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4 Days bwindi gorillas and White water rafting
Itinerary highlights
Day 1: Pick up from hotel - Transfer to Bwindi forest N,park
Day 2: Gorilla Tracking experince & Evening community walk.
Day 3: Transfer to Kampala
Day4: Transfer to Jinja then back to kampala
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This safari offers a truly magical experience with endangered gorillas, which share over 98% of their DNA with humans. Imagine witnessing this up close! Afterward, enjoy an evening cultural tour before returning to Kampala. Next, transfer to Jinja for an exhilarating white water rafting adventure.
Day 1: Transfer to Bwindi Forest National Park
After morning breakfast, you will be picked up from your hotel by our guide and begin on the journey to Bwindi Impenetrable national park (a home of mountain gorillas) which is found in the south western part of Uganda. En-route stopover at the Equator for an informative talk with experiments and also have an opportunity to stand in 2 hemispheres(southern and northern) at the same time as well as take some photography,also buy some souvenirs from craft shops.Continue to Mbarara were you will stop for lunch and then proceed through rural countryside of Uganda. Keep an eye out on the rolling hills and the beautiful scenery where you can see the triangular peaks of the Virunga volcanoes of Rwanda and the Congo and terraced farming to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park home of the mountain gorilla..Dinner and overnight.
Accomodation(Options): Silver back lodge/Mahogany springs lodge/Gorilla forest camp/Buhoma community rest camp
Meal Plan: Lunch and Dinner
Day 2: Gorilla tracking and Batwa community walk
Have an early morning breakfast and head to the park headquarters for briefing by the ranger guides before embarking on your gorilla trek. The safari guides will then take you to track the endangered world giants’ mountain gorillas ,pushing your way through the undergrowth and parting thick creepers. Gorilla trekking can take 1 to 8 hours depending on the movement of the gorillas. After meeting the gorillas, you can sit around these great apes for 1 hour gazing into their big round eyes. On a gorilla safari, a reasonable degree of fitness is required as well as a sturdy pair of walking shoes. After tracking the gorillas, you will have your packed lunch, Later return back to the lodge and in the evening you may choose to relax at the lodge or visit the Batwa (pygmies)community which will expose you to their culture basing on how they live, dance, and also hearing stories concerning their culture which will leave you amazed. Have dinner and overnight.
Accomodation(Options): Silver back lodge/Mahogany springs lodge/Gorilla forest camp/Buhoma community rest camp
Meal Plan: Breakfast,Lunch and DInner
Day 3: Return to Kampala
In the morning after your breakfast transfer back to Kampala with stopovers for photography and lunch ,reaching kampala late in the evening. Dinner and Over night
Accomodation(Options): Serena Hotel/Sheraton Hotel/Cassia Lodge/le petit village boutique hotel
Day 4: Tranfer to Jinja
Early morning drive to Jinja for the Magnificent Uganda adventure experience. The journey will take you through tea ,sugarcane plantations and Mabira forest the tropical rain forest in central Uganda famously known for zip-lining, birding, nature walks among others. Proceed to Jinja town famously known as an adventurous town with lots of activities and White water rafting as the main highlight of this day.After transfer back to kampala or airport for your flight back home.
Meal Plan: Breakfast and Lunch
End of safari
- Park fees
- Gorilla permits (One per person)
- All activities (Unless labeled as optional)
- All accommodation (Unless listed as upgrade)
- A professional driver/guide
- All transportation (Unless labeled as optional)
- All Taxes/VAT
- Roundtrip airport transfer
- Meals(As specified in the itinerary)
- Drinks (As specified in the itinerary)
- International flights (From/to home)
- Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour
- Tips and gratitude
- Personal items (Souvenirs, travel insurance, visa fees, etc.)
- Government imposed increase of taxes and/or park fees
- Some meals(As specified in the itinerary)