Uganda Safari Packages
UGANDA
TOURS AND SAFARIS
Gorilla Safari
Day One: Arrive at Entebbe
Airport where your guide from Sun and Sandals will warmly greet you and transfer
you to either Speke Resort Munyonyo or Hotel International Muyenga for the night.
B/B.
Day Two: 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.
Day Three: 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 will need to have a good
night’s rest to get ready for the following day’s gorilla tracking. (F/B).
Day
Four: 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. Full Board.
Day Five:
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. Over night at Mweya Safari Lodge or the Institute of
Ecology.
Day Six: 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. Spend the night at
Mweya Lodge or the Institute of Ecology. (F/B).
Day Seven: 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
The Birds of Uganda. (15 days).
Day One: On arrival at Entebbe airport, your guide from Sun and Sandals Safaris
will warmly welcome you and later transfer you to Speke Resort Munyonyo (B/B)
or Hotel International Muyenga for the over night. B/B.
Day Two: After
breakfast and a briefing from the General Manager, you will set off on the southbound
road to Mabamba Wetland. This is the nearest site for the Shoebill, Lesser Jacana,
Blue Swallow, Black-Shouldered Nightjar, Afep Pigeon, Blue Breasted Bee-Eater,
Papyrus Gonolek, White Winged Warbler. Spend the whole day birding in this wetland
and the surrounding areas, have a picnic lunch there returning to Kampala in the
evening and over night at Speke Resort Munyonyo or Hotel International in Muyenga.
B/B.
Day Three: This morning you will depart Kampala for Lake Mburo National
Park, having a stop- over to look at the Royal Drum makers, stand on the Equator
and be in both hemispheres at once arriving in the Park in the afternoon. Lake
Mburo National Park has markedly different fauna to other Parks and reserves,
and its the best place in the country to see the gigantic Eland Antelope, as well
as Zebra, Topi, Impala, and several Acacia –associated birds. The five lakes within
the park attract Hippos, Crocodiles and a variety of water birds, while fringing
swamps hide secretive papyrus specialists such as the Sitatunga Antelope and Red,
Black and Yellow Papyrus Gonalek. Have an evening game drive and over night at
either Mantana Luxurious Tented Camp or Agip Motel.
Day Four: Early morning
wake up for bird watching while on a game drive & get a chance to see species
like the Brown Chested Plover & other species. Have an afternoon boat trip and
later another evening game drive and overnight at either our camp in Lake Mburo
or Mantana Luxurious Tented Camp or Agip Motel.
Day Five: After breakfast,
have a game drive while leaving the park and continue through the lush hills birding
enroute to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Ruhiija sector) best known for Gorillas,
arriving in the evening. This is a Montane Forest with patches of bamboo, Montane
Marshes and Medium altitude forests. There are about 23 Albertine Rift Endemics
that can be seen here with the most exciting being the African Green Broadbill,
Grauer's Rush Warbler, Short Tailed Warbler, Rwenzori Turacco, Purple Breasted
Sunbird, Regal Sunbird.
Day Six: Whole day bird watching in Bwindi Forest,
go to Mubwindi Swamp and later transfer to Buhoma birding enroute, then overnight
at Gorilla Forest Camp or Uganda Wildlife Authority Community Bandas.
Day
Seven: Mix your love of birds with gorilla tracking on this day! This morning
you will report at the Park Office at 7:30 am to get ready for the Gorilla tracking.
Take with you lunch boxes and all the necessary gear to track the rare Mountain
Gorilla. The tracking may take between 2 and 6 hours with a Park Guide interpreting
the flora and fauna and the lifestyle of the Gorillas. In the afternoon relax
at the Camp or take a forest nature walk that 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 Gorilla Forest Camp or Uganda Wildlife Authority
Community Bandas.
Day Eight: This morning you will go for birding as you
transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park home of a total of 604 different bird
species. There are also good chances of seeing Elephants and Hippos here. Habitat:
Lowland Forest, moist thickets open woodland and grassland Savannah, permanent
and seasonal swamps, lakes and rivers. Key species: African Skimmer, Black Rumped
Button Quail, Verreaux's Eagle Owl, Red Footed Falcon, Lesser Flamingoes, Grey
Capped Warbler, White's and Abdim's Storks (in season), Amur Falcon, Ovampo Sparrowhawk,
Wooly-necked and Saddle-billed Storks, and numerous classes of Raptors, Vultures
and Plovers etc Birding in the evening and over night at Mweya Safari Lodge or
the Institute of Ecology.
Day Nine: Whole day in Queen Elizabeth National
Park bird watching while on a game drive both in the morning and in the afternoon
returning to the lodge for lunch and overnight at Mweya Safari Lodge. 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.
There are almost 100 mammal species that include Lions, Hippos, Buffaloes, Leopard,
Spotted Hyena, Elephants and the elusive Giant Forest Hog in this park. The Primates
include Chimps, Black and White Colobus Monkeys, Blue, Black faced Red Colobus,
and Red tailed monkeys and Olive Baboons.
Day Ten: A boat trip along the
channel on this day will give you wildlife up close:Hippos huff and spray mere
feet away from the boat, Buffalo linger in the shallows, and a tremendous variety
of birds grace the grasses on the river's edge.
Day Eleven: After breakfast,
you will transfer to Kibale Forest National Park bird watching enroute arriving
in the evening and over night at Rwenzori View Guesthouse or Ndali Lodge. Kibale
Forest has a total of 335 bird species and it's a tall evergreen forest with grassland,
swamps and exotic conifers.
Day Twelve: Early morning wake up and get a
chance to see other species like the Grey-Throated Flycatcher, Masked & Black-Capped
Apalis', Chestnut-Winged Starling. You will visit Bigodi Wetland Sanctuary, a
superb community development fringing the Park. We will be able to see the fruiting
trees, which attract Narina Trogon, Pied Hornbill, Yellow Spotted, Hairy Breasted
and Yellow-billed Barbets, back to the Guesthouse or Ndali Lodge in the evening
for the overnight stay.
Day Thirteen: Leave the hotel early heading North
to Semliki Valley Wildlife Reserve arriving at the lodge at teatime. Over 350
species have been recorded at Semliki and this is also a good area to see the
extraordinary Shoebill and other Wetland varieties. The key species here include
the African Pygmy Goose, Red-necked Falcon, Abyssinian Ground Hornbill, Blue-Breasted
Bee-Eater, Black-billed Barbet, Piapiac, Leaflove and Black-chinned Quail-Finch.
Take tea by the pool and watch as the Hamerkop dips into the water and the Weaver
birds flock nearby. The most exciting aspect is that new species are still being
discovered in the reserve. You might be lucky enough to discover one. Have an
afternoon boat trip on Lake Albert in search for the Shoebill and over night at
Semliki Safari Lodge.
Day Fourteen: Early morning Chimp tracking in the
Gallery Forest of the Mugiri River. Leaflove are in proliferation here, despite
being scarce in the rest of Uganda. In the forest you may see: White-spotted Flufftail,
Red-tailed Bristlebill, Red-tailed Ant-Thrush and Blue-breasted Kingfisher. In
the late afternoon, a game drive will reveal herds of Uganda Kob, Waterbuck, Reed
Buck, several monkey species as well as lots of bird opportunities: White-crested
Turaco, Eastern Grey Plantain Eater, Mouse birds, Kingfishers and Bee-Eaters,
to name a few. Or take a night drive if possible to see Pennant and Standard Wing
Nightjars within 2 metres. Overnight at Semliki Safari Lodge. Day Fifteen: Early
morning game drive and if desired your coffee will be brought to your tent then
leave for Kampala arriving in the evening to later catch your flight back home.
Key species and sites: Elephant, Hippo, Gorilla, Chimps, Primates Monkeys.
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