Day 1: Entebbe

On arrival into Entebbe Airport you will be met and transferred by road to the Karibu Guesthouse.


 
 

Included

Accommodation is in Standard Rooms

Includes: Dinner, bed and breakfast

Day 2: Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park

After a leisurely morning, you will be transferred to the Entebbe International Airport.

Board your Scheduled Light Aircraft Flight departing at 12h30 for Kihihi.  You will be provided with a packed lunch to enjoy enroute.

Upon arrival at the Kihihi Airfield at approximately 14h50, you will be met and transferred by road to the Volcanoes Bwindi Lodge – where you will arrive late afternoon.

DISTANCE: 40 KMS – APPROXIMATE DRIVING TIME: 1 HOUR

NOTE: On all services the luggage allowance is 15 kilos in soft bags. These allowances shall include all hand baggage. The carriage of excess baggage is at the sole discretion of the company after taking into consideration the number of passengers booked. When excess baggage is carried it will be charged at the prevailing freight charges.

Included

Accommodation is in Standard Bandas on a Full Board Basis

Includes: Accommodation, meals, local drinks and laundry

Day 3: Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park

After breakfast you will undertake one of the best guided walks in the Bwindi Impenetrable National Park – namely the Waterfall Trail. It is a 2-3 Hours Scenic Walk that follows the Munyanga River through one of Uganda’s most pristine tracts of rainforest – passing beneath tree ferns and orchids and with chances of seeing monkeys – and ending at a 33 meters high waterfall. After your walk, you will return to the Bwindi Volcanoes Lodge.

 

Included

Includes: Accommodation, meals, local drinks and laundry

Day 4: Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park

Gorilla Track (USD 700.00 Per Person Per Gorilla Tracking Permit *** Permit included in your quote) in the Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Buhoma). Gorilla Tracking is a captivating and unforgettable experience which more than repays the effort needed to reach Bwindi and to trek through the forest. Looking deep into the expressive brown eyes of the Gentle Giants of the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park surely is the most exciting and poignant wildlife encounter that Africa has to offer. You will have exactly 1 hour with the gorillas.

Return to Bwindi Lodge after your trek. 

DISTANCE: 50 KMS (EACH WAY) – APPROXIMATE DRIVING TIME: 1-1,15 HOUR (EACH WAY)

Bwindi Lodge - Gorilla Bwindi Lodge Bwindi Lodge

Included

Includes: Accommodation, meals, local drinks and laundry

Day 5: Ndali Kasenda Crater Lakes

After an early breakfast, you will be transferred by road back to the Kihihi Airstrip for your Scheduled Light Aircraft Flight departing at approximately 08h55.

Upon arrival at the Kasese Airfield at approximately 09h45, you will be met by your private guide and vehicle and transferred to the Ndali Lodge where you will arrive in time for lunch.

Your afternoon is at leisure; enjoy a dip in Ndali Lodge’s swimming pool or venture on a guided walk
around the rim of the volcanic Crater Lake in front of the lodge. 

DISTANCE: 55 KMS – APPROXIMATE DRIVING TIME: 1-2 HOURS

Included

Accommodation is in Standard Rooms

Includes: Accommodation, meals and laundry

Day 6: Ndali Kasenda Crater Lakes

Today you will depart the lodge and drive to the Kibale Forest (approx 1 hour) where you will participate in the Bigodi Wetland Sanctuary Community Walk. The Bigodi Wetland Sanctuary is situated just outside the park in Magombe Swamp. The sanctuary is a community-run initiative aimed at conserving the unique biodiversity and environmental values of the wetland.

After your Community Based Guided Tour, you will have lunch. Afternoon - the forest opens its doors for a sensational Chimpanzee Track (Permits @ USD 200.00 / included in your quote). The Kibale Forest is reputable of having the greatest variety and highest concentration of primates in East Africa Spending 01 Hour with the chimps will enable you to learn about their lifestyle and to discover the mysteries of their existence.

By late afternoon you will get back out of the forest and return to the Ndali Lodge.

Included

Includes: Accommodation, meals and laundry

Day 7: Southern Queen Elizabeth National Park

After Breakfast at the Ndali Lodge you will depart the Bunyaruguru Crater Lakes Area for Kasese Town.  From Kasese, you will cross the Equator as the road passes though the Queen Elizabeth National Park.

After lunch at the Kasenyi Safari Camp you will enjoy a Game Drive in the Queen Elizabeth National Park enroute to Kyambura Gorge Lodge.  

Included

Accommodation is in Standard Bandas

Includes: Accommodation, meals, local beverages and laundry

Day 8: Southern Queen Elizabeth National Park

Enjoy game drives in the prime game viewing area of Western Uganda. A network of tracks enables you to find elephants, buffalo and other animals in the grassland thickets that cover the North Kazinga area near the Mweya Peninsula. However lions are most reliably sighted on the typical open East Africa Savannah Kasenyi Plain - East of the Kasese/Mbarara Highway. This area is known as the main breeding ground of the Uganda Kobs on which the prides of lion prey.

Game drives in this area are most rewarding in early morning and late afternoons. Besides Game-Driving – the other main attraction of the Northern Sector is the Kazinga Channel. The 32 Km long Kazinga Channel is a dominant feature of the Queen Elizabeth National Park and links Lake George with Lake Edward. The channel attracts a varied range of animals and birds and one of the world’s
largest concentrations of hippos year round. 

At 14h30 you will enjoy a boat cruise on the Kazinga Channel. After the boat cruise you will enjoy another Game Drive before enroute back to Kyambura Gorge Lodge.

Included

Includes: Accommodation, meals, local beverages and laundry

Day 9: Southern Queen Elizabeth National Park

After breakfast you will depart the Northern Sector of the Queen Elizabeth National Park via an 80 Kms dirt road (1,5-2 hours – depending on road conditions) towards the Congolese border town of Ishasha.

Upon arrival in the Ishasha Sector of the Queen Elizabeth National Park - well known for its tree-climbing lion population – enjoy a game drive enroute to the Ishasha Wilderness Camp for lunch.

Later in the day you will head out on another Game Drive on the Ishasha Plains. Return to the Ishasha Wilderness Camp as the sun sets.

DISTANCE: 80 KMS – APPROXIMATE DRIVING TIME: 2 HOURS

Ishasha Wilderness Camp - Aerial View (1) Ishasha Wilderness Camp - Riverside View from Tent Ishasha Wilderness Camp - Bush Breakfast

Included

Accommodation is in Tented Rooms

Includes: Accommodation, meals, local drinks and laundry

 

Day 10: Entebbe

After breakfast, you will be transferred to the Kihihi Airstrip for your Scheduled Light Aircraft Flight departing at approximately 08h55 back to Entebbe International Airport.

Depending on your departure time, I can arrange for Amethyst, Corey and Wesley to enjoy some lunch in Entebbe before being transferred back to the airport for your international departures.

Bill and Barbara will be transferred to Hotel No 5 where you will overnight.

Included

Accommodation is in a Standard Room 

Includes: Dinner, bed and breakfast

Day 11: End of Itinerary

Bill and Barbara will be transferred to the Entebbe Airport to check in for your flight to Johannesburg. 

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