10 Days Uganda Gorillas and Queen Elizabeth National Park Tour

From: $4,050 per person

Highlights

  • Queen Elizabeth National Park
  • Kyambura Gorge , Chimp tracking
  • Bwinidi Impenetrable Forest National Park, Gorillas tracking
  • Kibale National Park chimpanzee tracking and walking trails

Itinerary

  • Day 1: Welcome to Uganda! By our company representative a Guide/ Driver and transferred to your Hotel in Kampala/Entebbe

    • Accommodation

    Budget: Paprus Guest House
    Mid-range: Cassia Lodge
    Luxury: Serena Hotel / Munyonyo Speke Resort
  • Day 2 & 3: Kibale Forest National Park is located just east of the Ruwenzori Mountains, near the town of Fort Portal. Chimpanzee tracking is excellent thanks to several walking trails and a large number of resident Chimp families in the forest. There is also a wonderfully diverse concentration of other primates (of any forest in East Africa in fact), including: Red Colobus, Red-tailed Guenon, White-nosed Monkey, Gray-cheeked Mangabey, Blue Monkey, L'Hoest's Monkey, and the Black and White Colobus Monkey. In addition, you may see Olive Baboons, Bush Babies and Nocturnal Pottos, as these animals have been the subject of long-term research projects, and so they are used to human presence.

    • Accommodation

    Budget: Kibale Forest Camp
    Mid-range: Turaco Treetops Lodge
    Luxury: Papaya Treetops Lodge
  • Day 4 & 5: Queen Elizabeth National Park: game drive & boat safari on Kazinga Channel. the park's magnificent vistas include dozens of enormous craters carved dramatically into rolling green hills, panoramic views of the Kazinga with its banks lined elephants, and the endless Ishasha plains, whose fig trees hide climbing lions ready to pounce on herds of unsuspecting Uganda kob and chimpanzee tracking at Kyambura gorge .After breakfast with your packed lunch, en-route to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park and arriving in the afternoon from Queen Elizabeth National Park.

    • Accommodation

    Budget: Embogo Lodge
    Mid-range: Enjojo Lodge
    Luxury: Ishaha Wilderness Camp
  • Day 6 & 7: Gorilla Tracking in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest. is the Bird watcher's paradise! It holds 348 species of birds and contains 90% of all Albertine rift Endemic such as; the Short-tailed Warbler, Rusty-faced woodland Warbler, Bar-tailed Trogon, Gruel's Rush Warbler, Wilcock's Honey-guide, Yellow-eyed black Fly-catcher, Kivu Ground Thrush, Dusky Crimson Wing, White-tailed Blue Monarch among others, difficult or impossible to see in any other part of East Africa.An optional visit of Batwa community areas can be arranged for interested parties.

    • Accommodation

    Budget: Ichumbi Gorilla Lodge Rushaga / Buhoma Community
    Mid-range: Rushaga Gorilla Camp / Haven Lodge Buhoma
    Luxury: Mahogany Spring Lodge / Nkuringo Bwindi Gorilla Lodge
  • Day 8 & 9: Lake Bunyonyi and Echuya Forest, One can say all kinds of things about Lake Bunyonyi in Uganda - how large it is, how deep it is, how it was formed, what activities one can do on and around the lake - but when you visit Lake Bunyonyi - all those things dissipate into thin air - what you see is one of the most beautiful lakes in Africa - Lake Bunyonyi - one is simply awed by its mystical beauty as you see it snaking along the Ugandan landscape, dotted by 29 islands of various shapes and sizes, surrounded by a ring of terraced farms - their greenery accenting this mystical lake like a lovely frame.

    • Accommodation

    Budget: Bunyonyi Overland Camp
    Mid-range: Arcadia Cottages
    Luxury: Birdnest Resort Bunyonyi
  • Day 10: On your way back visit the equator and return to kamapala or to the airport

    • Inclusive

  • Transport in a 4wd mini bus with pop-up roof for excellent game viewing
  • All fuel for the tour.
  • A bottle of water
  • English speaking Ugandan driver/guide.
  • Accommodation as listed in the program (breakfast, lunch and dinner)
  • Meals according to the program.
  • Park-entrance fees
  • All activities described in the itinerary.
  • 1 Chimpanzee permit per person ( USD 200).
  • 1 Gorilla permit per person ( USD 700)

    • Exclusions

  • International air fares.
  • Entry visa Uganda.
  • Alcoholic drinks
  • Meals that are not part of your accommodation.
  • A porter for during the gorilla tracking’s (someone who carries your daypack).
  • Personal (medical/travel) insurance.
  • Tips and gratuities to rangers, driver/guide, porter, hotel staff, etc.
  • All expenses of personal nature (e.g. drinks, laundry, optional activities, souvenirs etc.).
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