9 Days UGANDA SAFARI QUEEN ELIZABETH
1. High light: Queen Elizabeth National Park, The boat cruise on Kazinga
Channel Chimpanzee trekking Kyambura gorge, tree climbing lions in
Ishasha, Hot springs, pygmies, and Cultural dance Concert
2. Activity: All game drive and Wild life viewing in the National Park, .
3. Duration: 9 days
4. Season: January to December
5. Date of Start Every; first, second, and third Sunday of the month
6. Destinations: Africa- Uganda
Price budget
Number of Clients
One Client US$ 1950 for one person
Two Clients and above US$ 730 per person
Itineraries .Are just examples and are subjected to change to meet the needs of our clients and 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 programming Uganda to guarantee a better road conditions in the parks.
The program fee covers (full board)
1. Airport reception/pick-up and drop-off
2. Full board accommodation at preferred hotel
3. Food (3 meals a day)
4. Ground transportation by a 4x4 Land Cruiser or minibus
5. Full time English Speaking Driver/Guide
6. Park entrance permit fees and tour guide fees and Relevant government taxes
7. Boat cruise along Kazinga channel
8. City tour, visit to the royal tombs and cultural dance concert
9. 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 $ 30 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.
Day 1: Start point: Entebbe International Airport - Entebbe Uganda
On your arrival at Entebbe International Airport, you will be welcomed/pick-up by our agents/personnel’s who will transport you to Kampala for your dinner and overnight at Ivory Hotel (B) or similar
All our programs start at the Hotel where you get repose and meet with our personnel team that will take you through orientation program and itinerary, play a part in a broad Question and Answers (Q&A) sessions, and discuss the program itinerary and general orientation on the entire program
Gap-adventure travel and expeditions/volunteering offers you the best wildlife experiences. Among the significant attractions are: the 10 well know national parks and game reserve, the boat – cruise on Kazinga Channel is in Queen Elizabeth, Very different from other African countries, "safari" in Uganda means a real closeness to the nature, animals, the people, and the ambience. Expedition’s in Uganda is a unique opportunity of true, direct and uncontaminated wildlife.
Day 2 After early breakfast, you drive to Queen Elizabeth National Park, following the mystical Rwenzori Mountain Range most of the journey, which dominates all the surrounding areas with incredible panoramic views, arriving in the afternoon for lunch at fort portal town. After lunch you proceed to Bundibujo to see the Batwa (Pygmies) are the most ancient inhabitants of interlacustrine in 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. After visiting the pygmies you go to Semiliki National Park see the hot springs “Ranges of Mountains of the Moon” 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, It has not a volcanic origin unlike many other African mountains; in the evening you drive to white house hotel Kasese for dinner and over night.
Day 3 Early morning after break fast, catch an early game drive (start at 6:30), 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. Afterwards; have lunch at Mweya safari lodge, after lunch; enjoy the unique 2hour boat cruise on the Kazinga Channel and into Lake Edward to see the hippos. This trip goes with well over 550 resident species after we get back to white house hotel; have dinner and over night.
The Tree climbing lions of Ishasha Division
Day 4 At sunrise after breakfast 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 we get back to King fisher and have lunch
Chimpanzee trekking in Kyambura Gorge
After lunch you embark on to Kyambura for afternoon 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, Uganda Kob and, if lucky the leopard, plus a lot of small animals and birds. Drive back to white house hotel Kasese for dinner and overnight.
Day 5 after breakfast in the morning you drive back to Kampala via Mbarara, Masaka. Have lunch in Lyantonde town, and continue on to Kampala break in your journey across the second equator line, take snap-shots and Mpabirwe drum makers for some shopping.
Day 6: After breakfast in the morning you pay a visit to our orphanage school projects and spend your day with the orphans and vulnerable children who benefits from the reserved 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.
Day 7 Reserved
This day is resaved for you to relax and relieve the tense of journey Take a breakfast in the morning, after lunch you go for a city tour, after you get back at the hotel for diner and overnight.
Day 8: Cultural dances.
After breakfast in the morning, you spend few hours with the children, later in the afternoon tour around the main city see multiplicity of stores and the crafts village, you will also visit the remains of Kasubi royal tombs and Ndere trope for dance festival; 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. Have lunch in town and go to Ndere Troupe for cultural dance concert.
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.
Day 9: Reserve dayThis day is resaved for you to relax. Take a breakfast do your last shopping after you will be transferred to Entebbe International Airport for your outbound flight.
Good luck
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