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6 Days Uganda Gorilla and Wildlife Safari
This 6 Days uganda gorilla and wildlife safari: takes you for gorilla trekking in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park and to Murchison Falls National Park. Murchison Falls National Park, is Uganda’s largest protected area home to a wide range of flora and fauna. The park is also one of the most exciting to track animals, bird watching such as the shoebill, Giant Kingfisher, Giant Heron, Abyssinian Ground Hornbills, Standard-winged Nightjar, Marabou stork, Black headed lapwing and much more, primate watching and superb terrestrial and boat cruise viewing with lion, elephant, hippo, buffalo and Rothschild’s giraffe being particularly common along he north bank of the Nile. The trip takes you further through the Albertine Rift to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, home to more than half of the remaining total population of the mountain gorillas. You will also have an opportunity to see other primates such as the baboons, red-tailed monkeys, chimpanzees, black and white colobus monkeys among others. For the birders, the park also hosts over 350 bird species which include the white-bellied robin chat, brown-necked parrot, white-tailed blue flycatcher and many more.
Detailed Itinerary
Activities
Optional Activities
No. of Days
Inclusions & Exclusions
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Detailed Itinerary
SUMMARY
Day 1: Kampala/Entebbe – Murchison Falls National Park – Top of the Falls
Day 2: Morning Game Drive – Launch cruise
Day 3: Transfer from Murchison Falls- Kibale Forest National Park
Day 4: Kibale – Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park
Day 5: Mountain Gorilla Trekking – Batwa Experience
Day 6: Departure back to Entebbe/Kampala
DETAILED ITINERARY
Day 1: Kampala/Entebbe – Murchison Falls National Park – Top of the Falls
After breakfast, you will be picked up by one of our representatives from Great Nest Image Safaris and thereafter you will transfer to the magnificent Murchison Falls National Park, Uganda’s largest national park with lots of natural wonders. You will start up your journey to Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary for Rhino tracking, a large preserve where Rhinos are bred. Your next stop will be in Masindi town for lunch and thereafter proceed to Murchison Falls National Park.
As you enter the park you will go to the top of the falls that make Murchison Falls National Park so famous. This is a place for most memorable pictures and taking in of the sounds and sights, including the rainbow that does not disappear, created by the mist of the falls. The top of the fall is spectacular, being so close to the falls and seeing the splendor from the top is such a wonderful experience. Dinner and overnight at the lodge.
Accommodation
- Red Chili Rest Camp
(Budget lodge located inside Murchison Falls National Park)
Meals & Drinks
- Breakfast
- Bottled Drinking water
Day 2: Morning Game Drive – Launch cruise
After an early morning breakfast, you will set off for an early morning game drive across the savannah, along Lake Albert Delta. And what you will see, sense and feel around cannot be replicated anywhere else in the world, this is Murchison Falls with its birds, Lions, elephants, hippos, buffaloes, warthogs, giraffes and much more.
Later you will check in your lodge to freshen up and thereafter you will go for your boat/launch cruise on the Nile River to the most powerful falls in the world. This will take around 3 hours and while on the cruise, you will view different animals like the crocodiles, hippos, elephants, different bird species like kingfishers, herons, watch out for the shoebill stork, the most sought-after bird in Africa and much more. Dinner and overnight stay at the lodge.
Accommodation
- Red Chili Rest Camp
(Budget lodge located inside Murchison Falls National Park)
Meals & Drinks
- Breakfast
- Bottled Drinking water
Day 3: Transfer from Murchison Falls – Kibale Forest National Park
After an early morning breakfast, you will transfer from Murchison falls to Kibale forest national park with spectacular views of the rift valley, great Lake Albert, the Rwenzori ranges, the beautiful Lakes George and Edward, generally the western Albertine rift valley environment. Dinner and overnight stay at the lodge.
Accommodation
- Chimpanzee Forest Guesthouse
(Mid-range guest house located just outside Kibale Forest National Park)
Meals & Drinks
- Breakfast
- Bottled Drinking water
Day 4: Kibale – Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park
You will have an early breakfast then transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park with lunch enroute at Igongo cultural centre in Mbarara. Since it will be a long journey, you will reach in the evening, straight to your reserved accommodation, have dinner and overnight stay.
Accommodation
- Gorilla closeup lodge
(Mid-range lodge outside Bwindi National Park)
Meals & Drinks
- Breakfast
- Bottled Drinking water
Day 5: Mountain Gorilla Trekking – Batwa Experience
After an early morning breakfast, you will be driven to the park headquarters where you will be briefed by the park rangers about dos and don’ts while trekking in the park, here you will also be divided in a group of 8 individuals and after you will start off your gorilla trekking guided by the park rangers.
This is a memorable and an amazing experience watching the Mountain gorillas feed, play around and also do their day-to-day activities. The time taken and the terrain vary with the movements of these great primates and once you have located a gorilla group, you will be allowed an hour in their presence. Later, you will return to your lodge and in the evening you may choose to relax at the lodge or visit the Batwa community which will expose you to their culture basing on how they live, dance, and also hearing stories concerning their culture which will leave you amazed. You can try the other option being Munyanja river trail, where you can see the waterfalls and an array of bird life or the Muzabajiro/ Ruhija trails which offer forest and grassland bird species plus more primates. Dinner and overnight stay at your lodge.
Accommodation
- Gorilla closeup lodge
- (Mid-range lodge outside Bwindi National Park)
Meals & Drinks
- Breakfast
- Bottled Drinking water
Day 6: Departure back to Entebbe/Kampala
After an early breakfast, you will check out of your lodge and start your journey back to Entebbe/Kampala passing through rolling hills with terraces and also you will have a great time viewing the lush vegetation of the different areas. You will have lunch in Mbarara town then you will continue to Entebbe/Kampala arriving late afternoon.
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Activities
ACTIVITIES
- Zziwa Rhino tracking
- Top of the falls
- Game drive
- Boat cruise
- Gorilla trekking
- Batwa cultural experience
Optional Activities
Other optional activities
- Chimpanzee tracking in Budongo Forest -Kaniyo Pabidi Forests
Kaniyo Pabidi supports two chimpanzee communities, each estimated to number around 90 individuals and the one closest to Budongo Eco Lodge has been habituated for tourist visits since the late 1990s. This tracking consists of six guided groups, each comprising up to three people at 08:00 then at 14:00. Tracking. A full day habituation experience allowing up to two people starts a minimum of 6 hours starting at 07:00. Chimpanzee tracking for half day costs US$85 per person while habituation costs UD$155 per person.
- Birding
The park of the top forest birding sites in Uganda, Kaniyo Pabidi protests a similar range of species to Budongo Forest. The best place to look for birds is around the lodge, especially the gallery forest along the main road which offers good views. Birds to watch out for include; Narina trogon, dwarf and pygmy kingfishers, hornbills, common shrike-flycatcher, sun birds, chestnut wattle-eye and many more. A local speciality is Puvel’s illadopsis which is quite common in Kaniyo Pabidi, but known from no other locality in East Africa. Birding half day costs UD$20 per person while full day costs UD$35 Per person.
No. of Days
Number of Days
6 Days / 5 Nights
Inclusions & Exclusions
Included
- All Park entry fees
- Gorilla permits
- A professional driver/guide
- All transportation including fuel
- All activities (included in the itinerary)
- All accommodation (included in the itinerary)
- All Taxes/VAT
- Roundtrip/Airport transfer
- Bottled Drinking water
- Ferry crossing
Excluded
- International flights
- Personal items
- Meals
- Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour
- Tips
- Government imposed increase of taxes and/or park fees
Transport
Standard 4X4 Safari Vans/Land cruisers
Our standard mode of transport is by road and we use 4×4 Safari van and Land cruisers with open roof tops customized for game viewing and photography. Each Safari van/Land cruiser comes with a professionally trained driver/guide with fuel for the whole safari. Each client is entitled to a window seat and can take up to 8-10 people. We also have very comfortable super customs which can carry up 6 people with their luggage also have small vehicles like Alphads, Harrier and much more that can carry 4-5 people.
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