8 days -
8-day uganda exclusive safari (luxury)
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price from
$5,230
per adult
min person:
1
days: 8
Includes
- Park fees
- Gorilla permits
- Drinks
- Meals
- Roundtrip airport transfer
- Chimp permits
- All activities
- All accommodation
- A professional driver/guide
- All transportation
- All flights during the tour
Excludes
- Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour
- International flights
- Tips
- Personal items
- Government imposed increase of taxes and/or park fees
- Some meals
Itinerary
Day: 1
Welcome to uganda
Upon arrival at entebbe international airport, you will be met by your tripcare adventures representative who will transfer you to your accommodation (approximately 20 minutes away) in entebbe town.
There will be an important group meeting at 6pm at your accommodation. Please endeavor to attend the meeting.
If you arrive with time to spare, spend some time visiting and getting to know the local town. You can visit town""s old colonial gardens or visit a nearby beach
Day: 2
flight to kihihi airstrip
After your early morning breakfast, you will transfer to the airport where you will catch a flight to kihihi airstrip in western uganda. (flight is just under 2 hours)
Upon arrival at the airstrip a representative from tripcare adventures will get you into 4wd and ready you for your journey to the camp/accommodation where you will spend your night.
The drive from the airstrip is truly rewarding as to the scenic endless beauty of uganda through hills and valleys, freshwater streams and tropical forests. A complimentary massage can be requested today at the lodge
Day: 3
gorilla trekking
After your early morning breakfast, you will walk down (5mins) to the bwindi impenetrable forest national park gate (buhoma area) where you""ll be briefed on the gorilla trek by the uganda wildlife authorities.
Once a trekking group encounters one of the gorilla families, only one hour is granted in the presence of the great apes before trekkers must leave, however reluctantly.
Therefore it is very hard to predict how long you will need to walk for, but a very good level of fitness is recommended for this trek. You can usually get very close to the mountain gorillas, and seeing their movements is like seeing a mirror image of yourself.
From a safe distance, watch them eat, sleep, groom and play "" the giant silverback surveying and guarding the scene. Enjoy a packed lunch in the wilderness.
Depending on the time you finish tracking the gorillas, you can enjoy other 0ptional activities which include: batwa experience, community visit and forest walk
Day: 4
journey to home of tree climbing lions
After breakfast your tour guide for the rest of the safari will brief you on the next experience and journey. You will travel north to our camp situated in queen elizabeth national park (ishasha sector) along the banks of the nyungwe river.
En route to the camp, you will enjoy game drives in the southern parts of the park. The sector also homes to plenty of other wildlife such as the uganda kob and other antelopes.
After lunch, you will head out on game drives in search of tree climbing lions sitting lazily in the branches of the fig trees or carefully watching the jungle from an elevated view.
You will stay at ishasha wilderness camp, a very luxurious lodge with wonderful views over the savannah and a river packed with hippos! each of the ten spacious framed canvas rooms, situated in the wooded area besides the river, is comfortably furnished and has its own private en suite bathroom and dressing area providing a hot water `bush` shower and a flushing eco-friendly toilet.
Day: 5
game drives to the mweya sector
Early this morning after breakfast, prepare for a game drive to the mweya sector north of queen elizabeth national park. Game drives in the morning hours are truly rewarding as this is when animals are most actively looking for a quick breakfast. The park was recently designated a biosphere reserve for humanity by unesco. It covers about 2000sq km in a remarkable ecosystem comprising of savannah grasslands, semi-tropical rain forest. Swamps and rivers
After lunch, you will have a boat safari along the kazinga channel which joins lake george and lake albert. Here, you will see a lot of hippos (more than you can possibly imagine!), as well as a variety of other animals which come to the waterhole to drink or bathe. You can expect to see: buffalo, crocodile, bathing elephant, and a range of beautiful birds.
This will undoubtedly be one of the highlights of your tour. Tonight you will sleep to the heavy roars of the lions in the savannah. This is truly africa.
Day: 6
game drives in the kasenyi plains and transfer to kibale
Early this morning we shall set out for a game drive in the grasslands of kasenyi plains. Here you will see number antelopes, eland, bushbuck, and other wildlife as they graze but looking out for the approximately 200 lions that call the plains a food basket.
After lunch, you will drive out of queen elizabeth national park through fort portal town to probably the most luxurious lodge in the whole of uganda
Day: 7
chimpanzee tracking
After your early morning breakfast, you will head straight out to kibale national park in fort portal district. Have your permits ready for the tracking experience which could take you about 2 -3 hrs. After which you will transfer back to the lodge for some free time.
The most favorite of kibale""s walks embark on from the kanyanchu visitor center at 08.00 & 15.00 and lasts 2 to 3 hours. Chimpanzee is the most sought after primate by visitors, but you should look out for the black & white colobus, red-tailed monkey or the grey-cheeked mangabey. Your guides will be able to show you pittas & different bird species and will give details of the trait of the plant species within the forest.
The kyaninga lodge boasts stunning views over a volcanic crater lake, a swimming pool, lawn tennis, and bad minton facilities as well as private massage. You can also choose to rim hike the crater or walk in the forest.
Day: 8
end of the safari
Shortly after breakfast your driver/guide will drive you back to entebbe. This is a 6hr long journey but the scenic beauty of uganda is breathtaking.
You will drive through green tea plantations fort portal district en route kampala through the rolling hills of central uganda.
Note: your flight should be 10:00 pm or late to allow ample time for the check-in process
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