11 days -
Pearl of africa wilderness
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price from
$2,660
per adult
min person:
1
days: 11
Includes
- Transportation in a Tour Van/Landcruiser
- Service of an English-speaking tour guide/Driver
- One gorilla permit per person
- Boat cruise
- swamp walk
- Game drive
- Cultural village tour
- Park admissions
- Accommodation on full board
- Entrance fees to all destinations as per the program
- Transfers to and from Entebbe Airport/Kampala
Excludes
- All activities not mentioned in the program
- Phone call bills
- Tips
- International Transfers
- Visas to Uganda
- Gratitude to tour-guides
- Personal insurance
- Visas to Uganda
- Personal effects of any nature
- Hotel fees before and after the safari
Itinerary
Day: 1
Transfer to murchison falls national park via zziwa rhino sanctuary
The first leg of the safari starts after an early breakfast, after which our tour driver/guide will brief you on your 11 day expedition. At exactly 7:00 am, you will start your journey of 3 hours to zziwa rhino sanctuary for rhino trekking in nakasongola, 176 kms north of kampala. You will be guided through the only ranch of rhinos in uganda. You will also enjoy other wildlife like african elephants, monkeys and then the rich birdlife. You will then make for kabalega resort for an hour""s lunch break before hitting the road once again to murchison falls national park. You will check in at your accommodation and later on in the evening you will have a game drive along the burigi game circuit where most of the park wildlife congregates. You will perhaps see some lions but be sure to visit the hippo pool. Later, you will return to your accommodation for dinner and overnight stay
Day: 2
Swamp walk and boat cruise (murchison falls national park)
Having had your breakfast, you will go for a 2 hours"" guided swamp walk to the nile delta. This gives you an opportunity to see vaious eco system and the rare shoebill stork. After a thrilling experience in the wild, you will return to your accommodation for lunch, then head to the ferry point for a 3-hour boat cruise on the great nile river. This boat cruise on the nile is the most rewarding activity as it gives you the chance to view a variety of aquatic life inclusive of water birds like fish eagles, wood peckers, herons, and much more. Other wildlife includes hippos and the nile crocodiles, while on the water banks you will sight the waterbucks, buffalos, herds of elephants and giraffes. The boat ride will take you down to the bottom of the world""s most powerful waterfalls, and you will be welcomed by these roaring waterfalls. It is the main highlight of this adventure as water is squeezed in a small gorge splashing 7 meters high. At this point, you instinctively know it is high time you pulled out your camera and caught these memories. After this thrilling adventure, you will return to your place of accommodation for dinner and overnight stay
Day: 3
Flight transfer to mweya airfield for queen elizabeth national park
Having woken up to an early morning breakfast, you will be transferred to pakuba airfield for a flight to mweya airfield in queen elizabeth national park. Guests are always advised to be at the airfield at least 2 hours before the flight. It takes 2 to 3 hours to reach kasese (mweya airfield). After touching down, you will be picked up by our tour guide/driver, transferred to your place of accommodation for lunch and an afternoon relaxation spree. Later on you will have an evening game drive along the ishasha sector where most of the park""s wildlife congregates. You should look forward to seeing the tree climbing lions on fig trees, antelopes like bushbucks and uganda kobs, warthogs, elephants, monitor lizards, along with a wide range of bird species and plant life. Following this, you will retreat back to your accommodation for dinner and overnight stay
Day: 4
Boat cruise and nature walk/hiking
Following your early morning breakfast at your lodging, you will go for a 3 hours"" boat cruise along the panoramic views of the kazinga channel where much of park""s wildlife litters the serene water banks. You will sight elephants, buffalos, hippos, crocodiles and an assortment of water birds. After this experience, you will return to your accommodation for a lunch break and an afternoon relaxation session. Later, you will go for an evening nature walk in the park. Nature walks and hikes are rewarding, for you will get to gaze at the beautiful creator lakes. The hikes on hills will also give you a bird""s view of the magnificent rwenzori mountain ranges. From here, you will head back to your accommodation for dinner and retire for the night
Day: 5
Chimpanzee trekking and transfer to bwindi impenetrable national park
Waking up from your previous day""s plethora of activities, your sumptuous breakfast will be readily served to you, after which you will head to yet another exciting fun-packed adventure - the chimpanzee tracking in kyambura gorge, also known as the valley of apes. The tracking lasts between 2-5 hours. It involves hiking on steep slopes covered by tropical rain forests. Here, the chimpanzees can be seen hanging on tree branches and having the best time. While here, you should watch out for the various bird species along with different vegetation types. After this adventure, you will make for your accommodation for lunch, then head to bwindi impenetrable national park, reaching in the evening for you dinner and overnight stay.
Day: 6
Gorilla trekking and batwa community visits
Early in the morning, you will have breakfast and proceed to uganda wildlife authority- bwindi headquarters- for registration, a pre-trek briefing, get walking sticks and other vital preliminaries. You will then be ready to savour a 3 hours"" encounter with the habituated gorilla families such as orozogo, kyaguriro, and bitukura. As you trek through the forest, you will also be able to view beautiful bird species as well as various primates, making your gorilla tracking experience a very memorable one. Thereafter, you will return for your lunch and afternoon relaxation. Later on, you will have a visit to the batwa community for cultural performances in music, dance and drama (mdd) plus exploring their caves. You can as well check out their arts and craftsmanship displayed during your visits. Following all this, you will return to your place of accommodation for dinner and overnight stay
Day: 7
Transfer to lake bunyonyi
Waking up to the cool breeze of the forest, breakfast will be served at your lodging. You will then checkout and transfer lake bunyonyi-- nicknamed the switzerland of africa. It is the deepest lake in uganda and the second deepest in africa. After a 3 hours"" drive from bwindi, you will reach your accommodation at lunch time. Thereafter, you will go hiking on the hill slopes to have an aerial view of the beautiful islands surrounding this revered lake. This experience will take 2-3 hours. Later, you will return to your lodging for dinner and accommodation
Day: 8
Canoeing and transfer to lake mburo national park
Waking up to the serenading sounds of nature, your hearty breakfast will be served at your lodging. Canoeing on lake bunyonyi shall follow this. You will get to enjoy the calmness of the untouched wild. Lake bunyonyi is a birders"" haven, for it is rewarded with a plethora of birdlife, and most of the birds that cannot be seen in the forest can be seen around lake bunyonyi. The canoeing will last from 2 to 3 hours. Later on, you will retreat and transfer to lake mburo national park, a 5 hours"" drive, reaching your accommodation in time for lunch and get to recollect yourself during your afternoon relaxation. Later in the evening, you will go for a nature walk in the park. You should anticipate sighting an assortment of wild life including monkeys, baboons, elands, waterbucks, cape buffalos, warthogs; birds like vultures, fish eagles, wood peckers, along with a wide variety of plants species that support wildlife in this park. You will then return to your lodging for dinner and accommodation
Day: 9
Game drive and boat cruise
Breakfast will be served at cock crow, and at exactly 6:00 am, you will go for an early 3 hours"" morning game drive in the park with a lot of wildlife including impalas, buffalos, elands, baboons, zebras, oribis, reedbucks, topis, warthogs, to mention but a few. You will behold all of these alongside a myriad of birds. Other attractions include the beautiful sceneries and the open savanna vegetation. After the game drive, you will head back to your lodging for lunch and afternoon relaxation. Your evening will be spent on lake mburo for 3 hours"" boat cruise and you will get enjoy lots of aquatic life while on the cruise. These will include crocodiles, hippos, water birds like the fish eagles, sunbirds and other wildlife on the banks of the lake. After this experience, you will return to your accommodation for dinner and an overnight stay
Day: 10
Transfer to igongo cultural centre and hiking to the eclipse monument
Early breakfast will be served at your lodging, after which you will then proceed to igongo cultural center located in biharwe, mbarara. For the igongo experience, it will require a 45 minutes"" drive from lake mburo national park. You will arrive at midday and go for a hike to the eclipse monument. To reach this monument""s top, will need a 45-minute hike. The monument represents the eclipse that took place in the recent past and its three pillars stand for the three ancient kings of the west. The top gives you the panoramic views of the green countryside. Having toured this site and taken photographs of it, you will retreat back to igongo for a museum tour at igongo. This will be proceeded by lunch. Later in the afternoon, you may opt to visit the former ankole palace/royal tombs-- the burial grounds for the ankole kings, after which you will get back to your place of accommodation for dinner and an overnight stay
Day: 11
Ankole cultural tours and performances, then transfer back to kampala
After waking up and partaking of your early morning breakfast, you will have a thrilling cultural performance by the ankole cultural traditional dancers as they take you through their dances and drama. You will then view the ankole ornaments and royal regalia and a quick demonstration of the crafts making process. Later, you will retreat back for lunch and then transfer back to kampala, and arrive later that evening
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