and malachite kingfishers, saddle billed stork and many others and later return to the lodge for dinner and over night.

Day 8 Trek The Kyambura Gorge.

Go for an early morning  chimp tracking in the Kyambura gorge. An encounter of these more closely related apes to human is really awesome!! Have fun as you watch them in their families. Then after we will leave for Bwindi Impenetrable Forest. We will drive through the southern sector of Queen Elizabeth called Ishasha. Here we will take lunch by the Ishasha River and try to find the famed Ishasha tree-climbing lions before continuing on to Bwindi, home to the few remaining mountain gorillas. Bird life and primate life in Bwindi is quite superb, and there is an incredible variety of flora. Bwindi is also one of the parks with the biggest numbers of bird. Some people refer to it as the birder's paradise that is second to Queen Elizabeth national park.Once continuous with the forests of the Virunga Volcanoes (Dian Fossey's stomping ground), Bwindi is now an ecological island, surrounded by cultivation on the rich volcanic soils. Overnight at Gorilla Resort/Buhoma Community Bandas (Full Board).

Day 9  Gorilla Tracking.

You will wake up very early in the morning and assemble at the starting points of the groups as you receive briefing from your rangers about gorilla tracking the all awaited for main theme of the tour. Then you will proceed to the forest for the tracking. The time taken to encounter these primates is un predictable so you are advised to carry lunch because it may take you 1-10 hours. On watching these gentle animals with their silver back, one will be forced to exclaim that; it is exhilarating!!   If you are not so tired, you will go for a community walk around the Buhoma communities. Return to the lodge for dinner and overnight.

Day 10 To Kampala.

Take breakfast and proceed to Kampala or Entebbe for dinner and overnight.  Lunch en route . ( HB)

Day 11  Ngamba Island.

You will be driven to the shores of Lake Victoria to meet your 9.00am or 12:45 boat to Ngamba Island. The boat trip takes about 45 minutes-1 hour across to Ngamba Island, crossing the equator en-route. The island, harbours around 39 orphaned chimpanzees. The chimpanzee guides will; give you a simple briefing on chimpanzee and later you will assemble at the visitor plat foam to encounter these animals feeding.This is a fascinating time to watch them whilst they feed. In this short time you are there, you will be able to see such different personalities amongst the group, with some whistling for food and others clapping. Obviously the ideal option would be to re-introduce these orphaned chimpanzees to the wild however this is not possible for a number of different reasons and the sanctuary is not bad for second best. You will return to the mainland before driving to the Entebbe Wildlife Education Centre (zoo). Here they have replicated some of the country's ecological zones such as savannah, wetlands and tropical forest. If you have not managed to see the shoebill in the wild you are guaranteed a sighting here, as well as rhino. You will return to your hotel in the late afternoon. Overnight at Speke Hotel/  Cassia  Lodge / Kampala Sheraton Hotel (HB).

Day 12  Jinja Tour.

Start for Jinja, via Mukono and through Mabira Forest, the largest in Central Uganda. Proceed to Jinja past the Owen Falls Dam, Uganda’s main Hydro Electricity dam. Visit the Source of the Mighty River Nile. Your trip ends with Bujagali Falls on the other end of the Nile. Return to Kampala via Sezibwa Falls. Arrive late.
Sezibwa falls is traditionally derived from the vernacular word "sezibibwa kkubo" meaning "no obstacle can stop me from moving on”. The site located in Uganda about 20 miles along Jinja Road from Kampala; is a Buganda Heritage site, with an out span of sharp edged rocks and a magnificent sound of soothing waters flowing down the steep ridged stones. The site attracts many who seek blessings due to cultural beliefs that the river was born of a woman. It's alleged that the 2 rivers named Sezibwa and its brother Bwanda were given birth to by a woman on her way to Kavuma Bukunja when she experienced labour pains. Nakkungu Tebatuusa whose husband was called Nsubuga Sebwato gave birth to Twins in form of water, where Sezibwa flowed west, passing many obstacles and deriving its name, while Bwanda flowed towards Nyenga in Eastern Uganda to the mothers' homeland. The beautiful green vegetation, the 7 meters high waterfalls, and the harmony of Bird songs above the trees creates beautiful scenery for relaxation and enjoyment.

With all these memories, you will pack your belongings and then be transferred to the airport for your next flight back home

 

Price per person sharing/ accommodation types

1 person

2 pax

3 pax

4 pax

5 pax

6 pax

Up market

7290

4990

4790

4295

4250

3990

Mid level

6270

4495

3999

3680.6

3560

3499

basic

5730

3900

3499

3169

3052

2990

 

 The price includes;

  • Cost of the gorilla trek and permit
  • Chimpanzee trekking
  • All accommodation
  •  All ground transportation in private 4 x 4 Safari Land Cruiser
  • Full- time experienced safari guide (English speaking) and his associated expenses
  •  All meals (except where BB and HB is denoted)
  •  Bottle mineral  Water
  •   Fees in National Parks for rangers, park entrances and activities as  indicated in the itinerary
  •   Jinja  Tour
  • Ngamba island Tour
  • Kampala City tour

 

The Quotation excludes:

  • International flights
  • Any items of personal nature i.e. drinks, laundry, telephone,
  • souvenirs, porters at the gorilla trek
  • Travel / medical insurance
  • Gratuities for Guide/driver / hotel staff
  • Any extras not mentioned in the itinerary
  • Visa fees a

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