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Lake Nabugabo, Queen Elizabeth Park, Bwindi Forest, Kibale Forest and Murchison Falls (ASK900)
Day 1; Lake Nabugabo Pick up at your hotel and depart for Lake Nabugabo, a small lake cut off from the main Lake Victoria by a narrow spit of land.
Day 2 & 3; Bwindi or Mugahinga Leaving early via Mbarara to Bwindi Forest Reserve, arriving late afternoon. The following morning we head to track gorillas.
Day 5; Queen Elizabeth We will drive north along the Zaire border to Ishasha River and Queen Elizabeth National Park. This area is famous for its tree-climbing lion but other game will be seen.
Day 2 & 3; Bwindi or Mugahinga Leaving early via Mbarara to Bwindi Forest Reserve, arriving late afternoon. The following morning we head to track gorillas.
Day 2 & 3; Bwindi or Mugahinga Leaving early via Mbarara to Bwindi Forest Reserve, arriving late afternoon. The following morning we head to track gorillas.
Day 3; Ngorongoro/ Lake Manyara/Arusha After breakfast, depart with picnic lunch for a Crater Tour late afternoon drive to the Crater Rim for dinner and overnight at Lodge or camp.
Three Days Gorilla Tracking (ASK901)
Day 1; Bwindi or Mugahinga Departing Kampala early in the morning we drive west towards the impenetrable forests of the South West corner of Uganda on the borders of Rwanda and Zaire.
Day 2 & 3; Bwindi or Mugahinga Tracking Gorillas in the forest. Depending on the availability of viewing permits, it is important to realize that there are only 2 places that we can view Gorillas in Uganda i.e. Bwindi and Mugahinga. NOTE: It is important to Book early to avoid disappointment. Only a few licenses are issued per day.
Day 4; Lake Manyara/Arusha Kampala Departing early in the morning, we travel directly back to Kampala arriving before 5.00 p.m.
Five Days - Bwindi Gorilla Safari
This park found in the South western part of the country has always been referred as Impenetrable forest, it has always been conceived as the Gorilla sanctuary even though it has more than ten other species of primates e.g. chipanzees, colubus monkeys, baboons e.t.a. Bwindi also encompass one of the richest areas in Africa for flora and fauna. Clients need to be patient and prepared to scramble through more bushes than would be necessary since the gorillas are not habituated to human contact.
Day 1 Kampala - Bwindi An early start from Kampala takes you southwest and cross the Equator. You drive through Savannah grasslands seeing banana plantations and heads of Ankole cattle with their incredibly long Curving horns. Descend into Kigezi Highlands known as the Switzerland of Africa with terraced farming and Mountain Scenery Drive through to nearby gorilla Sanctuary. Overnight at tented camp or best available accommodation.
Day 2 BwindiEnter the forest at dawn and enjoy the beauty and freshness of the forest,Home of the mountain gorillas. After a short briefing by the guides proceed through the dance bush to track for these Endangered annals. Other primates also live in the forest including the black and white Colobus monkey and the red tailed monkey return to the Camp for diner and overnight.
Day 3 Bwindi Re-enter the forest for a second existing day of gorilla trekking returns to camp for dinner and overnight.
Day 4 Bwindi – Lake Bunyonyi - Mbarara Depart from the forest for Lake Bunyonyi, the lake of little birds removed for its variety of abundance of aviance. Enjoy a canoe ride on the beautiful narrow lake Surrounded by green hills. Proceed to Mbarara for overnight at Lake View Hotel.
Day 5 Mbarara – Kampala Return to Kampala. Afternoon tour of the city or Shopping.
Five days African Primates - Maramagambo and Kibale Forests
Set at an altitude of 1200m, Kibale Forest National Park is home to chimpanzee, baboon, red and white colobus monkeys and other large mammals like the bushbuck, Sitatunga, duicker, buffalo and forest elephant. It holds around 600 chimpanzees and a large population of elephants.
Day 1: Kampala - Maramagambo Forest Pick up from your hotel early morning and drive to Mbarara where you will have lunch. Later, head for the Rift Valley to arrive at the edge of Maramagambo Forest for an evening forest walk around the Blue Lake and the Bat Caves in the Maramagambo forest in search of chimpanzee and other forest dwellers. Dinner and overnight in a lodge.
TRANSIT TIME 6 HOURS
Day 2 Maramagambo Forest - Kibale Forest National Park Early morning breakfast before descending into the Chambura Gorge on a forest for a walk in search of the primates. Your half day will be spent in the gorge with picnic lunches there after, transfer to Kibale Forest National Park for dinner and overnight either at a lodge.
TRANSIT TIME 5 HOURS
Day 3 Kibale Forest National Park Breakfast early then start a morning chimp walks in the Kibale Forest while you trek the Chimpanzees. On the walk you may see gray cheeked mangabeys, Red tailed monkey, Black and white colobus monkey, Red colobus and other wildlife. Lunch will be had at the Camp. In the evening, take a nocturnal primate walk in the forest to see the pottos and the galagos. Later return for dinner and overnight at a lodge
ALL DAY ACTIVITIES.
Kibale Forest National Park
This National Park covers 766 sq. kms and runs contiguous with the northern end of Queen Elizabeth National Park, but Kibale is much wetter with a unique moist forest habitat and an extremely high diversity of animals and plants. This mature tropical rainforest supports the highest number of primate species in Uganda, and one of the highest primate densities and diversities in the world. There are 13 species of primates located here which include red colobus monkey, black-and white colobus monkey, redtail monkey, L’hoest’s monkey, mangabey, pottos, olive baboons and several communities of chimpanzee. About 400 species of birds have been reported in Kibale. A number of these species are found only in this park. In addition, over 150 species of butterflies and a large number of moths can be discovered here.
Day 4 Kibale Forest National Park - Entebbe Early morning breakfast before driving to Kampala for lunch. Thereafter, travel to Entebbe for dinner and overnight at a lodge. TRANSIT TIME 7 HOURS
Day 5 Entebbe - Lake Victoria - Kampala After breakfast, take a boat on Lake Victoria for a morning visit of the Jane Goodall Chimpanzee Sanctuary. Return later in the day and transfer to your hotel in Kampala.
