A 5 DAY PRIVATE SAFARI ITINERARY TO BWINDI AND QUEEN ELIZABETH NATIONAL PARK
Day 1 You will be driven to Kajjansi Airstrip to meet your private charter plane to fly to Kayonza Airstrip. Your safari guide will meet you at Kayonza and drive you to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. Bwindi home of the mountain gorilla. Bwindi is a habitat to 326 Gorillas almost half of the Worlds population of Mountain Gorillas. The forest has about 30 elephants and 120 species of mammals including 7 diurnal primates. 360 species of birds and over 200 species of butterflies. This Afro -montane forest has dense under storey of fern, vines, and shrubs. About 324 tree species have been recorded here, of which 10 don't occur else in Uganda. Tonight you will sleep to the sounds of the mountain rainforest!
Should you have the energy this afternoon, take 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.
Overnight at a luxurious Gorilla Resort/Budget Buhoma community Bandas (FB)
Day 2 You will rise relatively early for a hearty breakfast to give you the energy needed for gorilla tracking. Report to the ranger station at 08.00 am where the guides will take you through the forest, slashing at the undergrowth, parting thick creepers, to track gorillas. This trek can take from half an hour to five hours so a reasonable degree of fitness is required as well as a sturdy pair of walking shoes. You sit in the forest among the gorillas listening to them grumble at each other and marvel at the sheer size of the dominant male, the silverback. It is amazing to think that there are only 650 or so of these creatures left in the world!
If you have the energy this afternoon, you will go for a village walk and see how local Ugandans Live!
Overnight at a luxurious Gorilla Resort/Budget Buhoma community Bandas (FB)
Day 3 After break fast, we will depart by road for Queen Elizabeth National Park. We will drive through the southern sector of Queen Elizabeth known as Ishasha, famed for its tree-climbing lions. Ishasha is a remote and beautiful extension of Queen Elizabeth National Park. We will see buffalo, topi and hippo among other species. It is a fabulous sight to see the lions draped from the trees and nowhere in Africa do you stand a better chance of seeing this than in the large low-limbed fig tree of Ishasha.
After checking in and having some time to relax, we will head for a late afternoon game drive. We often spot Elephants, waterbucks, warthogs, hippos and others.
Overnight at a Luxurious Mweya Safari Lodge/Budget Institute of Ecology (FB)
Day 4 This morning we will leave for the 08.00am chimp trek in Kyambura Gorge. These delightful apes, more closely related to humans than to any other living creature, are tremendous fun to watch as they squabble and play in fruiting trees. We will return to the lodge for lunch.
In the afternoon a boat trip along the Kazinga Channel gives you the opportunity to view wildlife up close: hippo’s huff and spray mere feet away from the boat, buffalo linger in the shallows. The shores of the channel are also home to an array of birds including pink backed pelicans, pied and malachite kingfishers, saddle billed stork and many others. After this wonderful afternoon, a slow drive back to Lodge.
Overnight at a Luxurious Mweya Safari Lodge/Budget Institute of Ecology (FB)
Day 5 Flying back: After breakfast, you will be transferred to Mweya Airstrip to meet your private charter plane to Entebbe International Airport.
QUOTATION
No. of clients |
1 client |
2 clients |
3 clients |
4 clients |
6 clients |
8 and above |
Price-Luxury |
$1,830 |
$1,750per
person |
$1,590 per
Person |
$1,400 per
Person |
$1,320 per
Person |
$1,300 per
Person |
Price-Budget |
$1,530 |
$1,450per
person |
$1,290 per
person |
$1,120 per
person |
$1,050 per
person |
$990 per person |
The above price includes;
- Full time safari guide and his associated expenses
- Gorilla Permit @$500 each
- Park entrance fees
- Chimpanzee tracking
- Game drive
- Boat trip
- Accommodation and meals
- But it excludes; Items of personal nature like Laundry, Beverages, Beers, Beverages and tipping of staffs at the lodge.
Flight quotation: (EBB-KAYONZA-MWEYA-EBB)
C172(1-2 PAX)- $1,905
C210(3-4 PAX)- $2,560
BN2(5-8 PAX) - $4,265
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