| DEPARTURE/RETURN LOCATION | This Tour Starts and ends in Entebbe/Kampala |
| DEPARTURE TIME | 14:55 |
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Queen Elizabeth National Park is the 2nd Biggest in Uganda and is home to about 95 Mammals. The Park famously dubbed the “Medley of Wonders” is home to about 5000 Hippos, 2500 Elephants and 1000 Buffaloes. Its home to a healthy population of Lions, Leopards as well as Spotted Hyenas.
A leisurely Boat Ride along the Kazinga Channel to have a different angle to wildlife viewing in the Park and subsequently an encounter with the Mountain Gorillas of Uganda before returning back to Kampala.
Your Day will start with early Breakfast (6am) at your
Hotel after which your Guide will Transfer you to Fort portal Tourism City in
Western Uganda. Here you will check in at your Lodge, freshen up then have
Lunch before heading out again to the nearby Semliki NP for the Hot springs
Experience. The mythical, Surreal Sempaya Hot springs Experience are believed
to be more than 1500 years Old and have temperatures of up to 100 Degrees
Celsius and comprise of both Male and Female. They are also believed to have
medicinal/Healing Properties. With Historical connotations to it regarding
their formation and origin by the local Bamaga Tribe nearby, these Hot springs
are a must see. After your Hot springs experience, you will then return to your
Lodge where you will rest the evening and Night.
Kibaale’s most popular activity is the Kanyanchu Primate Walk. Thirteen
species can be sought, and a good variety of diurnal monkeys invariably
encountered, but the stars of this twice-daily show are chimpanzees which you
will embark on tracking and finding. After your early morning Breakfast, your
Driver Guide will proceed to drive you to the Park Reception for briefing after
which you will head into the Jungle in search of the Great Apes that total
about 1500 in Kibale NP (The highest concentration of Chimpanzees in one place
World over).
Chimps are not gentle like Mountain Gorillas. Once you
are their midst, expect a lot of Drama and Activity. You will watch them look
for food, breastfeed, Groom each other and Mate. You may even witness Fights
between members of the Group or larger Males. Like we Humans Each Chimp has a
unique personality and Behaviour. Some are quite, others shy while others love
Bullying. Like Humans there are Group dynamics and Politics. All this and much
more including close to 354 Bird Species you will be able to see before exiting
the Park.
You will thereafter drive to the Bigodi Community
Tourism Centre for a community Experience where you will have 1st
hand experience of Ugandan Village/Local Life before proceeding to Fort portal City
for Lunch and subsequently to Queen Elizabeth NP where you will check in at
your Lodge for the Night.
Your Day will start with early Breakfast (6am) at your
Hotel after which you will head out for an early morning Game Drive in search
of Africa’s Big 5 especially the early risers like Spotted Hyenas and Lions.
You will thereafter traverse the plains of the Park in search of more wildlife
before returning to your Lodge for Lunch. You will therafter head back out to
the Boat Dock for an afternoon/sunset Boat Ride on Kazinga Channel. Kazinga
Channel, a 20 Mile long water Channel connecting Lake George to Lake Edward
will play host to this amazing Experience. From Herds of Elephants, Schools of
Hippos, Crocodiles, Various Antelope Species and beautiful Water Birds like the
Shoebill Stocks ,Pelicans, King fishers like the Pied and woodland King Fishers
lined along the Channel banks. The attractions along this channel not
forgetting the scenic beauty to top it all off cannot be underestimated.
You will then head back to your Lodge and relax the
evening and Night.
You will have early morning Breakfast then head to the
Kasenyi Plains of QENP in search of more Wildlife especially the Big 5. Most
prominent in this sector being the elusive Leopard and Lions, Schools of Hippos
Grazing around or immersed in Mud as well as the more common Antelope Species
like Waterbucks, Uganda Kobs and Bushbucks. There is a healthy population of
Buffaloes and Elephants too.
You will thereafter head back to your Lodge for Late
Lunch and relax the afternoon away in preparation for the long drive the next
Day to the South West of Uganda.
You will have early morning Breakfast before checking
out of your Lodge and heading out South West to Lake Bunyonyi which is the deepest lake in Uganda and 2nd deepest Lake in
Africa after Lake Tanganyika. Here you will have Lunch as you enjoy the amazing
scenic Views of the Lake after which you could visit the many small islands on
the Lake by Boat including the famous “Punishment Island” where Girls who had
got pregnant out of wedlock where abandoned and left to perish. The Lake and
the Islands there in are home to more than 200 Bird Species making it a perfect
haven for most Bird Enthusiasts. You will
thereafter proceed to Bwindi Impenetrable NP or Mgahinga NP where you will be
spending the Night in preparation for Gorilla Trekking the next Day.
You will have early Breakfast at
around 6am then proceed to drive to the Park Reception Offices for Briefing.
You will then be assigned a Group and Gorilla family to Trekk for the day after
which you will be driven to your starting Point and enter into the Jungle in
search of the elusive Gentle Giants. The Trekk takes between 2-6 hours depending
on where the Family is feeding from for the Day. Gorilla Trekking by far is
still every Traveller’s Dream Experience and caps off what must always be an
amazing African Safari Experience. You will thereafter return to your Lodge and
relax the rest of the day off after a long Day of Hiking.
You will have early Breakfast at 7am after which you
will start your 8hr Drive back to Kampala with a stopover on the way for Lunch.
Your Guide will therafter drop you off at your Hotel or at the Airport marking
the end of your trip with us.