On arrival at Entebbe International Airport, you will be met by our representative with a sign with your name on it, before being transferred to your hotel for the night.
A very early wake up breakfast and transfer to the airport for your flight to Kisoro.
Your flight will take you along the shores of Lake Victoria, through Lake Mburo National Park and the mountainous south west landing in Kisoro.
The lodge will be waiting to transfer you up to Nkuringo, close to the start of trekking tomorrow.
The afternoon is at your leisure but there is a good opportunity to stretch those legs around the lodge or on a community walk.
Dinner by a roaring fire and your cottage will also be lovely and cosy to relax and have a great nights sleep.
This morning you will wake up early and after a big breakfast set off to the starting point of your gorilla safari. You will meet up with your trekking guides and porters and receive a detailed briefing on your days trek by your head guide.
Setting off with your group, guides, porter’s and packed lunch with lots of water.
Today’s activities may be amongst the most exciting and challenging you have ever undertaken. The Mountain Gorillas in Uganda are part of a worldwide population of just 720 individuals. The gorillas we are allowed to track belong to one of eight habituated family groups. For up to five years each, these groups have undergone an extremely delicate process that has gradually brought them to tolerate the presence of humans for a brief period every day.
The gorillas are by no means tame, and are completely wild animals. However, the experienced guides accompanying you have been involved in the habituation development. The guides will use their knowledge of the gorillas’ habits and information from the previous day to locate the group’s whereabouts. Because of this, the time taken to track the gorillas varies enormously, from as little as half an hour to as much as the whole day before one returns to camp. Once the gorillas are located, your group will be allowed a maximum of one hour with them, often over all too quickly. A very memorable experience – and good to know that our presence here contributes to ensuring their continued survival.
When your precious hour is up, your guide will lead you away from the gorilla family and back to the safari starting point. and back to the lodge for the night.
After an early Breakfast depart back to Kisoro for your flight to Kasese.
Traverse the complete length of Queen Elizabeth National Park, along the Kazinga Channel and over the volcanic craters with fingers crossed for views of the Rwenzori Mountains. Landing in Kasese for the short road transfer to Ndali Lodge.
After lunch relax and in the afternoon we can arrange a local guide to take you on a bird-walk around the estate or to the farm where coffee, vanilla and waragi (local Ugandan brew) are produced. The highlight is the entrance into the Vanilla processing house where guests learn all about the process of getting vanilla from vine to supermarket.
There is also a walk of about an hour and a half around the lake above which Ndali is built, This can be done without a guide.
Back to the lodge for dinner.
An early start, after breakfast depart by road to Kibale Forest for your Chimpanzee trekking at 0800.
After your wake up call, depart for a walking safari around the vanilla farm and crater lakes, back to the lodge for breakfast.
a lazy rest of the morning, early lunch a dip in the pool and Pack your bags to depart back to Entebbe.
