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30-Day off the Beaten Track Tour & Nyirangongo Lava Hike

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This 30 Days Uganda & Congo Safari starts & ends in Entebbe International Airport. Meet gorillas & chimps of Uganda in their natural habitat, Africas major highlights. This encounter with apes is simply breathtaking. Also encounter with diverse wildlife, landscapes & amazing culture, if you are a keen Birder, this is the place to be. Experience the wonder of the World’s renown Murchison Falls as it squeezes through the narrow gorge & Hike to the sparkling Nyirangongo Lava.


  • Arrive, Meet and Greet with the Company Representative and transfer to the Hotel

    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.

  • Enjoy a Boda Boda City Safari – Visit BugandaÂ’s Cultural Sites

    Drive to Kampala where you will meet the Explorers team of Kampala City – You will join the Boda boda Team who will take you through the Cultural Trail. visit The Kasubi Royal Tombs & learn about deceased Kings & Royals of Buganda kingdom. Ride to Bulange Mengo, Buganda’s Parliament which is dominated by a Representation of the Colonial Era history & over 50 Clans which are represented by their Totems.

    Proceed through a 1 Km stretch Milo Land that leads to the Mengo Old Lubiri Palace; here you will enjoy a View of over 50 tree species each representing a Clan in Buganda, hear the political History that led to the abandonment of the Palace by the Royals & later visit President Amini Dadas Torture Chambers that are enveloped within the Palace Premises.Crown your day with a Visit to Nakasero and Nakawa Market, enjoy fresh fruits & get experience on our local Marketing skills as you mix with the natives.

  • Enjoy the Religious Trail Visit on a drive with your Guide

    Transfer to Namugongo Martyrs shrine, Visit the Catholic & Anglican shrine, you will meet the local guide who will take you around & share with you the delicate past that led to the killing by King Mwanga who never liked Christianity to prevail. Proceed to Baha’i Temple which is the biggest & the headquarters of Bahai faith in Africa. It seats on one of the spectacular hills overlooking Kampala City with the beautiful terraces that are home to forests, orchards that attract so many species of butterflies & birds including the spectacular Great Blue Turaco.

    Drive to Namirembe Cathedral one of the big cathedrals in Uganda & Crown your Day with a Hike at Gaddaffi Mosque – The Biggest Mosque in East Africa the was donated to The moslem community by Muamar Gaddaffi the late ex-President of Libya. This Tallest Tower where one can hike and stand to view the both the Villas and slums that all stand on the over 22 rolling hills that make up Kampala from the original seven Hills.

  • Transfer to Jinja with a stopover at Sezibwa falls - Enjoy a City Drive to the Key sites

    Transfer to Jinja via Sezibwa Falls – The drive takes about 45 minutes from Kampala to Sezibwa falls which is commonly identified with its beauty & Healy waters hence the beautiful & traditionally identified spiritual falls have been for long the King & Buganda kingdom’s favorite.

    Here the black water’ tumbles over the rock into the pool below. The myth has it that the river was born that makes it one of Buganda’s Cultural sites which is most times said to be having a hidden treasure with a number of traditional attachment.Proceed to Jinja known as the adventure Capital of Uganda with a variety of different adrenaline filled activities to choose from. Visit Owen Falls Dam, Jinja War Cementry, source of the Nile gardens, Mahatma Gandhi Monument & view John Hanning Speke Monument where he stood to point at The point where the Nile starts to spread to Miles – Try to sample fish at your expense & prepare for great photo exercise as this is the best place for bird watching.

  • Half Day Rafting and afternoon Horseback ride in the Communities

    Jinja is known as the adventure Capital of Uganda with a variety of different adrenaline filled activities to choose from. One of the most amazing experiences you can have is rafting grade 5 rapids on the Mighty white River Nile! - After your breakfast, well transfer to our departure point for briefing on white water rafting on the Nile! After, you will tussle on serial rapids of different grades.

    Your Screams, anxiety, competition, Marvel – you may try diving to swim if you can swim, this will sum up a thrilling day! After a tense day congratulate yourself with a Glass of Wine or Whisky! After well transfer to your hotel or selected restaurant for lunch, you have enjoy a horse ride within the communities and along the Nile Valley after Lunch.

  • Morning quad biking along the Nile Valley and Jinja Town – Afternoon community Walk

    Have early morning Quad biking along the Nile Valley and to Jinja Town, you will enjoy the muddy paths on ride. You will later have an afternoon community walk through the Plantations. Have lunch in a selected Restaurant In the City at Your Own Expense.

  • Transfer to Sipi Falls via Nyero Rock Paintings – Afternoon Coffee Experience

    Transfer further to the eastern part of Uganda Near the town of Kumi with a stopover in Mbale for Lunch - proceed to a little village of Nyero you will discover 3 Rock Cave Shelters where you will view some of the oldest rock paintings in Uganda dating back to the Iron Age.If you have interest in archaeology, Nyero Ancient Rock Paintings Caves are a best. Meet the Natives of the Place who are the Present day Iteso though they are not believed to have been the people who drew the pictures that make up the Nyero Rock Paintings as well there are no written records as to who did.

    However some tales reveal that Batwa like people lived in the area before the Iteso People and therefore are believed to be responsible for the paintings though there are no record of them hence remains a Mystery!Transfer to Sipi Falls for afternoon coffee farms experience that characterize of this region. Here you will learn the process of coffee making as well you can sample a Drink.

  • Hike all the Three Falls That Make up Sipi – Afternoon Abseiling

    Arise early morning and enjoy the sun rise on the plains- Have breakfast and a morning unforgettable hike and nature walk, we shall tackle three falls that make up Sipi. The visit of the three falls involves hiking a trail network that is characterized by a steep and slippery path, mud on rainy days, climbing ladders and going through farms as well as checking on caves.After a Hot Lunch enjoys Abseiling at the Falls - It is this adventurous already – this will lead you to great views of the surrounding vegetation-clad valleys, caves and mountains with a view of the Karamojong plains, view several birds.

  • Transfer to Moroto – Hike Mount Moroto

    Have Breakfast and Transfer to Moroto where you will hike Mount Moroto – here you will have the best view of Karamojong Plains where the Manayattas rest with a herds of Cattle, you will encounter the native Karamojongs with their cows, interact with them as they have very interesting stories to tell.

  • Visit the Cattle Market in Kotido and afternoon visit to the Ik Tribe in Morungule Mountains

    Today, you will visit the Cattle Market before 9:00 o’clock in the Morning, later spend the Day with the Ik people. They are the ethnic group numbering about 10,000 people living in the mountains of northeastern Uganda near the border with Kenya. The Ik were displaced from their land to create the Kidepo Valley National Park and consequently suffered extreme famine due to the raids they suffered from their tribe’s mates.

    The Ik are subsistence farmers who grind their own grain and are very remote and very interesting Socially, they live in small villages arranged in clusters, which comprise the total community with each village surrounded by an outer wall, then sectioned off into familial (or friend-based) "neighborhoods" called Odoks, each surrounded by a wall. Each Odok is sectioned into walled-off households called asaks.You will camp in the Gardens or Compounds thus you are expected to carry your tent and sleeping Bag. Your guide will help you arrange meals for this day.

  • Morning community walks to River Namankwey – Transfer to Kidepo Valley National Park

    Enjoy breakfast in a selected restaurant and later visit the River where the Karamojongs usually take their cattle for drinking, enjoy a nature walk on the river bank and later transfer to Kidepo Valley National Park, Time allowing, you may enjoy a Game Drive.

  • Whole Day Game Drives in Kidepo Valley National Park

    After breakfast, carry packed lunch if you are going have a full day wilderness survey and take a game drive in the morning to the Palm tree lined Kidepo river in search for Leopard tortoise, lions, cheetah, Zebra, Waterbuck, Jackson’s Hartebeest, Warthogs, Patas monkeys and big herds of Buffalo.

  • Transfer to Murchison Falls National Park

    Have breakfast and another Early Morning Game drive and transfer to Murchison Falls National park. You will stopover for lunch in a selected restaurant at your own expense reaching early afternoon for dinner at the Lodge, you may relax at the balcony as you feel the breeze and listen to nocturnal calls.

  • Morning Game Drive and afternoon Boat Cruise – Hike the Top of the Falls at an Extra Fee

    Morning game drive on the northern bank of the River Nile for diverse wildlife. You will spot elephant, lion, cape buffalo, 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 & Uganda Kob.

    This is also the zone of many birds, species like goliath heron, Egyptian goose, pelican bee-eater, kingfisher, hornbill, cormorant and the rare shoebill stork. After photogenic shorts of Murchison Falls, you may choose to 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 43 m below.

  • Transfer to The Rhino sanctuary for Rhino Tracking – Afternoon Transfer to Hoima, Visit Mparo Tombs

    Drive to the Rhino Sanctuary for an opportunity to trek Rhinos. There are 15 Rhinos which were reintroduced after their extinction in the 1970s through poaching. A local ranger guide will lead you on foot to an up-close encounter with the rhinos which may take about 1 and half hours.Drive to Hoima & visit Mparo Tombs to have a share of Bunyoro’s Cultural History! The site is about 3KM from Hoima town on Masindi road where Bunyoro’s great King Omukama Kabalega & his son Omukama Sir Tito Winyi are buried.

    The site has graves for the Queen Mothers and other royals. The tombs sit on a six-acre piece of land enclosed in a perimeter wall, erected by the UPDF during renovation in 2008. In front of the site is a monument erected to mark the day King Kabalega met explorer Dr. Emin Pasha in September 1877. You will be met by a Local guide who will share the History. All these and artifacts on Kabalega grave, make Mparo a place of cultural importance and a major tourist potential.

  • Transfer to Fort Portal – Hike to Amabeere Nga Nyina Miru Caves

    Transfer to Fort portal, visit Tooro Kingdom Palace & proceed to hike the caves along the crater valley leading to Amabeere Nga Nyina Miru – the Amabeere Ga Nyina Mwiru Caves & the three surrounding Explosion Crater Lakes make it a most interesting day adventure! Hit up the trails characterized with a slippery jungle path leading to mysterious hidden Amabeere Caves & the three surrounding crater lakes.

    Amabeere Ga Nyina Mwiru means “the breasts of Nyina Mwiru – these are surrounded by myths & folklore which has it that the caves acquired the name after King Bukuku of Toro chopped off the breasts of Nyina Mwiru his daughter & had them thrown inside these caves, following a prophecy that the daughter would one day get married and have a son, Ndahura, who would kill the king and take over his throne. According to local legend thiscame true. While another myth has it that the breasts were chopped off following her refusal to marry the suiter that was choosen for her by her parents.

  • Transfer to Semiliki National Park – enjoy a whole Day walking safari to the Hot springs

    Enjoy a full day pursuing the Semuliki Valley Wildlife Reserve which is dominated by the easternmost extension of the great Ituri Forest of the Congo Basin. This is one of Africa’s most ancient and bio-diverse forests; one of the few that survived the last ice age, 12-18,000 years ago. Your guide will point out the park’s diversity of wildlife and flora and fauna. The Sempaya hot springs are Semliki’s most famous attraction. There’s a “male” spring, known as Bintente, measuring 12m in diameter and is set in a lush swampy clearing.

    The “female” spring Nyasimbi, meaning "the female ancestors”, is a boiling geyser (103°C) which spurts bubbling water and steam up to two meters high - the steam cloud can be seen from as far as 2km away. Local residents used to cook their food in these boiling pools.You may Crown the day with a visit to the local Batwa community located in Ntandi at an extra fee of $30 per person. The community dancers put on traditional performances for visitors.

  • Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park – Afternoon Boat safari on Kazinga Channel

    After breakfast at your lodge proceed to Queen Elizabeth National Park following the mystical Rwenzori Mountain Range. Your expert driver guide will take you through the game park where you might spot some animals.Upon arriving at your lodge, you will enjoy a hot lunch and later in the 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.

  • Enjoy a Morning game drive and Crater Drive - Late evening Radio collared Predator Tracking

    Queen Elizabeth National Park’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 and crater 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! Proceed to the Katwe salt Lake and see how locals mine salt locally.Join the Research team of Large Predator Project (LPP) IN Mweya & proceed for late afternoon Lion Tracking exercise that will involve the GPS to locate the radio collared lions in the Northern sector – Kasenyi lion mating grounds.

  • Enjoy chimps Trekking Kalinzu Forest and visit to Kataara Womens Poverty Alleviation Group

    Spend the Whole morning in Kalinzu Forest, this is in Western Uganda is & its one of the special places that you will always want to explore while in Queen Elizabeth Park & this was always an off the beaten tourist path for most visitors who come to Uganda.It is a home to over 414 species of trees, 379 species of birds which is an amazing treasure trove for birders. 378 Species of Birds & six species of Primates like the Blue Monkeys & Chimpanzees. There are over 220 Chimps and 70 plus of the total chimpanzees have been habituated and can be tracked here at Kalinzu Forest Reserve.

    Visit the paper making women in Kyambura around Kataara; you will enjoy the experience as they process the dung to make more materials such as papers out of it.After your lunch, pack-up your bags and transfer to Ishasha Plains, a Sector in Queen Elizabeth, Enjoy the wilderness and its habitants that are highlighted by Uganda’s Tree Climbing Lions as well as numerous Birds and more Mammals.

  • Morning Visit to the Predator Project and afternoon Game drive

    Here you will visit the a predator Study project while in Ishasha sector which is under Wildlife Conservation Society(WCS), You may pay an extra of $100 per person to join them to the Wilderness to Track radio collared lions,Enjoy Lunch and transfer to the Wilderness for a Game Drive in search of Ishasha Inhabitants.

  • Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable NP – Afternoon Canoe safari to Mikozi Village

    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.Have Lunch at the lodge or while still in the jungle and enjoy an afternoon marvel through wooded trees over the mystical lake and wave to the local fishermen and children going to school. We join Mikozi Village where we unequivocally get acquainted with the authentic Ugandan countryside life. We visit a traditional Ugandan healer, the market and sample a local drink in the bar.

  • Gorilla Tracking in Mgahinga Gorilla NP and afternoon Batwa Pygmy Trail

    Depart to the starting point for briefing about your adventure after which you will be led by experienced gorilla trackers on the slopes of the volcanoes, although the hike can be physically demanding, the anticipation of the exciting experience ahead is amazing the beauty of the gorilla forest & 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.

    Follow the mountain gorillas as they range freely in the impenetrable forest, and discover their gorgeous natural habitual and the many species they share it with.Visit to the local Batwa community & watch the community dancers put on traditional performances for visitors. The visit to the villages has proven to be an interesting cultural experience, listen to their stories surrounding their social life while you experience the "Real Africa".

  • Morning Golden Monkey Tracking Transfer to Congo, Goma Town for an overnight

    Depart to the starting point for briefing about your Golden monkey search adventure – after which you will be led by experienced trackers on the slopes of the volcanoes. Although the hike can be physically demanding, the anticipation of the exciting experience ahead is amazing, and the beauty of the forest and its inhabitants are fascinating. It is a humbling experience to stand just meters watching playful cheeky primates eats rest, play and bond with their young ones.

    Follow the jungle path freely in the impenetrable forest, and discover more gorgeous natural habitual and the many species they share it with.Have lunch and drive along the winding roads through the ‘land of a thousand hills’ to reach the border crossing into the Democratic Republic of Congo. On completing the border crossing you will have a City Tour in Goma Town.

  • Hike Nyirangongo and stay at the shelters

    This morning you’ll be driven to the Kibati border post at the base of Mount Nyiragongo to receive your safety briefing from the rangers. The hike covers a steep ascent starting at 1989m above sea level, to the crater rim at 3470m. The path winds up the volcano for a distance of 8km taking between 4 and 6 hours to summit with 4 break points along the way to allow you to adjust to the altitude (ask your guides if you need any additional breaks).

    On summiting the volcano the billowing smoke and roaring of the lava filled crater is a phenomenal sight. But the real spectacle will be when the sun has set and the glow and full scale of the lava lake comes into view. Watch the mosaic cooling lava plates migrate across the scorching surface, until they are dragged down, sending up splashes of molten rock. You’ll have several hours to watch the spectacle before retiring to your huts containing thermal tents for the night.

  • Descend to proceed to Magical Bunyonyi

    After breakfast Descend and drive to Lake Bunyonyi which has breathtaking scenery. Spend the night overlooking Uganda deepest lake, where you may try your hand at paddling at dugout canoe, or eating fresh water crayfish or you msy choose to read a book or relax.

  • Transfer to Lake Mburo National Park, afternoon Boat Cruise

    After breakfast, at 08.00 hours you will travel to Lake Mburo National Park, the smallest National Park of Uganda. Though being small, it has a lot offer! Centered on a series of swamp-fringed lakes its birdlife is very rich. The green acacia woodland harbors wildlife like Zebra, warthog, Eland, Impala, not to mention the lake itself, which is home to schools of hippos and crocodiles!

    Furthermore, Uganda Wildlife Authority recently brought 15 giraffes from Murchison falls to Lake Mburo.You will arrive at the lodge in time for lunch. Later in the afternoon at 16:00 enjoy the boat ride on Lake Mburo and get quite close to the croc and hippos. As you return to your Lodge, you may have an evening game drive as you return to your lodge.

  • Morning Walking Safari and Afternoon Horse Back Ride – enjoy the Night Game Drive at an extra fee

    After breakfast have a safari walk under the escort of an armed ranger. The Kopjes are particularly interesting with the camouflage kilspringers and topis. Due to cattle herding in the area it is amusing to see zebra grazing alongside the long horned Ankole cattle peaceably. It is exciting to approach wildlife at such close range.Afternoon enjoy a 1 Horse Back Ride in the wilderness, you will encounter more mammals at a close range.

  • Transfer to Entebbe with a stopover at the Equator for water Experiment & Royal Drum makers

    Later drive to Entebbe with a stopover at the Equator for water experience, here you will too have an opportunity to stand in 2 hemispheres at the same time. Take some photos, then another stop over at the Mpigi Royal Drum Makers where you will be able to watch the ceremonial drums being crafted using methods passed down through the generations arriving in the afternoon.

  • Shoebill search in Mabamba on a canoe Safari – Transfer for Outbound Flight Back Home

    After morning Breakfast, 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 regularly 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.Have lunch in a selected Restaurant and transfer to the Airport For out Bound Flight Back Home.

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GROUP RATES
Group Size  1 # of Rooms  1 Group Rate  $ 11197
Group Size  2 # of Rooms  1 Group Rate  $ 7594
Group Size  3 # of Rooms  2 Group Rate  $ 7006
Group Size  4 # of Rooms  2 Group Rate  $ 6252
Group Size  5 # of Rooms  3 Group Rate  $ 6177

<p>Park fees (For non-residents) ,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), 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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