22/11/2013
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5 Days Bwindi Impenetrable $ Queen Elizabeth National Safari:
Day 1: Kampala-Bwindi forest
Upon your arrival at the Entebbe airport you will be picked by our guide-driver, then depart from Kampala via Masaka-Mbarara high way to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. Stopover at the Uganda Equator for snacks and photos before continuing to Agip Motel or Regency hotel for Lunch. After drive straight to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, a habitat for the Uganda Mountain Gorillas and you will relax to the charms of the mountain rainforest. Dinner and Overnight at Gorilla Resort or Engagi lodge. Meal plan: half-board.
Day 2: Gorilla Trekking
After an early morning breakfast prepare for a briefing from the Uganda wildlife officials, after enter into the jungle to search or for your gorilla tracking in the forests of Bwindi. Gorilla tracking can be strenuous because of Bwindi´s challenging terrain. This activity is a full day memorable experience and therefore you will need to carry a packed lunch and drinking water, wear comfortable boots or sturdy shoes, a light rain jacket as Bwindi has unpredictable weather, insect repellent, sun screen. Walking sticks will be available from the park rangers. Return to your lodge for dinner and overnight. Meal plan: Full-board
Day 3: Bwindi-Queen Elizabeth National Park
Take breakfast and head to local community trail to the most unique people the Batwa in Uganda once the forest dwellers; visit the typical home stead´s of Bakiga, the traditional healers, local breweries and the local community craft shops. After return to the lodge for lunch, then depart to Queen Elizabeth National Park through the Ishasha Sector, the southern isolated and fine-looking section of Queen Elizabeth National Park, famous for its tree-climbing lions. It is stunning to see the lions enfold from the trees and you will also see hippos, buffalos and topis among others. Check-in in your hotel to have some time for relation at the lodge. Dinner and overnight at Mweya safari Lodge, Mweya Hostel, Simba safari lodge. Meal plan: full-board.
Day 4: Queen Elizabeth National Park
Dawn game drive spotting wildlife like the mammals that include big five like elephants, giraffes, Lions, Hippos, Buffaloes, Leopard, Spotted and the elusive Giant Forest Hog in this park and Reptiles. All these are regularly sighted around the tourist village on the Mweya Peninsula. In the afternoon go for the boat cruise along Kazinga Channel, where the concentration of water birds and photographs is extraordinary. A variety of birds grace the grasses on the channel�s edge and these may include the Great White and Pink-Backed Pelicans, Great and Long-tailed Cormorants, Open-billed Stork, African Jacana, Malachite and Pied Kingfishers. There is also a Bird Observatory here, which was set up with the aim of studying both migratory and resident birds. Since its inception in 1997 more new species have been identified, including Uganda's first record of the Bar-tailed Godwit. Return to the lodge for dinner and overnight. Meal plan: Full Board
Day 5: Queen-Kampala
Take breakfast and embark our van back journey to Kampala taking en-route game drive to spot elephants, warthogs, waterbucks, hippos and others on your way out. Have lunch en-route in Mbarara town or Masaka and reach Kampala in the late afternoon. Meal plan: Half-board-End of services
The package includes.>
Airport transfers
Transportation by safari van
Accommodation and meals as per itinerary
Gorilla permits, one per person to be paid in advance
Boat ride
Park entrance
Game drives
Drive allowances
Visit the local communities and participate in cultural performances.
The package excludes. The expenses of personal nature like: Air fare, Visa, drinks, laundry, tips to local guides, telephone, porter fee while trekking, personal insurance, personal shopping bills and ciggs.