Day 1-Lake Mburo Tour
On arrival you will be picked from the airport, have breakfast and then depart by road to Lake Mburo National Park. You will have a stopover to look at the Royal Drum makers, stand at the Equator for a photographic opportunity and also listen to some few interesting facts. You will continue to Lake Mburo National Park. On arrival you will go a game drive where you may spot the big herds of zebra, impala, eland and other ungulates. Bird viewing opportunities are excellent - for birders. Dinner and overnight at Mantana tented camp (luxury) / arcadia cottages (mid range) Rwonyo rest camp (budget)
Day 2- Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
After breakfast, you will drive to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. You will have lunch in Kabale town. After lunch you will continue on your journey, which offers excellent views including the triangular peaks of the Virunga volcanoes of Rwanda and the Congo. The road then drops down into a valley, to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, home to the mountain gorillas.
Dinner and Overnight at Gorilla Resort (luxury) /Buhoma Community Bandas (mid range) Bwindi view bandas (budget)
Day 3 -Gorilla tracking
Wake up relatively early for breakfast and after report to the ranger station for registration and a talk by one of the rangers; the guides will then take you through the forest to track the gorillas. It's amazing to think there are only about 650 of these creatures left! If you finish tracking early you may go for a guided walk on the Munyaga River trail, which is an ideal short walk. This trail leads to three delightful crystal clear waterfalls, and there is a profusion of tree ferns, epithytic ferns, orchids and Bwindi's colorful array of butterflies. Here you may also see birds and primates from the forest edge. Dinner and Overnight as above
Day 4-Queen Elizabeth National Park
After breakfast you will drive to Queen Elizabeth National Park. A game drive En-route go through the Inshasha sector and you may be rewarded with Tree climbing lions, waterbucks, Elepha you will go for a boat ride on the Kazinga Channel and into Lake Edward, you may spot elephants, Leopards, Buffaloes, Hyenas and a variety of Antelope species. On arrival you will go for launch cruise, Dinner and Overnight at Mweya safari Lodge (luxury) /Ihamba lodge (midrange) Mweya hostel (budget)
Day 5-Game Drive
Early morning wake up for the morning game drives in the Kasenyi sector, to catch up with early risers and predators returning to their hideouts. During the game drive, you will be likely to meet grazing hippos, elephants, lions, spotted hyenas, bushbucks, water bucks, stripped jackal, leopard , and of course the several warthogs. After the game drive you will have breakfast and then drive back to Kampala, have lunch enroute, you will have dinner and proceed to the Airport for your departure flight.
END OF THE TOUR
QUOTATION BASED ON 2 PAX
Budget: USD 1480 per person sharing (with the gorilla permit at USD 500) USD 1730 per person sharing (with the gorilla permit at USD 750)
Midrange: USD 1660 per person sharing (with the gorilla permit at USD 500) USD 1905 per person sharing (with the gorilla permit at USD 750)
Luxury: USD 1860 per person sharing (with the gorilla permit at USD 500) USD 2105 per person sharing (with the gorilla permit at USD 750)
INCLUSIVE
- all ground transportation in a 4 WD
- fuel
- accommodation on safari
- meals on safari
- one gorilla permit each
- nature walks
- game drives
- full time English speaking tour guide/ driver
- park entrance fees
- vehicle entrance fees
- box of bottled water on safari
- launch cruise
- FREE Airport pickup and transfer
Excludes:
- domestic and international airfares
- tips
- beverages
- laundry services
- visas