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UGANDA GORILLA SAFARIS - GORILLA TRACKING
UGANDA
MKCSU
701: 07 DAYS SAFARI WITH GORILLA
TRACKING
Day 1:
Arrive at Entebbe Airport where your
guide will warmly greet you and transfer you to either Speke
Resort Munyonyo or Hotel International Muyenga for the night.
Day 2:
After breakfast and a briefing from the
General Manager, your guide will collect you from the hotel and set off on
the southbound road, have a stop over to look at the Royal Drum makers,
stand on the Equator and be in both hemispheres at once and there after
proceed to Kabale the Switzerland of Uganda with beautiful scenery and
terraced farming arriving in the afternoon. You will have lunch at Bunyonyi
Overland Camp and later go for an afternoon boat trip to Bushara Island
arriving at the White Horse Inn in the evening for the dinner and the over
night. B,L,D
Day 3:
After breakfast, you will then proceed
to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest arriving in the afternoon. Best known for its
Mountain Gorillas, the Montane Forest also attracts spectacular birds. There
are 23 of the 24 Albertine Rift endemics including the African Green
Broadbill, Bar Tailed Trogon and other beautiful forest species. You may
decide to relax in the afternoon or take a nature walk which will lead you
to the Munyaga Waterfall and a chance to see Primates such as the Grey
Cheeked Mangabey Blue monkeys and others species. Spend the night at either
the Luxurious Gorilla Forest Camp or the Uganda Wildlife Authority Park
Bandas. You will need to have a good night’s rest to get ready for the
following day’s gorilla tracking. B,L,D
Day 4:
This morning you will have to wake up
very early to get ready for Gorilla tracking. Do not forget to take your
lunch boxes and all the necessary gear to track the rare Mountain Gorilla,
perhaps one of the most exciting wildlife experiences on earth. There are
now only 650 left in the world! The tracking may take between 2 and 6 hours
but its well worth the effort. There are always Park Guides with you who
interpret the flora and fauna and the lifestyle of the Gorillas. In the
afternoon relax at the camp or take a forest walk. Overnight at Gorilla
Forest Camp or the Uganda Wildlife Authority Park Bandas. B,L,D
Day 5:
After breakfast, you will depart the
Impenetrable Forest for Queen Elizabeth National Park arriving in the
afternoon. Relax around the pool after lunch and later go for an early
evening game drive. Its little wonder that Queen Elizabeth boasts one of the
highest bio diversity ratings of any game park or reserve in the world, -
from the open Savannah to Rain Forest, dense Papyrus Swamps and brooding
Crater lakes to the vastness of Lake Edward.
Almost 100 mammal species that include
Lions, Hippos, Buffaloes, Leopard, Spotted Hyena, Elephants and the elusive
Giant Forest Hog plus remarkable 606 bird species that include the Black
Chested Eagle, the Swallow Tailed Bee Eaters, to mention but a few.
The Primates include Chimps, Black and
White Colobus Monkeys, Blue, Black Faced Red Colobus, and Red Tailed monkeys
and Olive Baboons. Reptiles include the amazing huge Rock-Python, Puff Udders,
Spitting Cobras, Gabon Rippers, Green Mambas, Turtles etc. All these are
regularly sighted around the tourist village on the Mweya Peninsula and all
this makes a superb safari territory.
Birding is also wonderful. Queen
Elizabeth Park has the highest recorded number of over 600 species of birds
including the Shoebill Stork, Black Bee-Eater, Chappirs Fly Catcher,
Bustards, and craters full of Lesser Flamingos etc. Over night at Mweya
Safari Lodge or the Institute of Ecology. B,L,D
Day 6:
Early morning drive to the crater lakes
in Kyambura Game Reserve to see thousands of colorful Lesser Flamingoes, as
they feed in these soda lakes. Then go for the afternoon boat trip along the
Kazinga Channel. Hippos huff and spray mere feet away from the boat, Buffalo
linger in the shallows, a tremendous variety of birds grace the grasses on
the shores. Great White and Pink-Backed Pelicans, Great and Long-tailed
Cormorants, Open-billed Stork, African Jacana, Malachite and Pied
Kingfishers are commonly seen. February and March offer spectacular
sightings of some of the bird migrants. Spend the night at Mweya Lodge or
the Institute of Ecology. B,L,D
Day 7:
This morning, we will have a game drive
to the Kisenyi area to look for Lion prides and other wildlife like the
Uganda Kob that mate around this area before you head back to Kampala
arriving at Entebbe in the afternoon to catch your flight back depending on
the International departure times. B,L
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