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12 Days Luxury Gorilla And Wildlife Safari

12 Days Luxury Gorilla And Wildlife Safari is an amazing safari that will take you to the most visited and adventurous national parks in Uganda that is Murchison falls national park, Queen Elizabeth national park, Kibale forest national park, Bwindi impenetrable national park and lake Mburo national park. While on the various game drives and boat cruises, you will spot animals such as lions, waterbucks, buffaloes, leopards, elephants, hippos, giraffes, hyenas, crocodiles, rhinos, elands and zebras among others as well as various bird species. The safari will as well take you to Lake Bunyonyi which is the deepest lake in Uganda.

HIGHLIGHTS

Day 1; Transfer to hotel in Entebbe

Day 2; Transfer to Murchison falls national park with rhino tracking

Day 3; Morning game drive and afternoon boat cruise

Day 4; Transfer to kibale forest national park

Day 5; Chimpanzee trekking and Bigodi swamp walk

Day 6; Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park

Day 7; Morning game drive and afternoon boat cruise

Day 8; Transfer to Bwindi impenetrable national park

Day 9; Gorilla trekking in Bwindi impenetrable national park

Day 10; Transfer to Lake Bunyonyi

Day 11; Lake Mburo national park and afternoon boat cruise

Day 12; Morning game drive and transfer back to Kampala

DETAILED ITINERARY

DAY 1; TRANSFER TO HOTEL IN ENTEBBE

The safari guide will meet you and brief you about the safari. After the briefing, you will drive to your lodge in Entebbe or Kampala for dinner and prepare for the next day activities.

DAY 2; TRANSFER TO MURCHISON FALLS NATIONAL PARK WITH RHINO TRACKING

After having breakfast, you will check out of the lodge and embark on the journey to Murchison falls national park. The journey takes 5 to 6 hours with a stopover at the ziwa rhino sanctuary for the rhino tracking. After the tracking, you will proceed with the journey to Murchison falls national park. On arrival at the park, you will directly drive to the top of the falls with great views of the waterfalls, scenery and animals among others. After you will drive to your lodge for a relaxation, dinner and a night stay.

DAY 3; MORNING GAME DRIVE AND AFTERNOON BOAT CRUISE

You will have an early morning breakfast and head into the park for a morning game drive. You will spot animals such as buffaloes, elephants, giraffes, Uganda kob, waterbucks as they are grazing in the open savannah plains, predators such as hyenas, leopards, lions among others before they go back to their hiding areas as well as birds among others. After the game drive you will drive back to the lodge for lunch.

After lunch, you will go for a boat cruise that starts at the paraa jetty landing site and it takes 2 to 3 hours. While on a boat cruise, you will spot large herds of hippos and crocodiles in water, animals such as antelopes, warthogs, buffaloes, and elephants along the shores and water birds such as cormorants, fish eagles and kingfishers among others. After the boat cruise, you will return to the lodge for dinner and a night stay.

DAY 4; TRANSFER TO KIBALE FOREST NATIONAL PARK

You will have breakfast and check out of the lodge and embark on the journey to kibale forest national park. The journey takes 6 to 7 hours with en-route lunch. On arrival, you will check into the lodge and relax as you prepare for the next day activities.

DAY 5; CHIMPANZEE TREKKING AND BIGODI SWAMP WALK

On the 5th day of your 12 Days Luxury Gorilla And Wildlife Safari, you will have an early morning breakfast and head to the parks headquarters for a briefing. After the briefing, you will be grouped into 6 people and allocated a habituated chimpanzee family to trek. After, you will head into the forest in search of the chimpanzees and the activity takes 30 minutes to 4 hours. While on the trek, you will spot other primates such as black and white colobus monkeys, grey cheeked mangabey, red-tailed monkeys and vervet monkeys as well as bird species. Once the chimpanzees are located, you will spend with them an hour as you watch them play, breastfeed, relate with one another and jump from one branch to another as you take pictures and videos. After, you will head back to the lodge for lunch.

After lunch, you will go for a nature walk in Bigodi wetland where you will spot primates such as grey checked mangabey, black and white colobus monkeys, red-tailed monkeys and a variety of bird species among others.

DAY 6; TRANSFER TO QUEEN ELIZABETH NATIONAL PARK

After having breakfast, you will check out of the lodge and transfer to Queen Elizabeth national park. On the way you will have views of tea plantations, crater lakes among others. On arrival, you will check into your lodge for lunch. After lunch, you will have an afternoon game drive where you will be able to spot animals such as elephants, bushbucks, Uganda kobs, buffalos, and predators such as leopards, lions and hyenas among others.

DAY 7; MORNING GAME DRIVE AND AFTERNOON BOAT CRUISE

After an early morning breakfast, you will transfer to the park for the morning game drive or lion tracking experience in the kasenyi plains. While on the game drive, you will spot animals such as hyenas, waterbucks, giant forest hog, elephants, buffalos, lions as well as bird species among others. After the game drive, you will return to the lodge for lunch.

After lunch, you will go for the amazing boat cruise on the mighty kazinga channel which connects to Lake Edward and Lake George. You will spot animals such as large concentration of hippos and crocodiles in water, elephants, warthogs, buffalos and antelopes along the shores and water birds such as hornbills, cormorants, bee-eaters, kingfishers and fish eagles among others. After the boat cruise, you will head back to the lodge for a relaxation, dinner and a night stay.

12 Days Luxury Gorilla And Wildlife Safari
boat cruise on kazinga channel

DAY 8; TRANSFER TO BWINDI IMPENETRABLE NATIONAL PARK

After the morning breakfast, you will check out of the lodge and embark on the journey to Bwindi impenetrable national park in the south western Uganda. You will have en-route lunch and later continue to the national park known for being a home to the mountain gorillas. On arrival, you will head to your lodge for dinner and night stay.

DAY 9; GORILLA TREKKING IN BWINDI IMPENETRABLE NATIONAL PARK

On the 9th day of your 12 Days Luxury Gorilla And Wildlife Safari, you will have an early morning breakfast and head to the parks headquarters with packed lunch. After the briefing, you will be grouped in the group of 8 people, allocated a habituated gorilla family to trek. After you will head into the forest in search of the habituated gorilla family. Once the gorillas are located you will spend an hour with them as you watch their behaviors such as feeding patterns, watch them play, breastfeed and later take pics and videos. Besides the mountain gorillas, you will spot primates such as chimpanzees, l’hoest monkeys, red tailed monkeys, bird species as well as tree species and many more.

DAY 10; TRANSFER TO LAKE BUNYONYI

After your morning breakfast, you will check out of the lodge and drive to Lake Bunyonyi which is known to be the deepest lake in Uganda. On arrival you will head to the lodge for lunch. After lunch you will have a boat cruise or canoe ride where you will have to explore the lake as you view a number of bird species among others. After the boat ride, you will head back to the lodge for diner and night stay.

DAY 11; LAKE MBURO NATIONAL PARK AND AFTERNOON BOAT CRUISE

You will have your morning breakfast and check out of the lodge and embark on your journey to Lake Mburo national park. On arrival you will check into the lodge for lunch. After lunch you will go for an afternoon boat cruise where you will spot hippos and crocodiles in water, other animals such as warthogs, buffaloes and waterbucks along the shores as well as bird species among others. After the boat cruise, you will head back to the lodge for dinner and a night stay.

DAY 12; MORNING GAME DRIVE AND TRANSFER BACK TO KAMPALA

After your morning breakfast, you will checkout of the lodge and head for a morning game drive within the park where you will spot animals such as zebras, elands, warthogs, waterbucks and buffalos among others. After the game drive you will embark on the journey back to Kampala with enroute lunch on the way and a stopover at the equator in kayabwe as you take photos and buy souvenirs. On arrival at Kampala you will be dropped off at the airport for your flight back home or any place of convenience.

12 Days Luxury Gorilla And Wildlife Safari Includes

An English speaking guide

Gorilla trekking permit

Park entrance fees

Chimpanzee trekking permit

Boat cruise fees

Lion tracking fees

Rhino tracking fees

Accommodation and meals

Bigodi swamp walk

Transportation in a 4*4 safari vehicle

Bottled drinking water

SAFARI EXCLUDES

Optional activities

Life insurance

Personal expenses

Tips

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