Name: A 15 DAY GRAND SAFARI
1. High light: Rafting and bungee jumping on the Nile, source of the Nile, Murchison
Falls, national park, a boat cruise on the Nile, Ziwa rhino sanctuary,
Kyambula gorge chimp trek,Queen Elizabeth National park,
a Boat cruise on Kazinga channel, mountains Gorilla Trek in Bwindi
and the Pygmies, hot springs, Lake Mburo national park and cultural
dance concert
The program fee covers (full board)
2. Activities: All game drive and Wild life viewing, and cultural tour
3. Duration: 15days
4. Price: US Dollar 4700 for one person
5. Season: January to December
6. Date of start: Every first, second, and third Sunday of the
month
7. Destination: Africa – Uganda
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NOTE: A PRICE CUT IS ALSO GIVEN TO CLIENTS/VOLUNTEERS TRAVELING IN A GROUP. PERSONS MAKING A SECOND TRIP WITH US, OR HAS REFFERED A CLIENT TO US
NUMBER OF CLIENTS
One; Client US$.4,700
Two: Clients US$.3,550 per person
Three: Clients US$.3166 per person
Four: Clients US$.2975 per person
Five : Clients and above US$ 2860 per person
Your program fee covers the following
- Airport reception/pick-up and drop-off
- Full board accommodation at preferred hotel
- Food (3 meals a day)
- Ground transportation by a 4x4 Land Cruiser or minibus
- Full time English Speaking Driver/Guide
- Park entrance permit fees and tour guide fees and Relevant government taxes
- Gorilla trekking permit @US$ 500
- Boat cruise along Kazinga channel
- City tour, visit to the royal tombs and cultural dance concert
- Donation/support to the orphanage school centers,
All your program fee covers the above mentioned from the first day of arrival to the last day of the trip program, first and last day of tours and safaris, after the completion of your trip, if you choose to use our hostel afterwards you will only be required to pay US $25 for food and accommodations, and US $100 for airport drop-off.
But it excludes International flight to and from Uganda, visas if required, personal travel and Health insurance, Items of personal nature like Laundry, Beers, tipping of staffs at the lodges, extra optional activities, and everything not stated in day by day
RESERVATIONS
We require a 50% deposit of the entire tour cost upon confirmation of your safari to secure and safeguard your reservations. The balance should be paid 2weeks prior to your arrival.
For bookings coming 2 weeks prior to departure, we shall require the full payment of the entire tour costs and all payment transactions are made by international money transfer to our Barclays bank account in Uganda.
CANCELLATIONS
All cancellations depend on the number of days before tour departure:
Refund 60% of the total deposit between 30 days and 15 days
Refund of 30% of the total deposit less than 15 days
No refund:There is no refund of any unused portion of your safari once commenced
Itineraries .Are just examples and are subjected to change to meet the needs of the clients/volunteers and as well as field conditions. This itinerary will be decided on the start day of this program during orientation.
Anytime all the year long is possible to undertake wild life, gorilla tracking and game drives in Uganda. The dry seasons are most likely to guarantee a better road conditions in the parks.
Start point and End Point:
Day 1: Entebbe International Airport - Entebbe Uganda
On your arrival at Entebbe International Airport, you will be received by our agents/personnel’s who will transport you to Kampala for your dinner and overnight at Ivory Hotel (B) or similar.
Check out our adventure sports programs and become an adventurer exploring the unexplored sports of foreign lands! Such as Quad-bike, white water rafting on the Nile, bungee jumping, kayak school, etc. play with school and community clubs
If you like your sports adventurous, like a challenge and want to see a bit of the world then an adventure sports program is exactly what you need to push you to the limit and get that adrenalin pumping...
Day 2 to 3 You embark on for a two hours journey to Jinja it’s about 76km, in Jinja; you find the no more than white water rafting, bungee jumping, quad bike, with a drop touching the zero mile of Source of the River Nile and Mabira rain forest walk.
One day rafting: you engage in all the big grade 5 rapids of the Nile for over 18km rafting is thought to be the very best and most exciting rafting trip available in the world.
Other activities:
Attempt out the Bungee Jumping on the Nile! and source of the Nile, Mabira forest walks along Jinja road and in the evening you get back to Kampala, Tour around the main city and spot on the multiplicity of stores and more of the tradition market and crafts village, you get back to ivory Hotel for dinner and relax
What to carry with you:
Shorts, light T-shirt, sandals, change of clothes, towel, and sunscreen.
Bujjagal falls
The legendary Source of the river Nile is located on Lake Victoria in Uganda in Jinja. This is the opening spot for the white water rafting route. About 9kms downriver of the source of the Nile is the Bujagali Falls, a series of exciting and remarkable rapids, unbelievable scenery even for spending a relaxing day. The raft explodes through huge walls of white water and drifts through warm pools in the equatorial sunshine and extensively considered to be up to seven times the volume of the famous Zambezi Gorge. This rafting activity has two alternatives: full day and two days, from a minimum of 18 kilometers to 30 kilometers. All levels and ages are considered; safety is certainty by team of expert personnel’s and gears
Do you need experience?
You do not need any previous rafting experience. The guide instructs you on all aspects of safety and prepare you for an unforgettable experience There you receive a comprehensive safety briefing, answers all questions and assists clients in the fitting of lifejackets and helmets. The adventure begins with a detailed river skills course which gives you a taste of Rapids, today you raft total 18 kilometer stretch of the Nile River. The first few rapids are low grade (1, 2) and give you a growing sense of confidence. As the river meanders through beautiful scenery, the guide guides the rafts into the mighty challenges of the best “grade 5″ rapids on the Nile. You will pass eight major rapids, plus lots of lower graded runs to maximize the fun! After completion of white water rafting you get back to Kampala through Mabira forest walk.
White water rafting on the Nile has 100% safety records. Clients can have the benefit of the rafting knowing that they are in the secure hands.
Day 4: Ziwa Rhino sanctuary and top of Murchison falls Leave Kampala at 06:00am. You drive through the famed Luwero triangle, a 6hours drive from Kampala to Murchison falls national park. 11:00am we get to Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary, it takes 1½ hours and after we proceed to the park and get lunch in time in Masindi time, after lunch you drive to the top of Murchison falls, it a two hours hike and there you enjoy the spectacular falls where the Nile perfects its beautiful falls creating a thunderous roar and rainbow in a plume of the spray, after we continue to red Chili check into for accommodation of our choice or campsite for dinner at red Chili and relax
Day 5: Murchison Falls game drive and boat cruise on the Nile. After break fast in the morning we go to Paraa, for ferry cross to the morning game drive where we gaze at Elephants, Giraffes, Buffaloes, Bushbucks, Lions and a variety of bird species, hippos, crocodiles, along the river Nile banks. We get back for lunch. At 2:00pm you go for a boat ride on the mighty River Nile to see the mighty falls at the bottom forming splendid roars as the waters gasps through the narrow gorge. Surrounded by the mammals you will find Elephants, Giraffes, Buffaloes, Bushbucks, variety of bird species, hippos, crocodiles, along the river Nile banks. In the late evening you drive from Murchison falls to Masindi town for dinner and overnight. (FB)
Day 6 After break fast, drive from Masindi town heading Southwest via the Albertine Escarpment of the great Western Rift Valley. Drive through Hoima and reach the colorful and beautiful town of Fort Portal, the capital of the Tooro kingdom, situated in the shadow of the fabled "Mountains of the Moon," the Rwenzori. Have lunch at Mountains of the Moon Hotel in Fort Portal or similar. And then continue to Kasese town following the mystical Rwenzori Mountain Range which dominates all the surrounding areas with incredible panoramic views, ” You take a look in a distance to mountain Rwenzori; this is the biggest mountain range in Africa, running for over 120 kms along the border with Congo. Originated from the geological phenomena along the Albertine Rift Valley, have dinner and relax at white house hotel FB
Day 7: Queen Elizabeth N.P and a boat cruise on Kazinga channel. After early breakfast, drive to Queen Elizabeth National Park to catch an early game drive (start at 5:30am), observe rich wildlife such as lions, elephants, buffaloes, Uganda Kob, bushbucks, waterbucks, warthogs, lions and leopards but it may not be easy to the cat family. Afterward, have lunch at Mweya safari lodge, after lunch; enjoy the unique two hour boat cruise on the Kazinga Channel and into Lake Edward. This trip goes through possibly the highest concentration of hippos and many other animals may be seen drinking at the water's edge. This launch hour boat cruise offers an excellent platform for photography, bird watching and game viewing. The prolific bird life is colorful and amazing with well over 550 resident species after we get back to white house hotel for dinner and overnight.
Day 8 Chimpanzee trekking in Kyambura Gorge and Tree climbing lions of Ishasha Division
After breakfast in the morning you embark on to Kyambura for game drive along Kasenyi tracks and Queens mile in the park and expect to see Chimpanzees, lions, elephants, cape buffalos, warthogs, spotted hyenas, mongoose, waterbucks, kobs and, if lucky, the leopard, plus a lot of small animals and birds. Drive king fisher and have lunch.
At lunch hours you drive far-west and have a game drive on a search for the rare tree climbing lions which you can see only in this area of Uganda. Here lives a population of lions who enjoy resting on the fig trees when the day is warm. The countryside is open savannah with a variety of trees in the evening you drive through Kihihi to Buhoma have dinner and over night
Day 9 Mountain Gorilla Tracking
A Gorilla visit is the largest expenditure in the region; it is worthy putting some thought into where to visit these incredible creatures.
Uganda is well known worldwide as home to over half of worlds mountain gorillas. These primates have their own natural habitat in the tropical rain forests located in the far South West of the country. 360 gorillas are living in where six families are habituated for the tourist visits. Gorilla tracking is the first choice for any visitor traveling to Uganda, as this is an unforgettable unique and Remarkable experience
The run into with mountains gorillas
after breakfast in the morning drive to the location for briefing before the start of the trekking at 8:00am. The forest is impressive as it offers dramatic, heavily impenetrable scenery crisscrossed by numerous animal trails, allowing access for tourists. This park is best known for the charming mountains gorillas. The time taken to reach them and the terrain varies according to the movements of these marvelous primates. The thrill of spending time with and observing the gorillas is a rare, moving, awesome and exciting adventure.
The gorillas are shy and peaceful animals and it is a remarkable and treasured experience to watch and take snapshots of them as they interact with each other. Have Dinner and overnight at in Kabale
Everyone is invited to partake in this amazing expedition though the gorilla tracking can be generally the most demanding activity in terms of readiness to walk many hours in the rain tropical forest. You are expected to enjoy nature walk in original forests and trials if you are an adventure.
Anytime all the year long is possible to undertake gorilla tracking and game drives in Uganda. The dry seasons are most likely to guarantee a better road conditions in the parks. Have lunch at Buhoma, in the evening you go to see the Batwa m(Pygmies) are the most ancient inhabitants of interlacustrine Africa and easy distinguished from other Ugandans by their unusually short stature, an adult male seldom exceed 1.5m in height. Their life style is based on hunting, under taken as a team effort by a male member of a community.
Day 10 In the morning after breakfast.
Drive to Lake Mburo via Mbarara have lunch at hotel regency and proceed to Lake Mburo you get their in the evening for a Boat cruise and Guided Walk
In addition take a boat trip to the interactive scenery and a simple pleasure attached to being out on the water that produces good sight seeing of hippos, crocodile and many more also water birds watching is done on this trip among these includes African fish eagle, marabou stork, pied king fisher, and various egrets, and heroin, Ross turaco and Narina trogon are frequently seen on the lakeside,
A guided walk is one of the major attractions of Lake Mburo, you are permitted to hike for a game viewing any where in the park in the company of an armed range to avoid mauled by animals. This is the excellent practice to see a variety of animal and birds. After this remarkable game viewing you drive back to Kampala via Masaka have dinner and relax.
Day 11 Game drive Lake Mburo National Park
After break fast; catch the morning game drive, Lake Mburo is the Uganda’s smaller Nation anal Park it extends over 260km² of undulating territory. This park mainly consists of savanna and acacia woodland. There you will see animals like handsome Antelopes Burch ell’s Zebra, Pian-Upe, topi, bushbuck, duiker, oribi, Deffasa water bucker, Bohor reedbuck, buffalo, warthog, bush pig hippos, majestic eland, spotted hyena, baboon, leopard and various small predators a l so 315 bird spices , after lunch you drive back to Kampala via Masaka.
Day 12 Tour around Kampala city, visits the Kasubi royal tombs, and crafts village
Tour around the main city and spot on the multiplicity of stores and more of the tradition market and crafts village, you will also visit the Kasubi royal tombs, Uganda has a multicultural and multi tribal ethnicity with over 30 groups and languages. Many provinces in Uganda have kingdoms including the Buganda, Busoga, Bunyoro-Kitara and Toro. Kingdoms, tribes are still very significant for people's life, beliefs, values and exercises. The main Ugandan tribe is the Baganda, corresponding to the central province and some southern part of the country. Baganda natives are represented by the Buganda king and Buganda Parliament (the Lukiiko) at Bulanghe Mengo in Kampala, where the chiefs (head of clans) seats to discuss the problems and life of their natives.
Day 13 Cultural dance concert;
After breakfast in the morning you pay a visit to our orphanage school projects and spend some few hours with the children who benefits from the little profits made from this tour and safari program where we aspire to extend our hands and compassion of love to help the orphans and vulnerable children in Uganda. (Donation/support fundraising idea) After lunch you go to Ndere Troupe for cultural dance performance. This is where you can get the best bridge between your home and Africa. Enjoy life and make memories as you experience Ugandan culture and dance. This is the best way to understand, appreciate and enjoy nature through interacting with people in the communities that always co-excited with customs and general life style that reflects the symbiotic relationship with nature of Uganda.
Days 14-15 Reserved for you to relax. Take a breakfast then go for a city tour and later shopping in the city craft shops. After lunch, you will be transferred to Entebbe International Airport for your outbound flight.
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