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  • Gorilla Flying Safaris Uganda in 3 National Parks

    Safari Overview
    7 Days Gorilla Flying Safaris Uganda to Mgahinga, Bwindi Forest and Queen Elizabeth National Park

    Day 1: Entebbe to Kisoro Airstrip
    In the morning, you will arrive on a charter or scheduled flight from Entebbe to an airstrip near Kisolo town. On arrival, you can visit the Batwa communities and also take the Batwa Trail. Have lunch, dinner and overnight at the lodge.

    Day 2: Gorilla Trekking Safari
    After breakfast, the Uganda safari package driver guide will pick you from the lodge with packed lunch and drive you to UWA park headquarters for briefing.

    After your briefing, you will go out trekking, which takes about 1 to 8 hours. You will have one hour only with the gorillas. During the trekking you may spot animals like buffalo, giant forest hogs, bush pigs, buffaloes, elephants, and side-striped jackals, for keen birders you may see birds like white-naped Raven, black Kite, Rwenzori Turaco, Blue-headed Coucal, Paradise Fly-catcher, Rwenzori Batis, Double-collared Sunbird, Wax Bills and Yellow-vented Bulbul. Dinner and overnight at the lodge.

    Day 3: Kisoro – Bwindi National Park
    You will have breakfast, then drive to Bwindi National Park. Dinner and overnight at the lodge.

    Day 4: Day of Gorilla Tracking Safari
    After breakfast with packed lunch and drive you to Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) park headquarters for a briefing. After the briefing, you will go for trekking, which takes about 1 to 8 hours. You will have one hour only with the gorillas.

    During the trekking you may spot birds like the Short-tailed Warbler, Rusty-faced woodland Warbler, Bar-tailed Trogon, Grauer’s Rush Warbler, among others animals like the black-fronted duikers, South African porcupines, golden monkey, giant forest hog, bushbuck, buffalo, bush pigs, buffaloes, elephants, jackals, Black and white colobus monkey, chimpanzee. Return to the lodge for dinner and overnight stay.

    Day 5: Kayonza – Queen Elizabeth National Park Mweya Airstrip
    You will have breakfast and then drive to Kisoro airstrip, where you will connect to Mweya airstrip. You will have lunch and later visit Katwe salt mines. Dinner and overnight at the lodge.

    Day 6: Game Drive and Boat Ride at Kazinga Channel
    You will have an early game drive where you will see leopards, spotted hyena, side striped jackal, bush back, topi, sitatunga, buffalo, elephant, hippo and mongoose.

    You will return to the lodge for lunch, then go for a boat ride along the Kazinga Channel. It’s quite enriching, because you may see birds like the African Fish Eagle, Black Crake, African Jacana, Water Thick-knee, Spur-winged and African Wattled Plovers, Malachite and Pied kingfishers, Swamp flycatchers and yellow-backed weavers, great-white and pink-backed pelicans, great and Long-tailed Cormorants, Common Squacco Heron, you may also see crocodiles and hippos. Later return to the lodge. Dinner and overnight at the lodge.

    Day 7: Queen Elizabeth – Kampala
    After breakfast, you will fly back to Kajjansi Airstrip. The driver will pick you up and transfer you to Kampala or Entebbe.

    End of the Gorilla Flying Safaris Uganda

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  • 9 Days Luxury Gorilla Holiday Safari

    Safari Overview
    This 9 days safari is a luxury tour, taking you to the best destinations ever in Uganda. The trip will take you to Bwindi for gorilla trekking, and also to Ugandan National Parks, in order to enjoy the many wildlife game drives and boat cruises. These parks also include Lake Mburo National Park, Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Queen Elizabeth National Park, Kibale National Park as well as Murchison Falls National Park.

    gorilla trackingTour Prices – per Person
    $5275 (1 Person)
    $4585 (2 People)
    $3845 (3 People)
    $2355 (4 People +)
    including 1 gorilla permit per person

    Tour highlights

    • Day 1: Kampala to Mburo National Park
    • Day 2: Travel to Bwindi National Park
    • Day 3: Gorilla tracking
    • Day 4: Travel to Queen Elizabeth National Park
    • Day 5: Game tour/boat trip on Kazinga channel
    • Day 6: Primate safari/Fort portal
    • Day 7: Transfer to Murchison Falls National Park/visit the top of the falls
    • Day 8: Game drive/Boat ride on Victoria Nile
    • Day 9: Drive back to Kampala

    Detailed Itinerary

    Day 1: Kampala/Lake Mburo National Park
    The guide will pick you up from your hotel, and you will start your journey by road to Lake Mburo National Park. You will also have a stopover at the Equator for a formative talk and souvenirs. After, you will proceed to the park via Masaka, checking in at Mihingo Lodge. Have lunch as you prepare for a game drive in the evening.

    Dinner and overnight at luxury Mihingo Lodge.

    Day 2: Travel to Bwindi National Park
    Have a morning cup of tea, as well as a guided walk, before traveling to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. This drive is long and rewarding, with panoramic views of the green vegetation, as well as traditional homesteads. You will have lunch at Mbarara, then continue to the gorilla trekking safari park of Bwindi, reaching the park headquarters late in the evening. You will check in at your lodge for dinner and overnight stay at Luxury Gorilla Forest Camp

    Day 3: Gorilla Tracking in Bwindi National Park
    You will wake up early in the morning and have your breakfast, as you prepare to start your journey to greater experience by 8:00 am. You will report to the headquarters for a briefing by the rangers, as well as registration. The guides will then lead you to track the gorillas through the bush, pushing your way through the undergrowth and the thick creepers.

    When the gorillas are sighted, visitors will be guided to within 6 meters of them, and you will have a chance to sit around these great apes for a whole hour, looking into their big eyes. These big giants are powerful and can sometimes weigh over 250 kilograms. Visitors require a reasonable degree of fitness, as well as a sturdy pair of walking shoes, since the trek can take from half an hour to 6 hours, depending on the movement of these lovely primates. You will have your packed lunch after the trek.

    After trekking, you will return to your lodge for dinner and overnight stay at Gorilla Forest Camp

    Day 4: Travel to Queen Elizabeth National Park for Wildlife Safari
    Have a cup of tea in the morning and after, you may decide to do some optional activities, like a guided walk or taking part in some of the local activities, like digging and harvesting tea. After the cultural walk, we drive to Queen Elizabeth National Park for the wildlife trip and game viewing safari.

    The journey to Queen Elizabeth National Park will take us through the unique and attractive southern sector of the park, known as Ishasha and famous the rear tree-climbing lions not located in other parks of Uganda. Before we reach our lodge, we may see wildlife antelopes, buffalo, warthogs and Elephants. Dinner and Overnight at luxury Mweya Safari Lodge.

    Day 5: Game Tour/Boat Trip on Kazinga Channel
    Early in the morning, after your breakfast, you will have a game drive in the park in search of early risers. You will also have a chance to view many animals including; buffaloes, elephants, lions and other more wildlife before retiring to your lodge for lunch.

    A boat trip along the Kazinga channel will be the highlight of your afternoon tour. The Kazinga channel offers a good spot for birders with a variety of bird species. Animals to see include hippos, buffaloes, warthogs and elephant. Dinner and overnight at luxury Mweya safari lodge.

    Day 6: Primate Safari/Kibale National Park in Fort Portal
    After your morning cup of tea, you will head to Kyambura Gorge for chimpanzee trekking. This journey to trek the chimps will take you through the green and grass-covered area, amazingly as you reach the deep chimpanzee gorge, surrounded by tropical rainforest. This morning chimpanzee trek will lead you into the gorge of River Kyambura in search of our closest relatives – the chimpanzee primates.

    The hiking offers you a rewarding Africa Adventure safari, other activities include butterfly watching and birding safari. After the chimpanzee trekking experience, we will say goodbye to Queen Elizabeth National Park and head to Fort portal Luxurious Mountains of the moon.

    Day 7: Transfer to Murchison Falls National Park/Visit the Top of the Falls
    You will transfer to Murchison Falls National Park with your packed lunch, this will include touring the magnificent top of the falls, to see how the calm Nile is transformed into a thunderous roar of white foam, falling about 50 meters. Proceed to your lodge as you see animals grazing. Dinner and overnight stay at Luxury Chobe Safari Lodge.

    Day 8: Game Drive/Boat Ride on Victoria Nile
    You will enjoy early morning coffee at Chobe Safari Lodge, and then you will enjoy a game viewing session and a boat trip along the Nile in the afternoon. Dinner and overnight luxury Chobe Safari Lodge.

    Day 9: Drive Back to Kampala
    Early in the morning, you will proceed to Kaniyo Pabidi Forest, where you will enjoy chimpanzee trekking, before traveling back to Kampala. We will reach Kampala in the afternoon, after a lunch stop-over.

    End of Safari

    Tour inclusions

    • Photography and touring
    • Gorilla trekking permits (Uganda )
    • Full board accommodation
    • Full-time English speaking professional driver/guide
    • All tour activities as detailed in the itinerary
    • Bottled water while on safari
    • Transport

    Tour Exclusions

    • Kampala hotel fees (the eve of the safari and the night after the safari)
    • Tips
    • Laundry services
    • Beverages/drinks
    • International flights
    • Visas
    • Items of a personal nature
    • Optional activities and any other extras not detailed in the above itinerary

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  • 4 Days Rwanda Gorilla Safari

    Safari Overview
    Gorilla Trekking Safari in Rwanda and Wildlife Tour in Africa

    This tour takes you to Volcanoes National Park where you will be able to track the gorillas. These are also unique species which are mostly like human beings. These are mostly found in three countries in Africa, and these include Uganda, Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

    You will also have a city tour in Kigali to visit many attractions, including the genocide memorial sites, cultural sites, etc.

    gorilla trackingTour Prices – per Person
    $4500 (1 Person)
    $4350 (2 People)
    $4285 (3 People)
    $4145 (4 People +)
    including 1 gorilla permit per person

    Tour highlights

    • Day 1: Arrival and transfer to Kinigi
    • Day 2: Gorilla Trekking, Parc National des Volcanos
    • Day 3: in Parc National des Volcanos
    • Day 4: Kigali City tour and return home

    Detailed Itinerary

     

    Day 1: Arrival and Transfer to Kinigi Guest House
    The safari will start as you arrive at Kigali Airport, where you will meet your gorilla safari guide and he will drive you to the park after a short briefing of your safari.

    You will enjoy the scenic journey from the airport to Kinigi in Volcanoes National Park, as well as the city of Kigali which is the cleanliest city in Africa. You will arrive at the park and check in at your lodge. Dinner and overnight at Lapalme lodge/Virunga Lodge/Kinigi Guest House

    Day 2: Gorilla Trekking, Parc National des Volcanos
    On this long-awaited day, your Mountain Gorilla trekking will start with breakfast. Your Gorilla Tour guide will transfer you for briefing at the park headquarters before you start your gorilla tracking safari. The gorilla safari briefing will involve the DOES and DON’TS while on the gorilla safari.

    You will then go gorilla tracking in Parc National des Volcans. Tracking the gorillas through the light mountain forest on the slopes of the Virunga is a magical experience.

    The time spent tracking gorillas will depend on the movement of these rare primates, but sometimes you can be lucky and get to the gorillas in a short period of time, spend some time with them, and then back at the base in time for a late lunch! However, some gorilla families are more elusive, and tracking can take a full day, especially when it is wet and muddy seasons. The accommodation options include Dinner and overnight at Lapalme lodge/Virunga Lodge/Kinigi Guest House.

    Day 3: in Parc National des Volcanos
    After the tracking the gorillas, this time you will have a lot of things to opt for. You can visit the golden monkeys or drive to Gisenyi, and visit Ros Carr’s orphanage and Lake Kivu. You can also opt for climbing the Visoke/Muhavura volcanoes, or trek to Dian Fossey’s grave.

    Alternatively, you can visit the local school, community projects or walk to Lake Bulera. All this will make you enjoy your safari in Rwanda. Accommodation options available (all on full board basis) include dinner and overnight at Lapalme lodge/Virunga Lodge/Kinigi Guest House.

    Day 4: Kigali City Tour and Return Home
    Following breakfast, you will go for a City tour as you leave, which will include visits to the market, a pottery project, handicraft shops, the Franco-Rwandan Cultural Centre and the genocide memorial. Have lunch enroute and then transfer to the airport.

    Tour inclusions

    • Photography and touring
    • Gorilla trekking permits
    • Full board accommodation
    • Full-time English speaking professional driver/guide
    • All tour activities as detailed in the itinerary
    • Bottled water while on safari
    • Transport

    Tour Exclusions

    • Kigali hotel fees (the eve of the safari and the night after the safari)
    • Tips
    • Laundry services
    • Beverages/drinks
    • International flights
    • Visas
    • Items of a personal nature
    • Optional activities and any other extras not detailed in the above itinerary

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