9 days -
9-day african greatest apes and african big five safari
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price from
$2,890
per adult
min person:
1
days: 9
Includes
- Park fees
- Gorilla permits
- Chimp permits
- All activities
- All accommodation
- A professional driver/guide
- All transportation
- All Taxes/VAT
- Roundtrip airport transfer
- Meals
- Drinks
Excludes
- International flights
- Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour
- Tips
- Personal items
- Government imposed increase of taxes and/or park fees
- Some meals
Itinerary
Day: 1
Arrive at entebbe and be transferred to your hotel
On your arrival at entebbe international airport (ebb), you will be met by our professional safaris staff that will brief you and transfer you to your hotel for relaxation. You can have an optional tour around entebbe town depending on your time of arrival. Dinner and overnight stay at your hotel in entebbe as you wait for your next day""s adventure.
Day: 2
transfer to murchison falls via ziwa rhino sanctuary
After breakfast, you will kick start this day""s nature adventure with an exciting road trip to murchison falls national park. Along the way you will make a stop at the ziwa rhino sanctuary where rhinos are being reintroduced to the wild in uganda so that you have a complete feel of the african big five mammals as it is the rhinos, out of the big five that are missing in murchison falls national park. You will have lunch at the sanctuary and some relaxation for an indefinitely short time and embark on an exciting road trip to murchison falls. Upon arrival inside the park, you will be amazed by the beautiful landscape while occasionally sighting warthogs and other wildlife while on a drive to the top of the falls whose views are breathe taking. It is such a beautiful sight with incredible picture moments here. You will drive to the lodge for dinner and overnight
Day: 3
morning game drive (big game search) and afternoon boat cruise
On this day, take pleasure in a morning game drive towards the albert and victoria nile and experience a great deal of wildlife and birds. Along the way, look out for herds of elephants, giraffes, antelopes, the uganda kobs, buffaloes, waterbucks, lions, and several bird species among others.
Later on, you will enjoy your packed lunch and some relaxation for an indefinitely short time. Later we set out for the afternoon boat ride on the victoria nile which is the high spot of any murchison falls safari for you get to spot lots of animals at a close encounter. You will have to spot lots of hippos, nile crocodiles, elephants, buffaloes, and many other animals that come to drink water, refresh and cool themselves off the scorching sun and some animals to eat the fresh grass along the river banks. You will return to the lodge for dinner and overnight
Day: 4
transfer to the edges of kibale forest national park
After a healthy breakfast, you will be transfer to kibale forest national park, the capital world of primates such as chimpanzee, baboons and monkeys. With en-route lunch meals. Upon arrival, you will check in at your lodge for dinner and peaceful rest at your lodge as you get prepared for the next day""s wildlife adventure (chimpanzee trekking) in the tranquil forest. You will check in at the lodge for a relaxed evening, dinner and overnight there
Day: 5
chimpanzee trekking and transfer to queen elizabeth national park
After having breakfast, assemble at the park headquarters for briefing and then go for the most popular activity in this park which is chimpanzee tracking. Chimpanzees are man""s closet cousins though they are one of the most threatened primate""s species. More primates like black and white columbus monkeys, l""hoest monkeys, grey cheecked mangabey, red tailed monkeys, bush babies, pottos and many bird species like the yellow spotted nicator, rumped tinker bird, little greenbul, green breasted pitta, the crowned eagle, black bee eater and mammals like elephants can be seen in this trek. Have lunch and relax for some time. Later transfer to queen elizabeth national park where you will view wild animals en route as you transfer to the lodge for relaxation, dinner and overnight
Day: 6
morning game drive (big game search) and afternoon boat cruise on kazinga channel
Have an early morning breakfast then go for a morning game drive within the park. Expect to see mammals which are members of the famous big five including buffalos, elephants, lions and other mammals like giant forest hog, bush bucks, kobs, hyenas and water bucks. You will have lunch and relaxation for sometime and in the afternoon hours you will embark on a launch cruise along kazinga channel. You will appreciate the high scores of elephants, hippos, buffalos and crocodiles. A number of bird species will also be seen along including the pelicans, fish eagles, king fishers among others. You will return to the lodge for dinner and overnight
Day: 7
transfer to bwindi via the tree climbing zone-ishasha
Transfer through the ishasha sector of queen elizabeth national park on the way to bwindi, and this area is known for its tree-climbing lions.
In ishasha we will drive off in this adventurous vast savannah area with topis and african elephants plus to hopefully get the lions high in the fig tree branches. You will have lunch in ishasha and continue with the transfer to bwindi impenetrable national park. Here you will experience a change in the landscape from flat savanna, via cultivated hills to jungle covered mountains. You will later check in at your lodge for dinner and overnight
Day: 8
gorilla trekking and transfer to lake bunyonyi
Early morning breakfast and proceed to the park briefing point. Enjoy the highlight of your trip - gorilla trekking, which may last from 2 to 6 hours depending on the group you are visiting. We trek through the rain forest and bamboo covered slopes, accompanied by a uganda wildlife authority guide and other trackers, in search of a mountain gorilla family.
The walking can sometimes be tough and long, but when you catch a glimpse of the magnificent silver-back, any discomforts will be quickly forgotten. Due to the nature of the activity, you will have packed lunch. After gorilla trekking, you will drive through the terraced hills to lake bunyonyi for a relaxed evening at the resort with a stunning view of lake bunyonyi. You can even have a canoe ride on the lake to discover its scattered islands (optional). You will later check in at your lodge for dinner and overnight there
Day: 9
transfer back to entebbe via the equator
After having breakfast, start on the drive back to entebbe/kampala with the memory of the great rare mountain apes and the great savannah mammals. Lunch en route, plus a stopover at the equator line at kayabwe trading centre, arriving late in the evening to be dropped at your point of drop off such as airport, hotel, home etc
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