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13-Day Elusive Shoebill Search, Wildlife & Primate Safari

Uploaded By: ALBERTINE TREK SAFARIS
from/per person $3001
  • Bird Watching
  • Budget Holidays
  • Camping Safaris
  • Gorilla Tracking
  • Groups
  • Photography
  • Wildlife Safaris

Description

This 13 days Safari starts & ends in Entebbe International Airport. Meet eye to eye with the amazing gorillas & chimps of Uganda in their natural habitat, one of Africas major highlights. This close encounter is simply breathtaking. Also get a close encounter with other diverse African wildlife, beautiful landscapes, and amazing culture and if you are a keen Birder, this is the place to be. Experience the wonder of the WorldÂ’s reknown Murchison Falls as it squeezes through the narrow gorge.


  • Meet and Greet at the Airport - Transfer to Hotel with your Guide

    Meet and greet at Entebbe International Airport where your Uganda Adventure Safari starts by our representative who will warmly welcome you and facilitate seamless arrival formalities. Your will then be transferred to your hotel where you will be briefed about your adventure safari.

    Depending on the time of arrival you are advised to have money Changed on this day and time allowing you may go for city tour with the help of our driver/guide, visit the shopping Malls around town and craft villages to get items which you may need while in upcountry.

  • Mabamba Swamp Shoebill search - Transfer to Kitgum Town for an Overnight

    After morning Breakfast at your Guest House, drive west of Entebbe to Mabamba Swamp which is one of the best and most convenient places to see the elusive Shoebill. You will meet with the Local guides who will take you through the briefing and later you will enjoy a few minutes in a small canoe to the papyrus reeds that opens up into a flat grassy wetlands where a number of Shoebill can regularely be seen.

    This bird is easily spotted in the morning hence you may have a chance a make a great photo while it stalks its prey of mudfish or frogs, enjoy their hunting tricks as they stand absolutely still for long periods waiting the movements of their prey and then suddenly strike with a marvelous speed. Finally enjoy a boat tour across Lake Victoria which will give you more opportunities to view more birds.Immediately Transfer to Gulu/Kitgum with Lunch in a selected restaurant reaching late afternoon for Dinner at The Hotel.

  • Karanojong Cultural Experience - Transfer to Kidepo Valley National Park

    Breakfast and after enjoy the Karamojong Remote Culture and Later transfer to The Lodge For Lunch and afternoon Game Drive or you may decide to relax at The Lodge. Karamojongs still preserve their remote and Traditional Culture and are characterized with their fierce nature, cattle keeping as well as their Body Tattoos and comical hairstyles.

  • Encounter with Wildlife on Game Drives

    Have Breakfast and enjoy full Day Game Drives in The Park following the Kidepo palm Tree Kidepo River. You will come across several Mammals like The Zebras, Impalas chancefully a Leopard or Lions. You may later stretch your feet for a Nature walk on consultation with your Ranger and Guide.

  • Transfer to Murchison Falls National Park

    Have Breakfast and Transfer to Murchison Falls National Park. You will have lunch in a selected restaurant enroute and later proceed to Murchison Falls National Park reaching in the afternoon to relax as you wait for dinner and Overnight, However time allowing you may have a game drive in the Park.

  • Game Drive and afternoon boat Cruise - Optional Hike to the Top of the Falls at an extra Fee

    Arise very early in the morning for your game drive on the northern bank of the River Nile where youll have opportunity to view and photograph the diverse wildlife. Your guide will help you spot elephant, lion, Roth child’s giraffe, hartebeest, waterbuck, oribi, bushbuck, bohor reed buck, hyena and if you are lucky, the leopard.Afternoon boat cruise upstream the calm Victoria Nile to the base of the falls stopping just few of meters from the ‘Devil’s Cauldron’, marvel at the schools of hippos, crocodiles and over the 17km stretch you may see elephant, waterbuck 7Uganda Kob.

    This is also the zone of many birds, species like, pelican bee-eater, kingfisher, hornbill, cormorant and the rare shoebill stork. You may continue to the top of the falls at an extra fee of $15 per person where you will have the amazing view of the falls! See where the Nile -worlds longest river explodes violently through a narrow cleft in the Rift Valley escarpment to plunge into a frothing pool 43m below.

  • Morning Chimps Trekking In Budongo Eco Forest

    After breakfast, carry your packed lunch from the Lodge, lead to the starting point of Chimps Tracking in Budongo Eco Rain Forest – This exercise occurs at Kaniyo Pabidi in southern Murchison Falls National Park where the only habituated Chimp group in Budongo is available for the Chimp Trekking.We will set off from visitors information center, here the Chimps can be so near that they can be heard & the trek to find them will take a few minutes unlike in certain periods when food is no longer enough they travel away from this territory wondering deeper into the forest as they search for food, water and thus tracking them will be longer & finding them becomes less certain.

    We will spend 1hour on finding them on Photography. The Chimps trek in Budongo forest is a good idea because after the game safari in Murchison Falls National Park in the warm northern savanna plains, coming down to the cool jungles of Budongo forest is such a refreshing experience

  • Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park

    After your morning breakfast, Carry packed lunch from the Lodge and begin your journey to Queen Elizabeth National Park. Drive south via Hoima to following mystical Rwenzori back drops and through verdant countryside passing through traditional homesteads, farms and Tea Estates. You will arrive at your lodge in the late afternoon. Check in at your lodge for dinner and an overnight stay.

  • Full Day Relaxation at The Lodge

    Have Breakfast and spend the whole Day at The cottage reading a Book or spend the Day over looking the Savannah dotted Wilderness. you will later have Lunch and enjoy the whole afternoon at The Lodge or ask the lodge Manager about activities you may wish to do at an extra fee. You may decide to spend the whole Day at the Bar side.

  • Game Drive and Boat Cruise - You may also have the Bat and Hunters Cave Nature walk at an extra fee

    Queen Elizabeth National ParkÂ’s diverse eco-system of grassy plains, tropical forest, rivers, swamps, lakes and volcanic craters is home to an incredible abundance of wildlife. Have an early morning game drive where you have an opportunity to view the massive Rwenzori as backdrop, which provides excellent opportunities to spot lion, leopard, giant forest hog, Cape buffalo, elephant, defassa waterbuck, Uganda Kob, topi and bushbuck.

    The game drives and the boat trip (taken prior) are memorable methods of discovering a vast array of Ugandan wildlife. Be sure to have your camera ready for these amazing sightings Afternoon take a unique 2-hour boat cruise on the Kazinga Channel into Lake Edward. This trip passes through possibly the highest concentration of hippos and this launch/cruise offers an excellent platform for photography, bird watching and game viewing. The prolific bird life is colorful and stupendous, with well over 550 resident species.

  • Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

    After your early morning breakfast, pack-up your bags and drive through Ishasha plains for your final visit with the tree climbing lions and other wildlife before heading out of the Queen Elizabeth National Park and on to Bwindi. The drive takes you through the Switzerland of Africa area known as the Kigezi Highlands with its terraced hillside and winding roads to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, arriving in the evening. Check into the lodge for dinner and your overnight stay.

  • Ultimate Gorilla Tracking in Bwindi Forest

    After an early breakfast depart to the starting point for briefing about your gorilla trekking adventure after which you will be led by experienced gorilla trackers on the slopes of the volcanoes. You will start from the site where the gorillas were encountered the day before and from here, the gorilla tracking begins. Although the hike can be physically demanding, the anticipation of the exciting experience ahead is amazing, and the beauty of the gorilla forest and its inhabitants are fascinating. One of Africa’s major highlights is when you encounter these gentle apes.

    It is a humbling experience to stand just meters from man’s distant cousins as they eat rest, play and bond with their young ones.Do not forget to carry your rain gear, packed lunch, plenty of water, gloves, hat, and waterproof bag for protection of your camera in case of rain.

  • Transfer to The Airport

    After early morning breakfast drive back to Entebbe to catch your late night flight to your onward destination. You will have a lunch stop on the way at the Equator where you will have an opportunity to stand in 2 hemispheres at the same time. However, Time allowing, you may decide to enjoy a sunset cruise on waters of Lake Victoria an extra fee of $35 per person or double this amount per person to enjoy a wine and cheese cruise – this will perfectly sum up your Safari in Uganda.

SEASONAL RATE

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Max People for this package

Rate Per Adult

$3,001.00 

Rate Per Child

$3,001.00 

GROUP RATES
Group Size  1 # of Rooms  1 Group Rate  $ 4345
Group Size  2 # of Rooms  1 Group Rate  $ 3006
Group Size  3 # of Rooms  2 Group Rate  $ 2766
Group Size  4 # of Rooms  2 Group Rate  $ 2492
Group Size  5 # of Rooms  3 Group Rate  $ 2451

<p>Park fees (For non-residents) , Gorilla permits (One per person, non-resident), Chimp permits (One per person, non-resident), 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 day-by-day section), Drinking water (On all days).</p>
<p>International flights (From/to home), Roundtrip airport transfer ,Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour ,Tips (Tipping guideline US$10.00 pp per day), Personal items (Souvenirs, travel insurance, visa fees, etc.) ,Government imposed increase of taxes and/or park fees,Some meals (As specified in the day-by-day section).</p>

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