UGANDA GORILLA SAFARI SPECIAL GORILLA SAFARI OFFER | JOIN A UGANDA GORILLA SAFARI

This special Uganda Gorilla Safari Offer is available for a limited period of time. On this tour you are joining a group of other tourists for a gorilla tracking expedition that commence on 10th October 2008. For any inquiry or booking of this Uganda Gorilla Safari Offer please address your inquiry to info@safarisgorilla.com or call +256-392-842045 or +256-772-419133

DETAILED GORILLA SAFARI ITINERARY

10th October 2008 MURCHISON FALL NATIONAL PARK
Leave Kampala at 0700hrs. Drive through the famous Luwero triangle. Take a stop over at Masindi hotel for lunch. We will continue through the park stopping at the top of the falls which is a fantastic sight. Here the Nile, the longest river in the world, is forced through a narrow gap in the rock (only 7 meters wide), before ferociously plunging down 43 meters. From here we will continue on, taking a ferry across the river to Paraa Safari Lodge. Game viewing on the way is very good; look out for hippos, elephants, buffalos and many other animals, seen grazing on the banks of the river. Overnight at a Luxurious Paraa Safari Lodge (Full Board)

11th October 2008  THE LAUNCH CRUISE ALONG THE NILE
Morning game drive and boat Trip After a cup of tea, embark on an early morning game drive on the northern bank where your guide will help you spot elephants, lions, Cape buffalo, rothchild's giraffes, hartebeasts, waterbucks, oribi, ushbucks, bohor reed bucks, hyenas, and on rare cases leopards. Return to the lodge for mid morning breakfast. Relax at the lodge. After lunch, you will take an afternoon trip to the foot of Murchison Falls. This boat trip along the Nile is often cited as being the highlight of a trip to Murchison since it allows you to get up-close and personal with the animals. Along this stretch of the river, there are reported to be around 4,000 hippos in addition to some enormous Nile crocodiles. The bird life is stunning with brightly colored kingfishers and bee-eaters darting along the riverbanks. If lucky, you may see the rare and prehistoric looking shoebill, which is a cross between the dodo and a dinosaur. The boat takes you to the base of the falls which only adds to their impressiveness.  Overnight at a Luxurious
Paraa Safari Lodge (Full Board)

12th October 2008  FORT PORTAL
After break fast, we will depart with our packed lunch to Kibale National park. Driving through the country side.  We will arrive Fort portal town in the late afternoon. Tonight you will overnight at primate lodge

13th October 2008 CHIMPANZEE TRACKING
A relatively early morning start, to report to the ranger station in Kibale National Park at 08.00am to track habituated chimps. 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. The incredibly diverse forest is home to over 13 species of primates including red Colobus monkey, the rare LHoest, blue monkey, grey mangabey, pottos, black faced vervet monkeys, baboons and also bushbabies. A network of shady forest trails provides much to delight botanists and butterfly lovers, while birders are in for a treat with 335 species recorded including the endemic Prirogrine?s ground thrush. The elusive forest elephant, smaller and hairier that its savannah counterpart, moves seasonally into the developed part of the park, while other terrestrial mammals
include buffalo, giant forest hog and a half dozen antelope species. After this wonderful experience, we will depart to Queen Elizabeth National park. Overnight at Mweya Safari Lodge (FB)

14th October 2008  GAME DRIVES AND LAUNCH
This morning you will leave for early morning game drives. Expect to see various mammals like buffalo, hippo, lions antelopes, hyenas among other species. We will return to the lodge for lunch and a chance to relax before taking an afternoon boat trip along the Kazinga channel. This will give you the opportunity to view wildlife up close: hippos 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 the lodge. Overnight at Mweya Safari Lodge (FB)

15th October 2008  BWINDI GORILLA NATIONAL PARK
This morning, you will leave for Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park. You will drive through the seasonal southern sector of Queen Elizabeth called Ishasha. Here we will take lunch by the Ishasha River and try to find the famed Ishasha tree-climbing lions before continuing to Bwindi, home to the few remaining mountain gorillas. Bird life and primate life in Bwindi is quite superb, and there is an incredible variety of flora. Bwindi is the Bird watchers haven! It holds 348 species of birds and supports 24 of 26 Albertine Rift Endemics that occur in Uganda; and seven red data book species. Once continuous with the forests of the Virunga Volcanoes (Dian Fossey's stomping ground), Bwindi is now an ecological island, surrounded by cultivation on the rich volcanic soils. Overnight at Gorilla Resort camp

16th October 2008  GORILLA TRACKING IN BWINDI GORILLA FOREST
Up relatively early for a hearty breakfast to give you the energy needed for gorilla tracking for 5 pax and the rest will trek the following day. Before 8:00 am report to the ranger station for registration and a talk by one of the rangers; the guides will then take you through the bush pushing your way through the undergrowth, parting thick creepers, to track the gorillas. (This trek can take from half an hour to 5 hours ? a reasonable degree of fitness is required as well as a sturdy pair of walking shoes) Sit in the forest among the gorillas, listening to them grumble to each other, and marvel at the sheer size of the dominant male; the silverback. It is an extraordinary feeling sitting in the dense rainforest knowing you are with a few of the last remaining mountain gorillas. It?s amazing to think there are only about 650 of these beautiful creatures left. Overnight at Gorilla Resort camp.

17th October 2008 Bwindi - Lake Bunyonyi Overland Camp
Morning Breakfast, then transfer to Bunyonyi overland campsite, as you travel through out, watch out the rolling hills of Uganda, ?termed as the little Switzerland of Uganda, expect to see a beautiful climate with nice vegetation and farms on hills! Lunch en route, arrive at the overland camp of Lake Bunyonyi termed as the lake of Birds and also known as one of the deepest lakes in Africa! Bird around, on option you can have traditional dances by the local people or have evening walks. Overnight and Dinner at the Habuharo Island Camp

18th October 2008  BUNYONYI L.MBURO NATIONAL PARK
Transfer to L.Mburo National park . You will have lunch in Mbarara and then proceed to the park for an evening boat ride or a game drive. Dinner and over Mantana Luxury tented Camp.

19th October 2008 Lake Mburo - Kampala
After an early morning breakfast, you will have a nature walk. This park boosts the most interesting walks in the country that introduce you to birds, primates, wildlife and plant species. Return for Boat Ride on the lake that will also introduce you birds and a chance to spot animals cooling off over land then have early lunch and transfer to Kampala directly. Stop for a leg stretch and sight seeing at the Uganda Equator for some shots and crafts for your own souvenir then continue to Kampala for over night at Cassia Lodge or t rasfer to the airport . BB

The price per person for this Uganda Gorilla Safari USD 3080 for the High end package


Safari Price Quotation Include:

  a.. All accommodation on full board basis,
  b.. All park entry fees, all park activities,
  c.. launch cruises, boat trips,
  d.. 4x4  safari vehicle with a pop up roof ideal for scene and game
viewing, fuel and mileage,
  e.. services of Safari guide,
  f.. a Gorilla Permit per person
  g.. Chimp permits,
  h.. Bottled Mineral water at all stages of your tour.
  i.. Any other activities as included in the itinerary.
j. Ferry Crossing

The Safari price quotaion however excludes: All items of personal nature, air tickets, visas fees, telephone calls, Bank transfer fees,surcharges if you use credit cards or any other forms of paqyment,  alcoholic beverages, tips and laundry.