11 Days Uganda Gorilla and Wildlife Safari

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Gorillas, Chimpanzees & Birds, Wildlife and Primates in Kibale & Budongo Forests, Murchison, Queen Elizabeth, Semliki, Lake Mburo Parks

Tour starts from:  “Entebbe” every First Sunday of the month from 01 Oct 2016 to 01 Dec 2018

 11 days – 10 nights

Min: 2 Pax (seat in tour – english)

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  • Vacation Style Holiday Type
    Family, Jungle, Wildlife
  • Activity Level Fairly Easy
    2/8
  • Group Size Large Group
    16
All about the 11 Days Uganda Gorilla and Wildlife Safari.

This is a scheduled safari, departing every first Sunday of the month, but it can also be done privately. This tour visits 8 of Uganda’s 10 National Parks. Five of these Murchison Falls, Queen Elizabeth, and Bwindi/Congo are in the Western arm of the Great East African Rift Valley! Your trip starts with Murchison Falls Conservation Area, the largest in the country, with chimps, birds, crocodile, and game. Visit the dramatic Falls from which the park derives its name. Drive the long journey westwards to Fort Portal for the crater lakes. Continue to Queen Elizabeth National Park, passing the foothills of the Rwenzori Mountains. The launch trip along the Kazinga Channel in QE is especially good for viewing hippo, buffalo, elephant and a large host of birds. Further south in Bwindi or Congo, go gorilla tracking and see other primates, birds and butterflies. Have an opportunity to track gorillas again or climb a volcano, go birding or take in the breathtaking landscape. Return to Kampala via Lake Bunyonyi, one of Uganda’s most conspicuous lakes and the deepest lake in Uganda!

The tour package inclusions and exclusions at a glance
What is included in this tour?Items that are included in the cost of tour price.

Price includes:

  • Daily Breakfast
  • Tour is on Bed & Breakfast basis only for the rest of the trip (lunch and dinner on own)
  • 1 night at African Roots Guest House
  • 2 Nights at Red Chilli Camp
  • 1 Night Kolping Hotel Hoima
  • 1 Nights at Raja Excelsior Hotel
  • 2 nights at Buffalo Safari Lodge
  • 2 nights at Virunga Hotel
  • 1 night at Crater Bay Cottages
  • All park Entrance fees
  • Game drives
  • 1 Gorilla Permit
  • 1 Chimpanzee Permit for Budongo Forest
  • Boat cruise on The River Nile in Murchison
  • Boat cruise on Kazinga Channel
  • Boat cruise on Lake Bunyonyi
  • Vehicle for the tour (Vans)
  • Local guide fee
  • Transfer in and Out
  • Water
What is not included in this tour?Items that are not included in the cost of tour price.

Price excludes:

  • Meals in Entebbe or Kampala.
  • All flight ticket for clients
  • Alcoholic drinks and drinks off meal time
  • Video camera and photographic fee
  • Porter’s fee
  • Tips and laundry
  • Any other expenses apart from those described above including expenditures of a personal nature such as phone calls
  1. Day 1: Entebbe - Kampala

    Day Itinerary

    Arrive Entebbe airport. Meet, greet and transfer to Kampala. Start for Jinja, via Mukono and through Mabira Forest, the largest in Central Uganda. Proceed to Jinja past the Owen Falls Dam, Uganda’s main Hydro Electricity dam. Visit the Source of the Mighty River Nile. Your trip ends with Bujagali Falls on the other end of the Nile. Return to Kampala late afternoon.  River Nile is the World’s longest River in the world and has largely contributed to the development of Uganda and other 9 countries where it stretches.

  2. Day 2: Zziwa Rhino Sanctuary- Masindi

    Day Itinerary

    Briefing from your guide before taking a gentle drive for Murchison Falls Conservation Area.  Drive through Luwero. Lunch en route and continue to Nakasongora to track Rhinos at Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary and later transfer to your accommodation in Masindi.

  3. Day 3: Murchison Falls National Park

    Day Itinerary

    An early start and enter Murchison Falls. An early morning game viewing north of the Nile. Launch trip to the bottom of the mighty exciting Falls, with crocodiles, and a vast array of birds including the rare shoebill stork, lounging on the banks of the Nile. Hippos are everywhere! Evening game drive. Visit the top of the stimulating Murchison Falls, crashing through a narrow gorge, Transfer to your accommodation.

  4. Day 4: Chimpanzee Tracking in Budongo- Hoima

    Day Itinerary

    Drive to Kaniyo-Pabidi in Budongo Forest. Go for a guided nature walk to track chimpanzees. Budongo is also known for its many plant and bird species.

    On return drive to Hoima via the mesmerising Lake Albert, view fishing villages, local communities and local fishermen. [Approximate driving time: 5 hours]

  5. Day 5: Fort Portal

    Fort Portal

    Fort Portal, town located in western Uganda. Fort Portal is situated at an elevation of about 5,000 feet (1,500 metres) and overlooks the mountains of the Ruwenzori Range and the Mufumbiro volcanoes. It is linked by road with Rubona, Kyenjojo, and Kyegegwa. It is an important market and processing centre for cotton, peanuts (groundnuts), sesame, corn (maize), coffee, tobacco, castor-oil seeds, tea, tropical fruits, and vegetables. A number of tea estates are concentrated east of the town. Tea, coffee, vegetable oils, leather, fruit, dairy products, meat, cotton, grain, and tobacco are processed. Industrial products include beverages, textiles, furniture, paper, soap, confectionery, shoes, and metal goods. Fort Portal provides a base for mountaineering in the Ruwenzori Range and has the palace of the omukama (“king”) of Toro. The Bwamba Pass, the Hot Springs of Bundibugyo, and the Ileri Forest are nearby points of interest.

    Day Itinerary

    Drive south to Fort Portal, past big tea plantations, lunch en route. Proceed to your lodging in Kibale. Either explore a crater lake nearby or relax at your lodging. [Approximate driving time: 5 hour(s)]

  6. Day 6: Queen Elizabeth National Park

    Queen Elizabeth National Park

    Queen Elizabeth National Park (QE), below the famous Rwenzori Mountains, is an African savannah park, consisting of plain surroundings. The park which is part of the western arm of the Great East African Rift Valley, is centred around Lake Edward and Lake George. The launch trip along the Kazinga Channel linking these two lakes is especially good for viewing hippo, buffalo, elephant and a large host of birds amounting to over 500 species!  Around Ishasha go on the hunt for the famous tree-climbing lions which lounge nonchalantly in the upper branches of high trees! The beautiful steeply forested Kyambura Gorge nearby, is home not only to chimpanzees but also the red-tailed monkey, black and white colobus and many bird species.

    Day Itinerary

    Visit the crater lakes in Kibale and Fort Portal. Lunch and drive to Queen Elizabeth Park

  7. Day 7: Queen Elizabeth National Park

    Day Itinerary

    An early morning game drive in the park. A boat cruise on the Kazinga Channel is a rewarding experience.

  8. Day 8: Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

    Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

    Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park is on the edge of the western rift valley. The park is also rich in birds, chimps, monkeys and butterflies. Bwindi is one of the largest natural forests in East Africa, with both montane and lowland forest. About half of the world’s population of mountain gorillas – about 400 animals – are found in Bwindi. There is Bwindi-North and Bwindi South. In Bwindi South, where we visit, five gorilla families are open to visitors in Uganda. Other activities include volcano climbing, guided nature walk in the forest for primates, birds and butterflies or enjoy the breathtaking landscape!

    Day Itinerary

    Drive to Kisoro, stop at Kanaba Gap to view the dramatic virunga volcanoes, visit Lake Mutanda, and other lakes in Kisoro. Arrive late afternoon. Finalise boarder arrangements for the tracking to Congo the next day.

  9. Day 9: Gorilla Tracking

    Day Itinerary

    Go gorilla tracking (subject to availability of gorilla permits at time of booking), carrying a packed lunch. You will be accompanied by a guide and porters who will carry your shoulder pack for you. You will then set off to the thick forest in search of gorillas. The terrain can be difficult, with steep slopes covered in dense vegetation that gives the park its name. In addition, the altitude of 5200 feet and more means participants do need to be physically fit. The time taken to track the gorillas varies enormously, from as little as half an hour to as much as 7 hours before one returns to camp. Difficulty, however, is not impossibility and coming face to face with the great primates is well worth it!

  10. Day 10: Lake Bunyonyi

    Lake Bunyonyi (”Place of many little birds”) lies in south western Uganda between Kisoro and Kabale close to the border with Rwanda. Located at 1,962 m (6,437 ft) above sea level, it is about 25 km (15.5 mi) long and 7 km (1.35 mi) wide. The depth of the lake is rumored to vary between 44 m (144 ft) and 900 m (2,952 ft), which if true would make the lake the second deepest in Africa. The lake appears on the 5,000 Ugandan shilling Note under the title ”Lake Bunyonyi and terraces”.

    Day Itinerary

    After breakfast, a gentle drive to Lake Bunyonyi for mesmerising views of the lake, relax at the sandy beaches, explore nearby local communities.

  11. Day 11: Departure

    Day Itinerary

    Return to Kampala via Masaka, and on to Kampala arriving late afternoon, lunch en route.

Recommended Hotels and Lodges

New Court View Hotel

Though slightly overpriced, this British-owned lodge has a relaxed, old-school travellers feel with cosy bandas, attractive patch of lawn and a great little restaurant with the best food in town.

Kolping Hotel Hoima

Hoima Kolping Hotel, ideally located in the heart of Hoima Municipality, on the highway that leads you to the greatest ventures of Midwestern Uganda connecting to the waters of Lake Albert and into the Democratic Republic of the Congo, welcomes travelers with a relaxed ambience for an experience to remember.

Set in cozy blend of old and new Hoima Town, Kolping Hotel is your personal ambassador to this Ugandan city of oil.

Located on a two and half piece of land, Hoima Kolping Hotel offers you modern and spacious rooms. Hoima Kolping Hotel is one of the most conveniently located Hotels.

Raja Excelsior Hotel

The hotel has 18 guest rooms located on two floors. Each room is well appointed with private toilet and shower, color television connected to DSTV, intercom and fan, all double rooms and twin rooms have balconies where you can view the town and its surrounding vegetations and the Ruwenzori Mountains. The restaurant enables you to relax in cool surrounding and offers you food of your choice/taste, be it continental, African with a blend of both. You may relax in the lounge bar while enjoying soft background music or watch DSTV with fellow patrons. Other facilities and services include in-house laundry, internet services, room service up to 24.00 Hours and full time power supply.

Virunga Hotel Kisoro

Kisoro Virunga Hotel in Kisoro is an ideal solution for those visiting the South West of Uganda, and those on their way to Rwanda, the DR. Congo and Nkuringo sector of Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park for gorilla tracking activities. The region of Kigezi is well known as “The Switzerland of Africa”. The region boasts evergreen rain forest, vast bamboo forests, beautiful lakes and wonderful rolling hill landscape. The hotel enjoys a wonderful location in the shadow of the Virunga volcanoes enjoying incredible panoramic views of these mountains which border Rwanda, Uganda and DR Congo.

Crater Bay Cottages Bunyonyi:

On the lake shores, craterbay cottages is offering you a base to explore the lake bunyonyi or a wonderful stop over after you visit the mountain gorillas in the national parks of Rwanda or Uganda . Each of our 12 cottages is located in a terraced block with amazing views of the lake. The cottages are self contained, with wonderful gardens where you can sit and read a book or listen to the birds singing.

The tour package inclusions and exclusions at a glance.
Inclusions

Price includes:

  • Daily Breakfast
  • Tour is on Bed & Breakfast basis only for the rest of the trip (lunch and dinner on own)
  • 1 night at African Roots Guest House
  • 2 Nights at Red Chilli Camp
  • 1 Night Kolping Hotel Hoima
  • 1 Nights at Raja Excelsior Hotel
  • 2 nights at Buffalo Safari Lodge
  • 2 nights at Virunga Hotel
  • 1 night at Crater Bay Cottages
  • All park Entrance fees
  • Game drives
  • 1 Gorilla Permit
  • 1 Chimpanzee Permit for Budongo Forest
  • Boat cruise on The River Nile in Murchison
  • Boat cruise on Kazinga Channel
  • Boat cruise on Lake Bunyonyi
  • Vehicle for the tour (Vans)
  • Local guide fee
  • Transfer in and Out

Water

Exclusions

Price excludes:

  • Meals in Entebbe or Kampala.
  • All flight ticket for clients
  • Alcoholic drinks and drinks off meal time
  • Video camera and photographic fee
  • Porter’s fee
  • Tips and laundry
  • Any other expenses apart from those described above including expenditures of a personal nature such as phone calls
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