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Upon arrival to Entebbe International Airport, you will be met and transferred to Hotel No. 5 where you will stay for one night.
Location:
LocationEntebbe
Accommodation:
Accommodation No.5 Boutique Hotel
Type:
Accommodation Type Hotel
Room Basis:
Room Basis B&B: Bed and Breakfast
Transfer to the airport for your morning scheduled flight to Murchison Falls National Park, Uganda’s largest national park, with an area of 3840km². It lies in the core of the Murchison Falls Conservation Area. This impressive park protects a chunk of untamed African savannah bisected by the mighty river Nile. The dramatic Murchison Falls, where the world’s longest river explodes violently through a narrow cleft in the Rift Valley escarpment to plunge into a frothing pool 43m below strikes an exhilarating impression on all 5 senses. Murchison Falls is occupied mainly by lush grasslands. The highest diversity of wildlife is found on the open plains north of the Nile, where elephant, buffalo, giraffe and a huge variety of antelope are regularly encountered. The Nile itself boasts one of Africa’s densest hippo and crocodile populations, and a dazzling variety of water birds including the world’s most accessible wild population of the rare shoebill. Enjoy game drives and stay at Nile Safari Lodge for two nights.
Location:
LocationMurchison Falls National Park
Accommodation:
Accommodation Nile Safari Lodge
Type:
Accommodation Type Safari Lodge
Room Basis:
Room Basis Full Board Plus – Dinner, Bed, Breakfast, Lunch and Activities
Today we get to explore the wonders of this magnificent park, by safari vehicle and private boat. The launch trip takes you along the Nile to the bottom of the falls. Murchison Falls National Park is said to be the best game park in Uganda. During a typical game drive you can be expected to see a large number of antelope species, including the bush buck, the water buck, Thomson’s gazelle and the dik dik to name but a few. Larger herbivores, such as giraffe and elephant are present in the park in great numbers and often the lumbering giraffe will cross the roads right in front of you. MFNP is the most accessible park in Uganda to see the giraffe. Huge groups of buffalo are a common sight whilst exploring the park on a game drive. Primates, such as the baboon and the patas monkey, stare at you as you pass by and if you are a bird lover then Murchison Falls National Park will not disappoint.
Go for a private Delta boat trip and then game drive in the northern sector of the park, most of the game is to be found in the area north of the Victoria Nile River and East of the Albert Nile and Lake Albert. This is where part of the movie The African Queen was filmed. Game is now returning quite rapidly and game drives can be very exciting. Game often seen includes elephant, oribi, giraffe, waterbuck, hartebeest,buffalo, bushbuck, warthog, bush pig, lion, leopard, mongoose, genet, hyena and bat eared fox.
Location:
LocationMurchison Falls National Park
Accommodation:
Accommodation Nile Safari Lodge
Type:
Accommodation Type Safari Lodge
Room Basis:
Room Basis Full Board Plus – Dinner, Bed, Breakfast, Lunch and Activities
After a morning game drive, transfer to the airstrip for the scheduled charter flight to Kasese. Upon arrival you will be met and transferred to Ndali Lodge where you will stay for two nights.
Ndali Lodge provides a perfect base from which to visit some of the region’s most popular attractions. Kibale Forest National park, famous home of the largest concentration of chimpanzees in Africa, as well as a bewildering variety of other primates, birds and butterflies.
This afternoon take a swamp walk in the Bigodi Wetland Sanctuary, a community-based conservation project that is home to a variety of monkeys and other mammals and, more importantly some of the more rarely seen birds such as the White-winged Warbler, White-collared Oliveback and Papyrus Gonolek. Other species frequently spotted are the African Marsh Harrier, African Harrier-Hawk, Grey Parrot, Black-billed Turaco, Yellow-billed Barbet and White-breasted Negrofinch.
Ndali Lodge is in the heart of Uganda’s volcanic crater lake region, 23km (14 miles) south of Fort Portal and overlooked by the Rwenzori Mountains to the west. The lodge is perched 100m (328ft) directly above Nyinambuga Crater Lake and has eight individual cottages set on the hillside. Designed to blend with the landscape, the lodge was built using all local materials such as traditional mud render and thatching, providing the lodge with its key qualities of light, space, simplicity and openness to nature. Each cottage consists of an airy bedroom with en suite bathroom (containing bathtubs and showers, plenty of hot water and flushing WC) and private veranda. At night the dining room is festooned with candles – the lodge only has electricity in the cottages so as to not destroy the tranquility and atmosphere of a night in the African bush. The sitting room, reception and dining room open out onto the lake and a full English breakfast is served every morning on the veranda with wonderful views of the lake.
Location:
LocationNdali Kasenda Crater Lakes
Accommodation:
Accommodation Ndali Lodge
Type:
Accommodation Type Lodge
Room Basis:
Room Basis Full Board Plus – Dinner, Bed, Breakfast, Lunch and Activities
This morning we get the opportunity to do a chimp trek in the Kibale Forest National Park. Kibale Forest is home to 13 primate species and a guided forest trek will be taken in search of one of the most popular primate species in the world – the chimpanzee. Although chimp sightings are not guaranteed, the odds are good with the chance of encountering them standing at higher than 90%. You will go on a forest walk in search of primates. Whilst trekking in the depths of the lush green forest, you will be surrounded by bird song and can expect to see at least 5 or 6 other types of primate, most probably the grey-cheeked mangabey and the red-tailed monkey and of course the chimpanzee. The walking is fairly easy due to the well-maintained trails and reasonably flat terrain. After lunch you can enjoy another trek.
Location:
LocationNdali Kasenda Crater Lakes
Accommodation:
Accommodation Ndali Lodge
Type:
Accommodation Type Lodge
Room Basis:
Room Basis Full Board Plus – Dinner, Bed, Breakfast, Lunch and Activities
This morning after breakfast we gently descend into The Great African Rift Valley and Queen Elizabeth National Park (approx. 3 hours). Queen Elizabeth National Park resides in a fertile, equatorial area and has beautiful scenery. It is Uganda’s most popular and accessible savannah reserve, with a total area of 1978km². It is primarily associated with grassy savannah plains, but this impressive park also includes within its boundaries, leafy rainforests, dense papyrus swamps and natural volcanic crater lakes. As a result it has one of the highest biodiversity ratings of any game reserve in the world, including a total of 95 recorded mammal species and more than 610 species of birds. Enjoy an afternoon game drive.
Perched above the walls of QENP the opulent cottages at Mazike Valley Lodge offers breathtaking views of the vast Queen Elizabeth National Park, the Maramagambo rainforest and the Kazinga channel yonder. The lodge is designed in a 1920 Safari style that takes you back to the safaris days of old. Built with a shelling of wall at the back that leads to your bathroom and shower. The roofing is completed with traditional roofing materials like banana fibres to give it a local touch thereby offering one of the best Lodges in the Kyambura area and indeed Queen Elizabeth National Park. Only 8 tastefully and spacious appointed cottages offer unlimited privacy, exclusivity and quietude. The cottages are spread across the camp with 4 on either side, separated in between by a small beautiful pool and the main guest area.
Location:
Accommodation:
Accommodation Kyambura Gorge Lodge
Type:
Accommodation Type Lodge
Room Basis:
Room Basis Full Board Plus – Dinner, Bed, Breakfast, Lunch and Activities
This morning we head out onto the northern savannahs of QENP for a game drive. After lunch we will drive to the Kazinga Channel and take a private boat ride along the river (2hrs). The launch trip along the Kazinga Channel is one of the most popular activities in Queen Elizabeth National Park. It provides an amazing chance to sit back, relax and enjoy the fresh river breeze whilst observing a large selection of animals. Those species commonly seen along the riverbank are elephants, buffalo, waterbuck and Ugandan Kob. On occasion visitors will also see giant forest hog, leopard and lion. The waterbirds in the area are plentiful; in particular, water thick knee, yellow-billed stork, various plovers, white pink-backed Pelicans and white-bellied cormorants, with 560 + recorded species and a record of 296 bird species seen in one 24 hour period. You will also view some of the largest concentration of hippo in the world {reported to be about 30,000}.
Location:
Accommodation:
Accommodation Kyambura Gorge Lodge
Type:
Accommodation Type Lodge
Room Basis:
Room Basis Full Board Plus – Dinner, Bed, Breakfast, Lunch and Activities
Today we drive through the savannahs of Queen Elizabeth National Park to the Ishasha region. Game drive in search of tree climbing lion (75% success rate). We leave behind the lush savannah grass plains of QENP and drive to Buhoma/Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park. Bwindi forest is a magnificent luxuriant swathe across the steep ridges of the Albertine Rife Valley, this ancient rainforest – one of the few in Africa to have flourished throughout the last Ice Age – is regarded to be one of the most biologically diverse forests in Africa. Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park has at least 90 mammal species, including 11 primates and is ranked as one of the best in Uganda for forest birding, with 23 highly localised Albertine Rift endemics. Bwindi is renowned for its Mountain Gorilla population, slightly more than half the world’s mountain gorilla population is resident in Bwindi: an estimated 280 – 320 individuals living in 15 groups. Looking deep into the expressive brown eyes of these gentle giants is an extremely special privilege and an encounter unparalleled in most likely the whole of Africa.
Here you will stay at Gorilla Forest Camp for two nights.
Location:
Accommodation:
Accommodation Sanctuary Gorilla Forest Camp
Type:
Accommodation Type Rest Camp
Drinks Basis:
Drinks Basis All Local Brands (Spirits, Wine and Beers)
Room Basis:
Room Basis Full Board Plus – Dinner, Bed, Breakfast, Lunch and Activities
After breakfast take a short drive to Park Headquarters and meet with excellent local guides and trackers who will give a talk on the etiquette of gorilla trekking. We then hike into the forest where the gorillas were seen the night before and track from that point. The trekking can take from 1 to 6 hours and climb to altitudes not in excess of 7,500 feet. The terrain is rough and at times muddy. Although the hike is physically demanding the beauty of the forest and surrounding scenery make the trekking worthwhile. Once the gorillas are located all fatigue is forgotten, as the experience is often described as being the most profound natural history experience in the world. Picnic lunches are provided and it is important to take plenty of water. Cameras and plenty of fast speed film are recommended. It can rain at a few minutes notice; hence waterproof clothing is a good essential including zip lock bags for cameras and film.
Location:
Accommodation:
Accommodation Sanctuary Gorilla Forest Camp
Type:
Accommodation Type Rest Camp
Drinks Basis:
Drinks Basis All Local Brands (Spirits, Wine and Beers)
Room Basis:
Room Basis Full Board Plus – Dinner, Bed, Breakfast, Lunch and Activities
Travel by road to Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda where you will stay at Bisate Lodge for two nights.
Location:
LocationVolcanoes National Park
Accommodation:
Accommodation Wilderness Bisate
Type:
Accommodation Type Lodge
Drinks Basis:
Drinks Basis All Local Brands (Spirits, Wine and Beers)
Room Basis:
Room Basis Fully Inclusive – Bed, All Meals, Fees and Activities
Gorilla trek in Volcanoes National Park.
Location:
LocationVolcanoes National Park
Accommodation:
Accommodation Wilderness Bisate
Type:
Accommodation Type Lodge
Drinks Basis:
Drinks Basis All Local Brands (Spirits, Wine and Beers)
Room Basis:
Room Basis Fully Inclusive – Bed, All Meals, Fees and Activities
After breakfast, you will be transferred to the airstrip for the scheduled helicopter flight to Kigali to connect with your homebound flight.
Location:
LocationVolcanoes National Park
Accommodation:
Accommodation Wilderness Bisate
Type:
Accommodation Type Lodge
Room Basis:
Room Basis B&B: Bed and Breakfast
Price Includes:
• Airport transfers
• Meet and Greet upon arrival
• Departure services
• Additional guides as needed
• Comfortable, modern, 4X4 vehicles, customized for maximum viewing with open roof hatches. These are usually Toyota Land Cruisers, or comparable vehicles
• Professional, experienced drivers, and guides who are knowledgeable in all aspects of Uganda and Rwanda Safaris
• All accommodations and meals as stated in your chosen itinerary
• All excursions as stated in your chosen itinerary, which includes all park fees and taxes
• Emergency International communications available
• Books available in the vehicles to help identify the flora and fauna
• Umbrellas, bean bags and blankets in the vehicles
• Courtesy bag which includes tea, coffee, biscuits, and paper napkins
• Coolers in our vehicles
• Bottled water in vehicles ONLY
Price Excludes:
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