5 days -
S uganda gorilla express
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price from
$1,760
per adult
min person:
1
days: 5
Includes
- 4 nights of accommodation in a mixture of hotels and lodges, all en-suite
- Guide
- Meals
- Transportation in a 4x4 safari vehicle
- Bottled drinking water (1 liter per client each day)
- Emergency Evacuation cover with AMREF Flying Doctors
- All activities described on itinerary except gorilla trekking
Excludes
- International flights are not included
- Insurance
- Single accommodation (available on request)
- Gorilla Trekking permit in Uganda per person-$ 700
- Soft & alcoholic drinks
- Entry visas and airport taxes
- International travel insurance
- All personal expenditure such as tips, telephone calls
- All activities NOT described on the itinerary
Itinerary
Day: 1
Arrival in rwanda
Welcome to uganda! upon arrival at kigali international airport, meet our representative, greet and transfer to your hotel/lodge for refreshment and overnight.
Day: 2
kigali city tour/ to uganda
Explore the history of rwanda on a kigali city tour as it dates back centuries. You get to visit the kigali genocide memorial which is the final resting place for more than 250,000 victims of the 1994 genocide against the tutsi. Learn about rwandas history from pre-colonial times to the 1994 genocide as well as other genocides in the world. A visit to the former presidential palace gives you an insight of the life of the then president of rwanda, whose plane when shot down in 1994, sparked off the rwanda genocide. Tour more and see the new developments in rwanda; the recovery has been incredible, a testament to humankinds resilience.
Depart rwanda on a scenic drive through thousands of hills, coffee, tea and banana plantations to the border post foothills of the mt. Volcanoes and into the beautiful pearl of africa uganda. Check into your hotel/lodge for relaxation and prepare for your big day tomorrow.
Day: 3
gorilla trekking!!!
Today is the big day prepare yourself for an encounter with one of bwindis gentle giants: the rare mountain gorilla. For most people this is the absolute highlight of their tour in uganda. You will be required to wake up early in the morning then be led to the visitors reception center for a briefing about the park. You are allocated guides before heading into the forest in search of mountain gorillas. Bwindi impenetrable forest boasts of both mountain gorillas and chimpanzees - the only forest in africa which can make this claim in fact. It also hosts five other species of primate, 113 species of mammal, over 200 butterflies and 360 birds. The gorillas you will track belong to one of the nine habituated family groups who can tolerate the presence of humans for a brief period every day. Your trek will be an exciting journey along forested slopes, entwined vines, bushes and bamboo before you eventually reach the gorillas habitat. En-route, your guide will point out signs of previous gorilla activity, including dung, nests and chewed bamboo shoots.
The time taken to track the gorillas can take as little as 2 hours or more! once the gorillas have been located, your group will be allowed a maximum of one hour with them. Coming face-to-face with a mountain gorilla is a truly humbling and emotional experience. This is a fantastic and privileged opportunity to get up close and personal with ugandas very own gorillas in the mist
Day: 4
to rwanda/canoeing on the mukungwa river
After breakfast you will transfer back to rwanda and indulge in a canoe ride on the mukungwa river. Set in the foothills of the virunga volcanoes, discover a special way to travel, soak up impressive views, watch abundant birds and look out for the otters, meet friendly communities and find just a little excitement in modern canoes in the heart of the rwandan countryside
Day: 5
departure
Depending on the time of your departure flight, today morning you can simply relax or tour more of kigali before departing to the airport from where youll catch your departure flight onward.
This marks the end of what we hope will be an adventurous trip. Thank you very much!!!
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