Gorilla & Chimpanzee Tour

Note:

» All rates are indicated on a per person basis.

Our costs include:

accommodation as stipulated in the itinerary, Transport in custom built Open Roof Safari Cruisers, services of an english speaking tour driver/ guide, game viewing drives and parks entrance fees as per itinerary all government taxes and levies, mineral water during game drives only, flying doctors society membership for one month, free safari hat and t-shirt

Our costs exclude:

all items of personal nature e.g. telephone call bills, fax/email bills etc, tips and gratuities to hotel, lodges, camp staff and driver/ guide, alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks , any local or international flight and departure taxes, laundry services, any other item not included in our itinerary, holiday supplements over easter, christmas & new year.

Transportation: Open Roof Safari Cruisers

Duration: 5 nights, 6 days

Departs: Alternate Days

Minimum: 2 persons

Price:

Day 1:

We pick you up and drive you Lake Mburo National Park with a stop over at Mpambire to watch drums being made using old methods passed down through generations. We also stop over at the Equator en-route for photographs. Depending on the time we will arrive at the park we will take boat ride on Lake Mburo. The lake is rich with a variety of animal and plant species which are only clearly viewed while on a boat-crocodiles, hippos and birds like pelicans, black crake, Heron. The boat takes 2 hours maximum. Dinner and overnight at Mantana Tented camps

Day 2:

Go for game drives along the lakeside track, which will enable you see water plants and animals. Expect Elands, Topis, zebras and the Kigambira loop will offer an opportunity of going through the wooded wilderness with scattered thicket-while here look out for bushbucks and bush duikers, this is the only park with Zebras. You will then transfer to Bwindi national park. Dinner and over night at Gorilla resort camp/Buhoma Homestead /Buhoma Rest camp.

Day 3

Today, there is an early morning access into the gorilla sanctuary. The rainforest is spectacular as it offers a dramatic, heavily forested and dense landscape crisscrossed by numerous animal trails, allowing access for tourists. This park is famous for the intriguing, famous and endangered mountain gorillas. The time taken to track ad encounter these gorillas is unpredictable but an encounter of these primates is a worthwhile. The adventure of spending time and scrutinizing these gentle giant gorillas is a peculiar, moving, awesome and exciting adventure that will leave you with long lasting abstraction of a truly unique experience. The gorillas are reticent and nonviolent animals. It is a cherished experience to watch and photograph them as they play and interact.(Photo cameras shouldn't have flash lights). If time permits, you can request your guide to take you around for an optional activity like a village walks. (This is an optional activity). Return to your lodge or Camp for dinner and over night.

Day 4

After breakfast, depart northwards for Queen Elizabeth National Park. The drive takes you through the exclusive western rift valley escarpment. Indulge in a game drive en route through the Ishasha sector in search of tree climbing lions before proceeding to the Mweya Peninsular; park headquarters. Arrive in the evening and check in at your Lodge. In the after noon, you will go for a tour in the fascinating Queen Elizabeth's scenic crater lakes area mirror-surfaced and tranquil; each has its own individual character providing a home for a innumerable of creatures. The park boasts of a variety of big game like; lions, buffaloes, kobs, elephants, bushbucks, and the rare occasional leopard. Have dinner and over night at Mweya Safari Lodge/ the Institute of Ecology.

Day 5

Wake up very early in the morning and take a cup of coffee. Drive to along the Kasenyi miles track to search for Lions, Bush bucks, Hyenas, mangoose, elephants, water bucks and many others. In the afternoon you will go to the kazinga channel for the launch cruise in the after noon. After the launch cruise, you will drive to Kibale National park for Dinner and over night at Ndali Lodge/ Kanyankyu Tourist Centre.

Day 6

Assemble at Kanyankyu tourist centre for an early morning chimpanzee tracking in Kibale forest. Set off to Kibale Forest in search of its families of habituated chimpanzees. This dense tropical rain forest is habitat for astounding 12 species of primates and gives one of the highest primate densities in the world. Whilst on this guided forest walk you'll find families of chimps and red Colobus monkeys blathering and playing through the antediluvian forest trees. You will take lunch and drive to back to Kampala or Entebbe for your flight back home.

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